Tall Bellflowers

Today’s post features a woodland wildflower that I found recently at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the Tall Bellflower. I don’t ever recall seeing these wildflowers this late in the season, but they give a nice touch to the fall colors:

Tall Bellflower wildflower

Tall Bellflower wildflower

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/60 sec. and 1/1000 sec.
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A Little Bright Spot in the Fall Landscape

Today’s post features a wildflower I found blooming last week while hiking and photographing fall colors in the woodlands at Fiery Fork Conservation Area (in the Missouri Ozarks) … the White Heath Aster:

White Heath Aster in fall colors

A few more fall color images will be featured in a subsequent post.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/500 sec.
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Christmas in October

Today’s post features some very colorful, Christmassy-like berries. Although I haven’t been able to identify them, they are most likely the fruit of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, or the Green Dragon wildflowers (both are located in rich, moist woodlands throughout Missouri):

Red Berries (Jack-in-the-Pulpit?)

Coming up … more Missouri Ozark woodland fall colors.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/250 sec.
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Transitioning Colors

Today’s post features a couple of fall colors images I have captured over the past few days. Although the peak of the Ozarks’ fall colors has not yet been reached, there are obvious signs of the transition that can be seen.

The two images featured today were captured at Fiery Fork Conservation Area, located in the Missouri Ozarks and not far from where I live. Here are a couple of images that show the impending color transition:

Virginia Creeper growing up a tree:

Virginia Creeper in fall colors

An unidentified groundcover along the woodland trail:

Groundcover in fall colors

Over the next few posts, I will feature some more color changes as they appear.

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 28mm-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 250
  • Aperture f/5.6
  • Shutter 1/200 sec. and 1/60 sec.
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Table for Two, Please

Today’s post features a couple of skipper butterflies as they share a zinnia flower in the church butterfly garden:

Skipper butterflies on a zinnia flower

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On”
  • ISO 500
  • Aperture f/8
  • Shutter 1/4000 sec.
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Super Harvest Moon

Today’s post features the “Super Harvest Moon” as it arose over the Lake of the Ozarks (MO) last night.

I was aware of this event, but was not planning on getting out and shooting it. After dinner, I walked past my front door and saw this beautiful moon, quite large-looking and with a nice, orange color. So I grabbed my camera and tripod and set up just outside my front door and captured several images of this wonderful sight. To achieve the best possible image, I combined a couple of images to get this resulting Super Harvest Moon:

Super Harvest Moon

Had I realized it would be so clear and visible, I would have tried to find a more scenic location to shoot!

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body
  • Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
  • Bogen 3021 tripod, with ballhead
  • ISO 800
  • Aperture f/22
  • Shutter 1/15 sec.
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