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Happy Hibiscus
Today’s post features a wildflower I captured from my kayak a few years ago … the Rose Mallow (in the Hibiscus family). Standing erect and blooming with a bright elegance, I was able to kayak pretty close to a stand of these wildflowers that were growing in shallow water at Bittern Bottoms CA (Missouri): […]
Posted in 2014, Blog, Flower, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
Tags: Bittern Bottoms CA
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A New Sport: Ice Kayaking!
Call me adventurous … call me thrill-seeking … or call me a fool! Two morning ago, I decided to go kayaking at a nearby conservation area … even though the temperature was only 24F! Since the afternoon before had been pretty nice (upper 40’s) I was sure that the water would be totally open … […]
Sticking the Landing
Bird watching has always captured my attention, some birds more than others. One bird I always enjoy watching is the Green Heron, who has such wonderful balance as they fish. Flying quickly and erratically, they are also fun to watch as they land. Here are some images I captured of a Green Heron from my […]
High Bullfrog Activity
On my last kayak outing (about a week ago), it was very obvious that the frog activity was very high. As I sat in a small cove in my kayak, you could look over the water and see hundreds of frog heads sticking out of the water. And sometimes you could see frogs coming up, […]
Fun Friday: Me, And My Shadow
While kayaking through a large field of American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea), I saw this image and immediately thought of the old song, “Me, and My Shadow”: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 body Canon EF 100-400mm, f/4.5-5.6 “IS” telephoto lens + Canon 1.4x TC (shot at 475mm) Handheld from a kayak, with IS “On” […]
Posted in 2015, Blog, Fun Friday post, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
Tags: 2015, Bittern Bottoms CA, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, lotus, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, shadow, summer, wildflower
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Two More Flowering Water Plants
Today I’m featuring a couple more flowering water plants that were busy blooming as I kayaked a local Missouri Conservation Area, a little over a week ago. The first is the Water Smartweed (Polygonum amphibium). This is quite a colorful plant, but difficult to maneuver a kayak through, primarily due to it’s stiff stem, with […]
Male Eastern Pondhawks
A short time ago, I published a blog post with images of female Eastern Pondhawk dragonflies. During my recent kayak outing, I found lots of Eastern Pondhawks … and all were males! Males are identified as their abdomens change colors from the green of the female and juvenile males, to a beautiful blue color. This […]
Posted in 2015, Blog, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak
Tags: 2015, Bittern Bottoms CA, Blog, Cass County, dragonfly, insect, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer
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Marsh Mallow?
Another wildflower that is currently blooming in the shallow waters where I recently kayaked, is the Rose Mallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpos). I came upon several nice patches of this beautiful wildflower as I kayaked. Here are a few of my favorite images: By the way, as the title questions, what do you call a rose mallow […]
Posted in 2015, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
Tags: 2015, Bittern Bottoms CA, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, rose mallow, summer, wildflower
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More American Lotus Images
From last week’s kayak outing, today I’m featuring some more American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) images that I captured from my kayak: And while I kayaked back to my take-out point, this beautifully backlit lotus caught my eye: The American Lotus plant is a very interesting and useful plant. Native Americans used to dig up the […]
Posted in 2015, Blog, Nature Photography, Photography from a kayak, Wildflowers
Tags: 2015, Bittern Bottoms CA, Blog, Cass County, kayaking, lotus, Missouri, nature, nature photography, photography, summer, wildflower
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Fun Friday: Sunscreen … the Natural Way
From my kayak outing the other morning, I found this American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea), in a seemingly self-protective mode from the sun bearing down: There were a lot of lotus plants in various stages of bloom, from an unopened bud to flowers where all the white petals were off the plant and lying on […]