Raindrops Return
I continue to have fun with raindrops on the petals of flowers and leaves of plants. In the middle of a rainy day the sun broke out briefly. I dashed outside to capture some raindrops on the plants.
Tag Archives: wildflowers
Prickly Pear
Gotta love the Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa). This cactus grows well well into the northeastern U.S. Soon it will be showing large yellow flowers, but only briefly. I hope to capture the flowers in an upcoming One Picture a Day. This cactus has enjoyed a rain shower. Camera was the Nikon D90 with the […]
Good Morning
It was a good morning for a photography excursion. Better than this afternoon will be, when the head and humidity rise. A sunny morning is a good time for animal photography, too. The birds are out seeking breakfast. The insects are out, but still slow from the night. They can be more easily photographed as […]
Beetle’s Delight
A wild ginger (Asarum canadense) bloom rests on the ground. Pollenated by insects that crawl on the ground, this scene would be a welcome sight for a ground beetle. I took this with a macro lens, Micro-Nikkor 60mm AF. The flower grows so low that it is difficult to get one’s body in position to frame […]
Cherry Blossoms
A wild black cherry tree in our yard is in full bloom. The flowers remind me of those fireworks that let loose with snakes of sparks which curl in all directions at once. Black and white was not my original intent. The original photographs were taken on an infrared sensitive camera (a Fuji IS Pro) […]
Sticky Pollen
Do not be alarmed, this pollen will not cause allergies. Note how the pollen is stuck to the anthers of this wild geranium (Geranium maculatum). This pollen is designed to stick to visiting insects, hitching a ride to the next flower. The pollen of most showy blossoms is sticky. The pollen that causes allergies is […]
Wild Geranium and a very wild violet
While photographing wild geranium, this honeybee stopped by to add some interest. Meanwhile, this violet shows some interest of its own. The violet was transplanted from a lawn. The local common blue violet has apparently crossbred with the cultivated pansies that have been planted in nearby flower beds over the years. Both photographs are taken […]
Autumn Begins in May
The long, slow but inevitable march to winter has begun in the plant community. The growing season for Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) has come to an end. The tree canopy is beginning to close in, shading the forest floor. The leaves are yellowing; the plant is entering dormancy. It will sleep for the next eleven […]
Bleeding Heart
Bleeding Heart is now in the garden spotlight. I understood this introduced, cultivated plant from Asia to be in the Dicentra genus, along with North American natives (and personal favorites) Dutchman’s Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria, and Squirrel Corn, Dicentra canadensis. Apparently, when I was not looking, the splitters in the botany community held sway. It has its own genus […]
Backlight Wildflowers
I am always looking for ways to see wildflowers in a new light. The low-angled light of the late afternoon sun provides the opportunity to see light passing through the flower at angle that can be photographed without lying on the ground. I don’t know if it tells us anything more about the flower, but […]