As flower blooms fade, and temps begin to tip, Nature shifts its show of force with the colors of Fall. Who doesn’t love to see trees magically transform from green to shades of golden yellow, orange and reds. Folks drive up to the mountains and along passes en mass to see the Aspens shake and […]
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Admittedly blooming yellow Chamisa or Rabbitbrush (as they are also known) are not something I paid much attention to. However, once I moved to Santa Fe – where my flower photography journey began, this changed dramatically. It’s like everything was new again. Exploding With their Blooms in Late Summer, Early Fall It is then and
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Summertime is coming to a close. Truthfully, I’m not sorry to see it go as it’s been a hot one! While that means not much in the way of flowers to photograph, it does offer a subject matter redirect: fruits and veggies! First, I’d like to point out, in the photo above I stumbled across
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After the hail storm (covered in the previous post), my local flower photography subject matter was pretty much decimated. A few pockets were left relatively unscathed. But the local gardens were trashed. Thankfully the storm hit late August so many flowers had passed their prime. But I was still left with seeking out other photos
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For anyone that lives in a location where summertime thunderstorms can also produce hail, you will know and feel the pain. For others, no doubt you’ve seen videos of its destructive forces. From pea-sized, golf-ball and even tennis ball-sized hail, it can make you cringe. Broken car windshields and car lots were every new car
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Like many of the discoveries on this flower photography journey, Cosmos were another pleasant surprise. With their “daisy-like flowers that sit atop long, slender stems”, I find them to be such happy looking flowers. Learning a bit more background info on them, apparently Cosmos are a moderate re-seeder, which means that they drop plenty of
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