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Title: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 11:52:29 AM

The wildflowers are ready to explode....and some have risked an early start....This is wild sage....
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008xxxx.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 11:57:00 AM

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0006rxr.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 11:58:11 AM

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0013rxr.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 11:58:51 AM

Anyone know where there is wild sage around wrightwood?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 10, 06, 12:15:02 PM

i know there is some sage down in devore, where did you take this?  I want to come and pick some.   

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 12:50:03 PM

at the bottom of the 330...just above the city creek ranger station....is a dirt road off to the right....Unfortunately this hideaway gets used for dumping...and god knows what else...but the sage is thriving.....I'm going out again tomorrow and can take a picture of the entrance..
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0005rsx.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 12:51:17 PM

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002rsx.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 10, 06, 01:46:04 PM

thanks

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 10, 06, 06:25:06 PM

It looks as though most of the sage in this are is "Black Sage"...salvia mellifera...

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0003rxr.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 11, 06, 12:37:00 PM

My Poor Daffodils!
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004rbr.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 11, 06, 01:04:47 PM

Steve, this may have been asked before but what kind of lens are you using, a macro?  That last shot was beautimous!!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 11, 06, 05:23:48 PM

Wish I could give you an easy answer....actually...I found an extension tube/ adapter....and a adapter ring kit...on ebay...after that....it was all about playing with different lenses that I could screw on the end of my extension tube....I've got quite a pile of old lenses....and my girls love taking them apart....Most of my experiments have ended up in a pile of stuff for the trash can....but I finally found a lense that lets me get up real close!...and it actually let's in enough light for a decent depth of field......well...that's my long answer to a short question....
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004frf.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 11, 06, 06:59:37 PM

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0094xxx.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0095bbb.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wrightwood on Apr 11, 06, 07:25:54 PM

Thanks firefightersteve for the many interesting projects you've posted on the forum.
I always look forward to seeing what you're going to post next  :thumbs:

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 11, 06, 09:25:34 PM

Thanks...it's fun...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Apr 11, 06, 10:31:18 PM

You really need to write to your camera's manufacturer....I don't think they designed it to do all the things you do with it.  Amazing and fun to watch.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 12, 06, 11:12:33 AM

Thanks Wildman.....
Another sage blossom.....these are only about 1/16" tall
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0021rsr.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 12, 06, 05:30:32 PM

Well....I was out looking for early wildflowers....but found a dead leaf....
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004lll.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0006bbb.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 13, 06, 02:53:47 PM

(http://pic19.picturetrail.com/VOL1062/4389886/9673083/139207401.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 13, 06, 03:22:40 PM

Is that an iris...or a crocus???or something else???

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 13, 06, 05:23:19 PM

i think its a pansy?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 13, 06, 05:51:19 PM

 i dont know someone else said an iris...  we need a flower expert...  :)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Flower on Apr 13, 06, 05:58:37 PM

I vote for iris! :D

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ElizaBent on Apr 13, 06, 06:01:00 PM

No flower expert but do not think it's a wild flower and looks it like the crocus coming up in our yard.  Does the writing on the side have anything to do with what kind of flower it is?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Flower on Apr 13, 06, 06:17:02 PM

It's an African Iris.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: KWBoy on Apr 13, 06, 06:20:48 PM

Quote from: ElizaBent on Apr 13, 06, 06:01:00 PM

Does the writing on the side have anything to do with what kind of flower it is

No, thats her initials since her name would take up alot of the picture...  ;D

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ElizaBent on Apr 13, 06, 07:43:45 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Apr 13, 06, 07:49:26 PM

No Eliza you don't have to do it if you don't want too..  I have a website where I sell my photos so it is a habit.  It is a copyright mark which says that the photo is mine and therefore it is illegal to copy or use without my permission.  As I take pics and post them on my website , enter some into contests I put my copyright on them.  You may notice that when Wrightwood posts a pic he always puts the websites name on the bottom..  It is a way to protect our work.

Please don't feel silly.

Thanks Flower for the name of this flower!!!

Angelwolf

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Flower on Apr 13, 06, 07:56:38 PM

Any time, my friend. 

