Patch of Columbine

I shot this image a few weeks ago in Mayflower Gulch. I was there with my daughter to photograph the sunset which is often spectacular there. This evening, we had mostly gray skies and light drizzle rain. We still had a good time and once in a while some color appeared. There actually were a few seconds of good color that I was lucky enough to catch (you might see one of the images next to this post in the featured gallery sidebar). I will blog about those images later. The Columbine image below is a high resolution stitch that will print 6 feet high while retaining exquisite detail.


Assembled from 9 images, D300, ISO 200, 18-55 mm Nikor at 35mm, f/16, 1/30s. Grad ND to darken the sky.
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Sunset in Mayflower

Continuation of an older post.

Columbine and waves crashing:

Billowing clouds

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Columbine flies

One funny thing about Columbines is that many of them will have these strange little flies in them. I don't know what the (symbiotic?) relationship gives them but it is funny that such a beautiful flower harbors these insects. Here is a detail from one of Saturday's shots (click for 1:1), where you can see them clearly:



The leaves on some of the Columbines looks blurry because the wind was blowing like crazy.