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Flood of Fiddlenecks

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted October 8, 201160 views5 comments

This is one of three images I posted in Flora during the week devoted especially to wildflowers (May 2010).
Photo taken April 4, 2010 in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, CA. The sea of fiddleneck wildflowers seemed almost endless. The photographic story is intended to be the abundance of the wildflowers.
D300, 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6, tripod
ISO 200, 1/80 sec at f/22, 18mm
Comments and suggestions most welcome.

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5 comments

Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on October 8, 2011 at 9:27 PM

I love the simplicity here, and the beautiful colors...such oranges! Wow!
Jaymes

Registered on June 28, 2010, 47 Posts, 590 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Duval on October 8, 2011 at 9:44 PM

David,

I know this scene, I had traveled out there around the same time it was a spectacular scene and this image does it justice. It was a huge area crisscrossed with dirt road a leading to different areas of flowers. spring 2010 was a special season

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by David Sparks on October 8, 2011 at 10:33 PM

Thanks for the comments.
Paul wrote: " spring 2010 was a special season"
The friend who invited me out to photograph the California Wildflowers said it was in the top 3 of the 20 years he had been observing the wildflowers. It was certainly special for me.

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on October 9, 2011 at 2:06 PM

Wow , what a cool view. And beautifully captured. Well done!

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on October 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM

Great photo.
Greys and gold is a good color combo.
I like the comp with the mountain tops breaking the horizontals of clouds and base of mountains.
Nice work--good eye.
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments