Spring on Missouri’s Woodland Slopes
Today’s post features some Spring Beauty wildflowers I found growing along the woodland slope of a hiking trail in Ha Ha Tonka SP, last week: Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera body Canon 180mm, f/3.5 macro lens Bogen 3021 tripod with ballhead ISO 400 Aperture f/3.5 Shutter 1/8,000 sec. Combination of 10 images, […]
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Breeches Blowing in the Wind
Today’s post features a focus-stacked image of a patch of Dutchman’s Breeches that I photographed last week in the woodlands of Ha Ha Tonka State Park, in the Missouri Ozarks: This image was produced by combining 14 individual images, each with the focus point varied, in Helicon Focus focus-stacking software. Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D […]
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Unfurling in the Woods
… But Only Momentarily! Today’s post features another woodland wildflower that was beginning to bloom along one of the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (Missouri Ozarks) last week … the Bloodroot wildflower. When the Bloodroot wildflower is about ready to bloom, the plant’s leaf, which is originally wrapped around the stem of […]
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Airing the Dirty Laundry
Today’s post features another early spring wildflower that I captured last week at Ha Ha Tonka SP (Missouri Ozarks), Dutchman’s Breeches. Aptly named, the flowers on this small, woodland wildflower suggest that someone is hanging their dirty breeches in the woods to dry: Coming up … another woodland wildflower that was photographed on this hike. […]
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It’s Official … Spring is Here!
Today’s post features one of Missouri’s earliest blooming, woodland wildflower … the Harbinger of Spring (aka, “Pepper and Salt”). While hiking the woodland trails of Ha Ha Tonka State Park (in the Missouri Ozarks) last week, I found this small, and often overlooked wildflower blooming adjacent to the woodland trail I was hiking. I captured […]
Early Migrant
Today’s post features a Double-crested Cormorant as it flies low over the water, and captured from my kayak. During spring and fall bird migrations, the cormorant is one of the most commonly seen birds: Canon 1D Mark 3 camera body + Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens + Canon 1.4x TC Handheld, with IS “On”, from […]
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