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Richard, here are some wildflowers!!

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Posted by Les Saucier on July 29, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Richard, you stated that this was a bad time for nature photgraphy because of few wildflowers. Here is a shot from earlier this week. You just have to go a little higher.

Les Saucier
Asheville, NC
Posted by Richard Bernabe on July 29, 2006 at 11:08 PM
Les,

This is a sweet shot! Thanks for posting.

Yeah, I saw some of these, some Bee Balm out at Looking Glass Falls earlier this week, and some Turks Cap Lillies up on the Parkway as well. You cant change my mind about July and August, though. Is it October yet? :biggrin:
Posted by Alice Scoggins on July 30, 2006 at 8:33 AM
This is nice...where is it?
Posted by Les Saucier on July 30, 2006 at 8:56 AM
Thanks Richard. I could not help but post this image when I read your comment about few or no wildflowers. You are very right this is a slow time of the year. It makes it all the more sweeter when you turn a corner and find some wildflowers ready to be digitized.

Thanks Alice. This is my backyard, Craggy Gardens on the Parkway.

--Les
Posted by Leann Greene on July 30, 2006 at 5:11 PM
Nothing to brag about but here is some proof from Frying Pan Mtn where Alice Scoggins,Nick Moore and I stopped on our outing that the summer bloom is heating up. :smile: Turk's cap shot is done with a Lensbaby2. Les-what a great yard!
Posted by Les Saucier on July 30, 2006 at 8:29 PM
Nice Turk's-cap, Leann.

This seems like the year of the Turk's-cap Lily, I can't remember when I have seen more Turk's-cap blooming on the Parkway.

--Les
Posted by Alice Scoggins on July 30, 2006 at 9:17 PM
They were all over the place, and so tall! I had no idea they grew so tall. Nice shot with the lensbaby Leann. Here's mine taken with the Sigma 105mm macro. :wavey:
Posted by Les Saucier on July 30, 2006 at 9:47 PM
Hey Leann and Alice,

I posted my Turk's-cap shot from this week under the flora gallery. I am not sure my time limit on posting is up for this forum.

Alice, I like your background from the 105macro.
Posted by Richard Bernabe on July 31, 2006 at 4:13 PM
Its been a while since anyone has brought me flowers! I feel very special. ;) Thanks Les, Leanne and Alice!

I like the longer focal length and cleaner background in Alice's image, but the lensbaby effect is pretty cool too. Maybe a less-busy background, Leanne. Any outtakes?



Posted by Nick Moore on July 31, 2006 at 9:45 PM
Hi there Les, I think I have seen your name posted on the Asheville CNPA site, I'm a member but am yet to join an Asheville trip!. I really like the vibrant foreground flowers in your Craggy shot, summer flowers are definitely worth photographying IMO.