Category Archives: Wildflowers

Buckwheat & the Bee

23 Jul Filed under Fauna, Flora, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

Honeybees again, this time on Buckwheat. Amazingly busy and resourceful creatures.

Mustard & Bee

19 Jul Filed under Botanical Dreaming, Fauna, Flora, Nature, Wildflowers. 2 Comments.

All day long honeybees worked the mustard behind our tent while we stayed at Montaña de Oro. While it’s fairly easy to get photos of them, it’s harder to get nice ones. All too often, I end up with perfectly exposed photos of bee’s butts … Read More →

Golden Yarrow

18 Jul Filed under Flora, Landscapes, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

One of the flowers that gives Montaña de Oro (Mountain of Gold) State Park its name is Golden Yarrow, eriophylum confertiflorum. It was blooming in abundance during our visit last week.

A glorious weed ..er.. Wildflower

24 Feb Filed under Creativity, Flora, Nature, Wildflowers. 2 Comments.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/125 @ f/5.6 I call it a weed only because I can’t identify it and it’s growing in a vacant lot. It’s very intricate and seems to have multiple Fibonocci patterns within. Update: One of … Read More →

Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore

11 Feb Filed under Flora, Nature, Wildflowers. 2 Comments.

Canon PowerShot S3 IS + 6.0-72.0 mm, 1/250 @ f/4

Botanical Garden Honeybee

11 Oct Filed under Botanical Dreaming, Fauna, Flora, Nature, Wildflowers. 1 Comment.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/6.3 Tilden Park Botanical Garden.

Industrious workers

13 Sep Filed under Fauna, Nature, Wildflowers. 2 Comments.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/6.3 I spent a few hours at the Botanic Garden in Tilden Park today and the bees were working very hard. I wish they would slow down.

Flagstaff Arboritum

6 Jul Filed under Fauna, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

We visited the Flagstaff Arboritum and had a great time. The butterflies were abundant and quite absorbed in their work, giving me a chance to get close.

Tiny Butterfly

16 Jun Filed under Fauna, Nature, Wildflowers. 1 Comment.

_MG_6008 uploaded by admin. This little guy was perhaps 1/2″ across. He/She stopped for just a moment and this was the better of two images Canon EOS 5D Mark II+EF100mm f/2.8 Macro – f/8@1/100

Glorious Weeds

7 Mar Filed under Botanical Dreaming, Landscapes, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

Glorious Weeds uploaded by admin. As Spring approaches in my neck of the woods, even the weeds look good. Lupine (Bluebonnets to my Texan friends) looks especially good contrasted against Mustard. Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM – f/3.5 @ 1/1000

Las Galinas Ponds: Black Crowned Night Heron

26 Feb Filed under Birds, Landscapes, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

BC NH uploaded by admin. My friend and photo buddy John pointed out this Heron in a blooming tree Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x – f/6.3 @ 1/100

Pollen Collector

3 Aug Filed under Botanical Dreaming, Nature, Wildflowers. No comments.

Honeybee uploaded by admin. A portrait of an industrious neighbor.