Thanks to you and all the other talented photographers for all the beautiful shots.  We think they're great!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: KWBoy on Apr 13, 06, 07:59:04 PM

I dont. my pictures sit in my camera and only a few make it to my computer!  :'( My camera isnt the best. Ill upgrade some day soon.  :P So i can post pictures with the big shots ( "Wrightwood", Angelwolf, FirefighterSteve, Wildman, Mrs. Hillbilly)(Bostonbob) Sorry BB you got kicked out in to your own (space)

Ok back to Wildflowers explosion!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 15, 06, 08:24:37 PM

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010lml.jpg)
It's such an adventure taking these macros....I never know exactly what I'm going to get....I concentrate on framing...and holding the camera still....This little one is the size of a pin head...and is definately wild!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Apr 17, 06, 12:38:14 AM

Beautiful photo, ffsteve - I love that color, and it's hard to believe that the flower is that tiny!

OK, maybe this question doesn't belong here, but I have a really incredible wildflower picture that someone sent me in an e-mail last year, and I saved it in "My Photos" (I was so proud of myself that I figured out how to do that!).  How would I post that here?  I haven't figured out photobucket, if I can learn that, is there a way to transfer the picture into that, then post it?  Real computer dolt here....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Toolman on Apr 20, 06, 07:23:14 AM

A few from our yard:

This is a Tropical Spice Rose,

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/MikeWorshum/100_0029_TropicalSpiceRose.jpg)


And an Orange Day Lili

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/MikeWorshum/Orangelily2.jpg)


On  morning bike ride somewhere up here.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v304/MikeWorshum/Flowers1copy.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 23, 06, 11:39:04 AM

"Dendromecon rigida"
Tree or Bush Poppy,
Depending on which reference you're using.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0014zz.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0012ddr.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0017zbz.jpg)
These were taken in the lower "City Creek" area of the 330...
The blooming is finishing in this area, however, many more plants continue to bloom at the middle elevations...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Apr 23, 06, 12:44:48 PM

Is this your new camera, Steve?  When can we expect to see some vacation pics?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 23, 06, 02:58:18 PM

I'm still working on the vacation pictures and yes....these are from the new camera....which is new,,,but not that much different from my previous camera.....it jus has more megapixels and a higher resolution lcd screen.......this summer I'm hoping to step up...so to speak...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 25, 06, 03:45:01 PM

A busy bee inn a dandelion....

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0049bvb.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 25, 06, 04:01:25 PM

More bush poppy..
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/4yellow2reduced.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0053mkm.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Calindy on Apr 25, 06, 11:02:06 PM

Love that Bee! Hopefully it is a Honeybee, and not one of those mean Africanized ones :o

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Apr 30, 06, 11:29:53 AM

Whitethorn Chaparral....A menace to the urban interface..Ten foot tall, perfect air spacing, and lots of resins..
They have an interesting bloom and beekeepers like to locate boxes nearby..

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0014srt.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/bluebottlereducedsharpened2.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 02, 06, 09:20:35 PM

Bush poppy from the 138 and 15.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010ssa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 02, 06, 09:43:05 PM

Firefightersteve....let's do a table top book entitled, "Freeway Flowers".  Drive around CA and take pictures of flowers along the roadway.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 03, 06, 06:01:50 PM

Not a bad idea...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: WWMtnGal on May 03, 06, 06:11:47 PM

Absolutely beautiful!  These photos are just incredible!  I never ever get photos like these from my camera!

 :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: kew on May 03, 06, 10:01:19 PM

Quote from: Wildman on May 02, 06, 09:43:05 PM

Firefightersteve....let's do a table top book entitled, "Freeway Flowers".  Drive around CA and take pictures of flowers along the roadway.

Along the same lines, there are several of you that could get together and put out a very good "Birds of Wrightwood and the High Desert" book.  :2cents:

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 06, 06, 03:39:50 PM

Thanks so much for the generous compliments...Springtime is the time for photographing wildflowers...busy busy....
Here's soome Chia...
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0014awa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0011jkj.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 06, 06, 10:01:24 PM

Wild hyacinth.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0027wwe.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010qqw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009tyt.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0006aaq.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007qqw.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 06, 06, 11:20:27 PM

Great stuff, Firefighter Steve!  Always wondered what Chia looked like.  Didn't they make pets out of it?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 08, 06, 09:16:57 PM

Western wallflower. 
All of these are from Wrightwood.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/wallflower1reducedaa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/wallflower3ass.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009wq.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 08, 06, 09:24:22 PM

Beautiful shots!  These are from last year, right?  They don't bloom here till later in the summer.....  At least not where I've ever been.........

