Monday, June 15, 2009

More Flowers from Itasca State Park

 

Maybe some are getting tired with the flower photos from Lake Itasca State Park, so this will be the last one (until I make another trip there anyways!)

Three flowers this time.  The first is a Bellwort and they were out in number throughout the park.

bellwort ISO 1000, f/7.0, 1/125 70mm – Nikon D300

This next one is a wild Columbine

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ISO 800, f/6.7, 1/125, 280mm – Nikon D300

 

Finally, fortunately, I had my good friend Steve with me that has a wealth of information on the flora and fauna of northern Minnesota.  He spotted the wild Ginger to me and pointed out how the flower was at the base of the stem.  I did some looking and found this plant has a number of other ‘common names’ such as: Heartleaf, Indian ginger, Colicroot, Heart snakeroot, Vermont snakeroot, False coltsfoot, Canada snakeroot, Asarabacca, Little Brown Jugs

Ginger  ISO 400, f/2.8, 1/60 28mm – Nikon D300

Once again, a flower had me crawling all over the forest floor to get the right shot!  Always worth it to get a different perspective of the world.  One we often miss!

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6 comments:

  1. TatyanaJune 15, 2009 at 8:03 PM

    will never get tired to look at the flowers:)beautiful shots!

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  2. WorkinprogressJune 16, 2009 at 1:35 AM

    Those are really nice i bow to the master dude nice work I need a macro lens well a good one been using my 50mm because I just dont get the pics with the 18x55 that came with the camera I use a canon xsi

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  3. PatrickJune 16, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    Thanks Workinprogress and Tatyana. I\'m so glad there are people out there looking at the images I come up with! What fun is photography if you can\'t share with others!FYI, Workinginprogress - I didn\'t use a macro lens for any of these photos. Most are done with a 28-75mm. The photo of the columbine was actually done with a long 100 - 300 mm lens. But, don\'t get me wrong, I do LOVE working with macro lenses too!PJ

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  4. WorkinprogressJune 16, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Ill have to try my 75-300 mm with that I owe tatyana a rose so good time for it

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  5. TatyanaJune 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM

    my pleasure;) I\'ll be around for sure

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  6. Lisa ♥June 17, 2009 at 4:04 PM

    This is just Beautiful.. You captured the True Beauty of the Columbine. . Love it. I do mine with a Macro but the fences I did you commented on I used a 24-105 lens.. Just about any lens can get the close ups I think . Well most. Great Entry Patrick.

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