Monday, June 8, 2009

Lake Itasca State Park #2

 

Made a second trip out to Lake Itasca State Park in Minnesota over the weekend.  It was cool and rainy, but we still got out to hike and take photos.

It is amazing how different the park is now as compared to just a month ago.  The park is incredibly green and many more flowers are visible.  My favorite this trip was the Yellow Lady Slipper orchids.  They were out in numbers!  Even though I grew up in northern Minnesota, this was the first time I’ve seen the yellow variety.  I couldn’t find the Pink and White Showy Lady Slipper (MN State Flower) that I remember from growing up – might have been just a tad too early yet.

Yellow Lady Slipper 1 8x10 logo email ISO 400, 1/80, f/7.0, 40mm – Nikon D300

The colors on this orchid are amazing!  So very glad I had a chance to make the trip and photograph this.  I will probably post a few of the other flower photos in a follow up message.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

PJ

2 comments:

  1. not just colour, the form is amazing too. great shot:) so relaxing to stop by at the end of the day.

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  2. That is a beatiful shot awesome work

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