As the mountain flowers die off for this season, there are several species of flowers blooming on the prairie. The late bloomers include Rocky Mountain bee plant, prairie sunflower and blazing star, aka: velcro plant. Grasses and shrubs also look great after the recent rains.
The attached image was taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal this morning. I set up on the tailgate of my pickup and used a D200 & 18-200mm lens at 200 and f32 @ 400 ISO. The plants are quite tall for a height-challenged photographer and I wanted to shoot across the tops to show volume.
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 7, 2006 at 6:22 PM
Cool shot! I saw a bunch of these somewhere else (don't recall where) recently, along with some other species. Thank goodness for the recent rains, otherwise we wouldn't be looking at this post.
Posted by David A Bliss on August 7, 2006 at 6:38 PM
Nice! It's almost an abstract! Good job keeping distractions out.
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5 repliesThe attached image was taken at Rocky Mountain Arsenal this morning. I set up on the tailgate of my pickup and used a D200 & 18-200mm lens at 200 and f32 @ 400 ISO. The plants are quite tall for a height-challenged photographer and I wanted to shoot across the tops to show volume.
Ken