In honor of the First Day of Spring, I thought I would return to posting my thread of America’s Wildflowers on the Road in a Truck Camper. The last time we did this was more than 2 years ago so it is long overdue. At least for those of us that search out and enjoy the wildflowers in this grand country we live in.
Hopefully many of you will find this as a challenge to post here too! Your discoveries and your favorite flowers you see and enjoy while traveling in your truck Campers. The rules? There is only one, please keep the flowers you post here ones that are not in a yard or any formal flower garden. Yes, a wildflower bed would be fine, but not one you found in the flower section of the Home Depot.
Ahh, yes, for those two that mentioned that this was not TC content, before, understand that we are enjoying these wildflowers as much as you enjoy the museums, the fishing pictures, boat pictures and an occasional horse shows. Because I enjoy all those, as well.
Please post your favorite Wildflower pictures here too!!!
But, for Truck Camper content, I will open with one I captured on a past photography hunt, with a good buddy that brought his own camera along, too.
Desert Five-Spot Ermalche rotundifolia
Claret-Cup Cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Saguaro Cactus Carnegiea gigantea
Prairie Wild Rose Rosa arkansaa
Dune Evening Primrose ~ Oenothera californica eurekens
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Canadian Thistle Cirsium arvense
Those that know me know that I have hundreds of Wildflowers to post. But, how about some of you post some of your favorite wildflower photos too. Just a change in how we post here. Like my previous wildflowers thread, surprise me!
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Hopefully many of you will find this as a challenge to post here too! Your discoveries and your favorite flowers you see and enjoy while traveling in your truck Campers. The rules? There is only one, please keep the flowers you post here ones that are not in a yard or any formal flower garden. Yes, a wildflower bed would be fine, but not one you found in the flower section of the Home Depot.
Ahh, yes, for those two that mentioned that this was not TC content, before, understand that we are enjoying these wildflowers as much as you enjoy the museums, the fishing pictures, boat pictures and an occasional horse shows. Because I enjoy all those, as well.
Please post your favorite Wildflower pictures here too!!!
But, for Truck Camper content, I will open with one I captured on a past photography hunt, with a good buddy that brought his own camera along, too.
Desert Five-Spot Ermalche rotundifolia
Claret-Cup Cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Saguaro Cactus Carnegiea gigantea
Prairie Wild Rose Rosa arkansaa
Dune Evening Primrose ~ Oenothera californica eurekens
Sunflower Helianthus annuus
Canadian Thistle Cirsium arvense
Those that know me know that I have hundreds of Wildflowers to post. But, how about some of you post some of your favorite wildflower photos too. Just a change in how we post here. Like my previous wildflowers thread, surprise me!
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silversand wrote:
...these are fairly common; can someone ID them? Sand & Dunes
Beavertail Pricklypear Cactus ~ Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Possibly?
Golden Columbine ~ Aquilegia chrysantha
Please, anyone wanting help to identify the flowers, just ask, and if anyone knows, please respond!
To aid in classifying photos it is helpful to include;
Location
Stem/leaves
Time of year
Interior mechanics of the flower
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Close to Shiprock, NM (2002); cropped, but at full frame ratio
Up "The Narrows", Zion National Park (taken in May 2006); original dimension, but resampled for the Forum
...these are fairly common; can someone ID them?
Cheers,
Sand & Dunes
Up "The Narrows", Zion National Park (taken in May 2006); original dimension, but resampled for the Forum
...these are fairly common; can someone ID them?
Cheers,
Sand & Dunes
How about some DW picked and brought back to camp?
Don't have much of a camera but here are ours.
How about wildflowers and a moose?
Don't have much of a camera but here are ours.
How about wildflowers and a moose?
Just superb submissions, everyone! What a great start for the 2015 Flower Season. Hopefully we will get even more, as things warm up and we see flowers blooming all throughout this country.
Your comments allow more to want to post their own pictures here. Even if they have never posted a Trip Report or started a thread. Here is an opportunity to get one's feet wet, maybe even literally as you chase that elusive flower. If you don't know what it is, ask and someone can help identify it, or not. They are all "PLF"s in my Botany Class, from long ago. Oh, "Pretty Little Flower."