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 08, 06, 10:13:56 PM

Hi forestgal.  These are from the intersection of sheep creek and lone pine canyon rd.  I've also seen a few plants at the bottom of lone pine canyon.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 08, 06, 10:24:45 PM

You mean this year, now?  I see them up in the forest, out of Grassy Hollow, much later in the spring/summer.  Love them, they are so cheerful!

BTW, I have one of your incredible daffodil pictures on my desktop right now, from over in Running Springs.  One of these years I'm going to have to get myself over there to see them firsthand.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 09, 06, 07:02:19 AM

Yes, this year. Looks like they are starting early.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 09, 06, 06:22:33 PM

Deerweed from the "City Creek" area of hwy 330.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009aaz.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007nn.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: KWBoy on May 09, 06, 06:24:37 PM

Wow! Thoes Look A lot better on my new LCD monitor!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 09, 06, 06:28:51 PM

What kind of monitor did you get?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: KWBoy on May 09, 06, 07:23:13 PM

https://www.westinghousedigital.com/pc-54-3-19-lcd-monitor.aspx (https://www.westinghousedigital.com/pc-54-3-19-lcd-monitor.aspx)

That one...  ;) More room on my desk now... I had a 5 year old viewsonic

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 10, 06, 07:06:56 AM

We have a sony LCD for our table top pc....I crack up thinking of the huge tube style green screen monitors...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 10, 06, 10:26:11 PM

Great shots Steve.  I have to get out and find some flowers!!!!  You inspire me...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 11, 06, 07:27:48 AM

(http://I can't wait to see what you come up with...with your new camera..)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on May 11, 06, 09:03:48 PM

Nice stuff!  :2thumbsup: (except for the last one...all I get is a red X)
Keep 'em coming.  :)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 12, 06, 06:10:10 AM

Thanks Nolena...Today I hope to post "wild mustard"...the non California native.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Naughty pines on May 12, 06, 07:31:29 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: KWBoy on May 12, 06, 07:32:49 AM

Quote from: Naughty pines on May 12, 06, 07:31:29 AM

Quote from: Nolena on May 11, 06, 09:03:48 PM

Nice stuff!  :2thumbsup: (except for the last one...all I get is a red X)
Keep 'em coming.  :)

That is known as the "Red X plant"  ::)

Same here  ;)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Naughty pines on May 12, 06, 09:48:09 AM

"Wildflowers explosion"

I wondered what all that noise was.  ;D

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 13, 06, 08:24:42 PM

Simple mustard.  "Black Mustard" and surprisingly not indiginous to California.  Black mustard was introduced from Europe.  Most sources credit the Spaniards as introducing mustard to California.  The condiment is made from the seeds remaining after the bloom.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0012copyb.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018hh.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0003qw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0013jj.jpg)

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Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Calindy on May 13, 06, 10:18:21 PM

I remember when my brother visited me in California for the first time (from Indiana). He LOVED those yellow flowers! I aways think of him when I see them start blooming. Great photos FF Steve!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 14, 06, 06:41:54 AM

Thanks Calindy.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 14, 06, 08:35:50 AM

I'll remember that when I am weed whacking this week.  The Spaniards must have come through my property and drops seeds.  They do have a great flower before they die off.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 15, 06, 08:13:32 PM

Wild morning glory/Cystegia macrostegis
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0024rew.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0025ss.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 15, 06, 10:04:25 PM

Very nice!  Where do you get your "formal" or latin names from?  I have a terrible time identifying birds...let alone plants.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 16, 06, 06:37:06 AM

Hi Wildman...I'm using a couple of wildflower reference books...and the internet.  I've found a couple very good wildflower references on "webshots".

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 16, 06, 09:56:26 PM

Not the best flower photo, but I am facinated by this plant.  My reference, "Flowering Plants", by the Native Plant Society, describes Windmill Pink as growing in weedy and disturbed soils.  That's exactly where I found this plant, growing on an old mud slide.  Remember the mud slides from two years ago?  This plant was very small and I've seen it nowhere else. I was lucky to catch this one when I did. The location is now closed by the Forest Service to protect the breeding grounds of a frog which I believe is  the "Forest Frog".  I think that's it's name. Please correct me if I'm wrong.  I spent some time in the City Creek Drainage during the month of April, before the closure, and got many photos of the frogs as well.

