Out-of-State Visitor
Today I’m featuring a “lifer” wildflower for me, the Oklahoma Grass Pink Orchid. This little beauty was found on Noah Brown’s Prairie (southern Missouri) a couple of weeks ago. Very small, very dainty, and somewhat difficult to photograph among the taller prairie grasses and plants. I captured a sequence of 22 images, using the focus-stacking […]
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Fun Friday: A Typical Morning!
Wednesday evening, the local weathermen forecast Thursday morning, using the F-bomb twice … Frost and Fog. Anytime these are forecast, it’s time to set the alarm clock for an early morning of nature photography! So, like a good little nature photographer, I set out all my equipment … camera, tripod, batteries, cards, long underwear, coat, […]
Adam & Eve Orchids
A couple of weeks ago, I photographed another “lifer” wildflower … the Adam & Eve Orchid, aka Putty Root (Aplectrum hyemale). One of my photo students had alerted me that she had found some growing at the wonderful Burr Oak Woods Conservation Area, so we made a trip over to photograph them. We found a […]
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