Bellringers Everywhere!

By Jim | Published April 15, 2019

Today’s post features some of the hundreds of Virginia Bluebell wildflowers I came across during my recent woodland hike, near my rural Missouri home: I always look forward to my spring woodland hikes, where the woodland floor often appears to be blue in color, due to the abundant Virginia Bluebells. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D […]

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Bell Ringing Time!

By Jim | Published April 10, 2019

Today’s post features the first clump of Virginia Bluebells that I found this morning on my rural Missouri landscape: The bells are not fully opened yet, but that will happen very quickly.  Headed out shortly to see what other spring woodland wildflowers are smiling at me! Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon […]

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Time for Bluebells to Ring

By Jim | Published March 29, 2019

Today’s post contains some macro images that I captured on my rural Missouri property on Wednesday. Virginia Bluebell wildflowers are one of the first wildflowers to appear in my woodlands. After a long, cold winter, these little babies are about ready to pop! Here are some of my favorite images: When the rains end, I […]

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A Peek Inside the Bell

By Jim | Published March 31, 2017

When photographing nature, I always look to find “different” ways of photographing something. In this case, I found a Virginia Bluebell wildflower with a clump of flower buds and a single bell open. I was wondering what it would look like, grabbing a capture looking down the bell of the flower. I captured 20 images, […]

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Playin’ the Bells

By Jim | Published March 27, 2017

After posting my first-of-year Virginia Bluebell in bloom on Friday, I headed back out to see if the bloom had progressed further. I was pleasantly surprised to find many bluebells in bloom. Here are a few of my favorite images I captured this past Friday in the rural Missouri woodland: With so many brilliant blue […]

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More Signs of Spring

By Jim | Published March 17, 2017

After the recent snowfall, I also found some early, woodland wildflowers growing around my rural property. The Virginia Bluebells had some small buds, still being covered by the leaves, trying to poke out: I then set up my camera on a tripod to capture some images for Focus-stacking: This focus-stacked image was made by capturing […]

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Fun Friday: Surrounded by Pink

By Jim | Published April 15, 2016

Today’s “Fun Friday” post was one that caught my eye while photographing this past week in the local Missouri woodland. A single Virginia Bluebell bloom was surrounded by pink buds: Today, I’m setting up my booth for the 2016 Stillwater Arts Festival, in downtown Stillwater, Oklahoma. If you live or will be in the area […]

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Time for Seeding!

By Jim | Published April 14, 2016

One last look at some of the early spring wildflowers, before they “melt” away. In this first photo, the Virginia Bluebells are at peak bloom right now and show themselves off nicely: In this next photo, a bluebell plant has hit peak bloom and is now starting the process of developing seeds which will later […]

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I Can’t Get Too Much of These!

By Jim | Published April 7, 2016

Today I’m featuring some more Virginia bluebells (aka, Virginia cowslip) wildflower images captured at one of my “shorty” Woodland Wildflower workshops last week. These are one of my favorite woodland wildflowers and the landscape can become quite breathtaking when there are hundreds of these beauties blooming at the same time! They should continue blooming for […]

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The Beauty of a Hard Freeze

By Jim | Published March 29, 2016

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