Windmill Pink, Silene gallica
Caryophyllaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0014copyrrf.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0015ss.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 16, 06, 10:38:22 PM

Talk about adaptation to the their environment! 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Bud on May 17, 06, 05:34:01 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: clint on May 17, 06, 11:22:10 AM

Probably the Mountain Yellow Legged Frog. Rana Muscosa.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 17, 06, 08:27:34 PM

Thanks Clint..

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 17, 06, 08:55:50 PM

Showy penstemon, Penstemon spectabilis
Scrophulariaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0021awr.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0017a.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 18, 06, 05:08:00 PM

More Showy penstemon.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/acopy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007copys.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: WWMtnGal on May 18, 06, 05:23:32 PM

Just breathtaking!

 :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 18, 06, 05:31:22 PM

What an incredible shade of blue!  Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 18, 06, 06:40:47 PM

I was excited to find these plants at the bottom of Lone Pine Canyon Rd....Near the bottom section of the Cal Trans patches...Look for a bluish purple on the shoulders.  They are a treat..

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on May 19, 06, 08:10:53 AM

The yuccas are starting to explode into blossoms in Lone Pine Canyon, and the ceanothus are really flowering profusely!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 19, 06, 01:59:44 PM

Hi Nolena....the yucca look like illuminated candles at sunrise...I'm hoping to get a good shot of them....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 19, 06, 02:05:00 PM

Matilija Poppy, Romneya coulteri
Papaveraceae
I've only found one of these plants in Lone Pine Canyon.  It's in a drainage at the lower portion of the canyon.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0036a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0038qqa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0040qq.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0042aa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 19, 06, 06:23:29 PM

Oooops! The poppy above is actually a "Prickly Poppy, Argemone munita
Papaveraceae

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on May 19, 06, 06:26:36 PM

Thought so.
Have those in my yard.
Pretty, but invasive. (and they hurt)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 20, 06, 06:39:19 AM

What a unique plant.  They are loaded with spines.  I had to shake the one I photgraphed to get all the insects off and was introduced to the sharpness of the spines. 

The pedals of the bloom decompose in the position they lay, which is usually just below the bloom, on a spiney portion of the plant.

The bloom of the Spiney Poppy is nearly identical to that of the Matilija Poppy, however, the body is entirely different.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0039aa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 20, 06, 08:06:25 PM

Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja affinis
Scrophulariaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/redspiney22q.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/red1a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008ssd.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 21, 06, 04:24:36 PM

Not sure of the name, but this little beauty was found on HWY 2 btw Grassy Hollow and where the road is closed...

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/wildflower-close-up-web.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/purple-flowers-web.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 21, 06, 04:44:47 PM

These were taken with my new Panasonic Lumix 8.2 MP, this camera gets great shots!!!

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/goldflower.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/whitewildflowers.jpg)

 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 21, 06, 08:15:53 PM

Your lupine are fantastic..What a great perspective...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 21, 06, 08:28:43 PM

Matilija Poppy, Romneya coulteri
Papaveraceae

Arrangements of native flora are plentiful at the "Huntington Botanical Gardens" , but I found this prize in the parking lot,  with lots of lavender.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0071a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0073a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0072a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0076aq.jpg)

(http://)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 22, 06, 08:35:43 AM

Steve,

That is a cool flower, it looks like someone rolled it up in their hands.

Which flower is a lupine that I shot....  I guess I'm going to have to get a book.

Thanks,
Danna

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 22, 06, 10:52:46 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 22, 06, 01:07:45 PM

Quote from: Angelwolf on May 21, 06, 04:24:36 PM

Not sure of the name, but this little beauty was found on HWY 2 btw Grassy Hollow and where the road is closed...

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/wildflower-close-up-web.jpg)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/purple-flowers-web.jpg)

These are lupines...one of my favorites....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 22, 06, 06:30:45 PM

This is a panorama compiled of 5 photos.....

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/lords-candle-web.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 22, 06, 06:34:17 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on May 22, 06, 06:37:06 PM

Wow! Angel, How do you do a 5 shot panorama? It's great! BTW, how was Cinco de Mayo at the Avi? (sorry, off topic.)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 22, 06, 06:51:08 PM

I ended staying at home as that was the wkd of the prescribed burn.  Didn't feel safe going that far from home.

