Sunflowers with their towering stalks, bright yellow flower petals, dark centers and heads often the size of dinner plates are hard to miss. These big yellow flowers come in countless varieties and colors. A “beloved bloomer”, they are like the definitive summer flower. With Their Big Yellow Orbs Some Sunflowers tower above and can reach […]
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I’d say there has been a picture of a Coneflower on every bottle of Echinacea I’ve ever purchased. And by the amount of Echinacea I’ve taken over the years, one would think I’d have figured out that the pink-purple Coneflowers were one and the same. However, it was only once I began photographing them that
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My Initial Introduction to Cholla Cactus Having lived in Albuquerque a while back, I was introduced to these vibrant, magenta Cholla Cactus flowers. This introduction was purely by accident while hiking the trails of Elena Gallegos Park and surrounding Open Space. It was a favorite outdoor haunt while living in ABQ. It was a large patch
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Having lived in different areas of the southwest, it’s safe to say that Prickly Pear cactus are rather ubiquitous within the desert landscape. And perhaps the most familiar and recognizable. With their wide, branching, paddle-like leaves and nubby spines, they’re like the desert locals. Hanging out low to the ground and in clusters. Apparently they
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Like many of the other flowers on this photography journey, Foxtail Lilies were another amazing, eye-catching discovery! Having never seen them before, it took a bit of online searching to find out what they were. And to learn that not only were they known as Foxtail Lilies – but Desert Candles too! They appear to
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My flower photography journey began while living in Santa Fe, NM. Little did I know at the time how much joy these bright Red Claret Cups cactus flowers would bring me. Or how much I’d love to photograph them. Here’s how it began… Out of the Corner of My Eye… I had not purchased my
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