Thanks Alex, for providing the requisite Truck Camper content as well. Well done, in fact.
Simple flower photography tips
1 Get in Close
2 Find out the time of day a particular flower blooms the best
3 Mid Day is a great time, as most flowers have fully extended for the day
4 Group your photos so there is contrast with another (example is my Sunflower Picture)
5 Experiment with Abstract (like below or the big pie cut shot of the sunflower, above)
6 The Charley Brown Flower is often the best one to shoot
7 Remember your background is a large part of your shot (c.traveler does that wonderfully with the Primrose in the foreground and his truck out of focus in the background.)
8 A point-n-shoot camera has many controls to do shots like the above ones, play with these. Particularly the one that has the Icon as a tulip (close up, which is good for taking pics of information sign exhibit signs in museums and at geysers)
9 Love bugs, get lots of bugs in them too!
10 Oh, yeah. Get in close!
11 Well, there needs to be Eleven Tips. Right? Make sure your battery is charged, too. Don't ask me why I remind you about this, either. Can you say Carlsbad Caverns? Don't remind me.
Please don't concern yourself about your photos and what and how they compare to others. For me, I am more interested in the type, color and identifying them. I like seeing them all! Like Alex's
Desert Chicory ~ Rafinesquia neomexican
which is such an important plant for so many medicinal purposes and spices, as well. Like the Primrose, it takes so many forms, like the one below, is a Horse of a Different Color, well Chicory, too.
Chicory ~ Cichorium intybus
Your comments allow more to want to post their own pictures here. Even if they have never posted a Trip Report or started a thread. Here is an opportunity to get one's feet wet, maybe even literally as you chase that elusive flower. If you don't know what it is, ask and someone can help identify it, or not. They are all "PLF"s in my Botany Class, from long ago. Oh, "Pretty Little Flower."
Thanks Alex, for providing the requisite Truck Camper content as well. Well done, in fact.
Simple flower photography tips
1 Get in Close
2 Find out the time of day a particular flower blooms the best
3 Mid Day is a great time, as most flowers have fully extended for the day
4 Group your photos so there is contrast with another (example is my Sunflower Picture)
5 Experiment with Abstract (like below or the big pie cut shot of the sunflower, above)
6 The Charley Brown Flower is often the best one to shoot
7 Remember your background is a large part of your shot (c.traveler does that wonderfully with the Primrose in the foreground and his truck out of focus in the background.)
8 A point-n-shoot camera has many controls to do shots like the above ones, play with these. Particularly the one that has the Icon as a tulip (close up, which is good for taking pics of information sign exhibit signs in museums and at geysers)
9 Love bugs, get lots of bugs in them too!
10 Oh, yeah. Get in close!
11 Well, there needs to be Eleven Tips. Right? Make sure your battery is charged, too. Don't ask me why I remind you about this, either. Can you say Carlsbad Caverns? Don't remind me.
Please don't concern yourself about your photos and what and how they compare to others. For me, I am more interested in the type, color and identifying them. I like seeing them all! Like Alex's
Desert Chicory ~ Rafinesquia neomexican
which is such an important plant for so many medicinal purposes and spices, as well. Like the Primrose, it takes so many forms, like the one below, is a Horse of a Different Color, well Chicory, too.
Chicory ~ Cichorium intybus
Mark's a funny looking wildflower!
All of my pictures are from Mojave National Preserve. First week in April I'll be hiking in MNP again. Locally I noticed the cactus buds getting fat and the globe mallow just starting to pop. There is something special about desert flowering shrubs and flowers that have such a struggle to survive and can produce beauty at the same time.
Is it Happy or Merry Spring??
All of my pictures are from Mojave National Preserve. First week in April I'll be hiking in MNP again. Locally I noticed the cactus buds getting fat and the globe mallow just starting to pop. There is something special about desert flowering shrubs and flowers that have such a struggle to survive and can produce beauty at the same time.
Is it Happy or Merry Spring??
