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The Strange Side of Nature
Yesterday morning, I spent most of the morning photographing wildflowers in the area. The first stop was the “new” natural prairie in the area, Snowball Hill Prairie. I’ll put out another blog post on this natural gem, but today’s post features one of the many wildflowers that is now blooming there, the thistle: As I […]
Friends of Purple
WARNING: If you have arachniphobia, you might want to skip today’s post! I mentioned in yesterday’s post (“Purple on the Prairie”) that the purple thistle flowers had some critters calling the thistles “home”. In today’s post, I feature those residents, the crab spiders of the prairie. Crab spiders are small spiders that resemble little crabs, […]
Purple on the Prairie
Yesterday morning, I made an early morning hike around the nearby natural prairie. I had a great time and saw quite a lot of things happening. First, let me say that yesterday was an ideal day to hike the prairie around sunrise time … our temperatures have dropped dramatically over the past 24 hours (it […]
Eye Candy
While hiking the nearby prairie meadow the other morning, I came upon a wonderful subject for using the focus-stacking technique, a thistle in full bloom. With all the nooks and crannies of this lovely wildflower, focus-stacking was a good choice to capture most all of the flower in focus, while still keeping the background out-of-focus. […]
Wooly Thistle
One of my favorite wildflowers of the Colorado Rockies is the Wooly Thistle. Here are a few of my favorite images I captured during my stay on Mount Evans this summer: Close to sunset, I captured this backlit image: Here is a closeup of the “wool”: And even with all the sharp spines, the American […]
Thistle
I’m without internet for a few days as I work on a short photo project. In the meantime, I have scheduled new posts to publish every morning during my short absence. So be sure to check the new posts on my blog at this link: Show-Me Nature Photography blog A few thistle plants were found […]