You take 5 shots and then merge them together.  The software does it..  You just have to not move much when taking them...

Thanks!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 22, 06, 09:21:31 PM

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/sunflower---side---web.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 23, 06, 07:08:35 AM

I like the dusty look in your sunflowers...I'm not sure what the proper photographic  term for this is...It's not so much a decrease int he contrast as it is a slight desaturation.  It softens the image..I think we get carried away with vivid colors sometimes..

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 23, 06, 07:26:56 AM

Twining Snapdragon, Antirrhinum .........
Acrophulariaceae

This is the closest identification I can find.  The tiny bloom I found has slight variations from the one in my reference, although, I'm sure it's in the same genus.  It's definately an Antirrhinum, but it's not a kelloggii. I'm learning that plant species are in a constant state of flux, with many adaptations in a given species.  My references are getting thicker and thicker!  So much to learn, but I love it. 

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/zred.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0005copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0003qqa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002aa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 23, 06, 08:17:43 AM

The dusty look might be due to the side lighting when I took them.  The sun was facing them and I took the shot from the side.  The shadows were nice at that time....

Thanks for the comment.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 24, 06, 07:42:23 AM

Scarlet bugler, Penstemon centranthifolius
Scrophulariaveae
A favorite among hummingbirds.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0011a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008kk.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 24, 06, 07:47:08 AM

Does anyone know if it is illegal to dig up a plant from along side the road and plant elsewhere?  i.e, sage, lupine, the scarlet one???  I don't think they are protected plants but just want to make sure.  I have an area that I want some ground cover and the lupine would be great as it grows in round patches... 

Forest gal?  Wildman?  I thought one of you might know.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 24, 06, 07:57:48 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 24, 06, 08:16:27 AM

Thanks Forestgal.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 24, 06, 10:08:56 AM

Check with Nolena about native plants that you can buy at a nursery.  They had a great display of them at the Wildfire Awareness Day.  I believe all of the plants you mentioned are available to purchase.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 24, 06, 11:33:07 AM

Thanks Wildman...  that would be alot easier..  :)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 24, 06, 06:33:18 PM

Angelwolf, would you be interested in growing from seed?  There are many sources for wildflower seed....on line..

California Bush Sunflower, Encelia californicus
Asteraceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0021bbb.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0019bbb.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0017bbb.jpg)

How fast can you change a lense?
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0025bbb.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: gypsywolf on May 24, 06, 06:49:50 PM

Quote from: Angelwolf on May 24, 06, 07:47:08 AM

Does anyone know if it is illegal to dig up a plant from along side the road and plant elsewhere?  i.e, sage, lupine, the scarlet one???  I don't think they are protected plants but just want to make sure.  I have an area that I want some ground cover and the lupine would be great as it grows in round patches... 

Forest gal?  Wildman?  I thought one of you might know.

Angelwolf:
http://www.395.com/index.shtml?/generalinfo/flowers.shtml

Love the great pics everyone!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 24, 06, 11:02:48 PM

These are Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris)and they are native to our area.  We probably have over a hundred blooming on our place right now.  There are several color variations from Red to Lavender. 

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y66/fdwildman/ce6cc493.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 25, 06, 04:50:48 AM

Cactus blooms are a study in contrasts.  The blooms are spectacular and the plants are so forbidding.  I like that pink and the plentiful stamens nestled inside.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 26, 06, 12:16:42 PM

Our Lord's Candle, Yucca Whipplei
Agavaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0011copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0014aaa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0015aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010aaa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0015aa.jpg)


I've had a difficult time photographing these yuccas.  It's difficult to capture the brightness of these candles, more like torches, without losing an acceptable contrast and color balance. Your darkest brights cannot be brighter than your brightest dark, if you want the photo to be believable. I learned that from my sister in law, who understands these things better than me.
http://laillustrator.com/Fine%20Art/index.html
 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: goatgirl on May 26, 06, 12:22:48 PM

Wow, firefightersteve, your photos never cease to amaze me.   :)  I really didn't know the yucca was so beautiful!  I've never seen them in that "light" before. 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 27, 06, 08:41:00 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 28, 06, 11:56:59 AM

Thanks Goatgirl and Forestgal...The Yucca are incredible...

