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Pink Asters
Today’s post includes the pink asters I’ve been seeing. Not nearly as many of them as the purple flowers, but the pinks have their own beauty. At one time, I thought this might be another species, but the more I see them, the more convinced I am that these are the same as the purple […]
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Tags: Aster, Blog, Cass County, fall, landscape, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, wildflower
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Fun Friday: Waking Up
Today, some fun images of Purple Aster buds, in various stages of opening: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon EF 180 macro lens + Canon 1.4x TC Vanguard Alta Pro 283CT carbon fiber tripod, with 3 Pod H-3 ballhead ISO 1600 (all photos) Aperture f/5 (all photos) Shutter 1/250 sec. (top photo), […]
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Tags: Aster, Blog, Cass County, fall, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, wildflower
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Purple Asters
In yesterday’s post, I featured some white aster wildflowers. In today’s post, I’m featuring some dark purple asters that are growing on my rural land. There seems to be fewer dark purple asters, but the ones blooming have a magnificent purple color, especially when they open up and contrast with the deep yellow centers: Coming […]
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Tags: Aster, Blog, Cass County, fall, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, wildflower
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White Heath Asters
Over the past few days, I’ve noticed tons of aster wildflowers growing around my rural Missouri land. There seems to be at least two different species, maybe three. Today, I’m featuring some White Heath Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum), also know as Aster pilosus. Asters are a sure sign that fall is in the air, and right […]
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Tags: Aster, Blog, Cass County, fall, macro photography, Missouri, nature, nature photography, wildflower
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First Freeze, Part 1
This past Saturday morning, Missouri experienced it’s first hard freeze of 2014. Temperatures early Saturday morning were in the low to mid 20’s and frost covered most outdoor plants. Grabbing my camera and tripod, I spend a cold morning photographing some of the frost-covered plants in my rural Missouri gardens. In Part 1 of this […]
Posted in Focus Stacking, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Tags: Aster, Blog, Cass County, fall, frost, macro photography, meadow, Missouri, nature, nature photography, wildflower, winter
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Aster Time
On my last hike on the local, Missouri prairie, I found a lot of Asters blooming, making for a colorful hike. Here are a couple of my favorite images: Missouri has several species of Asters, including some white, blue, purple and even yellow ones. I’m not sure on this species, but believe it is the […]