Another amazingly resilient plant:
Common Sunflower, Helianthus Annuus
Astereceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/Untitled-1aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/arp.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008aaa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 29, 06, 01:00:26 PM

Blue Larkspur, Delphium patens
Ranunculaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0038copyl.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0039copym.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0031copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0025copy.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 29, 06, 11:29:21 PM

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/yuccabud.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on May 29, 06, 11:47:17 PM

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b390/Digitalsbydanna/yellowwildflower.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 30, 06, 06:12:21 PM

Fremontea!..I've been meaning to spend some time in the fremontea...Thanks.Angelwolf...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on May 30, 06, 06:25:04 PM

Wild Iris...

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/aaa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0028qw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0011aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0021aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007llp.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004akl.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on May 31, 06, 09:27:02 PM

Beautiful shots, ffsteve!  Love that color!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on May 31, 06, 11:02:11 PM

Great photography, Firefightersteve!  Are those wild iris or the domesticated cousins?  I am searching for a meadow near Bishop that is full of wild Iris.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on Jun 01, 06, 05:55:50 AM

There's usually quite a nice flower explosion around the spring just below Guffy Camp.
Last year it was spectacular. I think BBob took some pictures.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Chuck on Jun 01, 06, 07:08:08 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jun 01, 06, 07:56:41 AM

Where is Guffy Camp.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wrightwood on Jun 01, 06, 08:15:41 AM

It's on Blue Ridge Road

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 01, 06, 10:58:49 AM

Quote from: Wildman on May 31, 06, 11:02:11 PM

Great photography, Firefightersteve!  Are those wild iris or the domesticated cousins?  I am searching for a meadow near Bishop that is full of wild Iris.

Hi Wildman....the Iris are definately wild.......

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 01, 06, 11:04:29 AM

Quote from: Chuck on Jun 01, 06, 07:08:08 AM

Steve,

Where did you find the blue larkspur?  I like the perspective you took for the sunflower.  I'm guessing this position would only be allowed by agency people because we would be run off by CHP, right?   

I love it when I see people loving photography and sharing it.  Thanks!

Hi Chuck...the Blue Larkspur are from the San Bernardino's....around our place....I'd like to try and catch those sunflowers at the 215/15 split at sunset....As far as the inter agency issue is concerned, asking for forgiveness is much easier than asking for permission.....Either way, I'm extreeeeemly careful on the freeway....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jun 01, 06, 12:25:56 PM

Quote from: Wrightwood on Jun 01, 06, 08:15:41 AM

It's on Blue Ridge Road

hmm  ???  can you be a little bit more specific?  say how do I get there from jensens? 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jun 01, 06, 12:45:01 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 01, 06, 02:12:52 PM

Flannelbush, fremontodendron californicum
Cacoa

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0006a.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009allk.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007a.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 03, 06, 07:20:31 PM

Sticky Leaf Monkey Flower,Mimulus spp
Scrophulariaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0011lkkl.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009ret.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010qqz.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0013lqqw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0015copy.jpg)

Title: Wow, great photos!
Post by: Wildman on Jun 03, 06, 10:39:56 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 04, 06, 05:48:08 AM

Thanks Wildman.  I don't see Monkey Flower around Wrightwood, but next week I'm going to get some more photos of the flannelbush in the sheep creek drainage.  The dense population of Flannelbush in that drainage is specifically mentioned in one of my books.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 04, 06, 11:00:21 AM

Wild Rose, rosa californica
Rosaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0017copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0013aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0013ncopy2.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018copyl.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 04, 06, 02:30:19 PM

Steve...you rock!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 05, 06, 04:55:55 PM

Thanks Laughlinguy.

Dune Primrose, Oenethera deltoides
Onograceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007cc.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008wio.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0030aa.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: betsylou on Jun 05, 06, 06:31:50 PM

While testing out the manual settings on my Canon Rebel XT, I was overjoyed at the
outcome...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/betsylou/newstuff400.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/betsylou/c55f0943.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/betsylou/c5e5e0d6.jpg)

Just like the good ol' days using my old Canon AE-1, out of the auto mode...
I LOVE DIGITAL SLR's!!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 06, 06, 11:18:51 AM

Betsylou, those are striking tulips.  I like the soft color on the bottom of the second photo, fantastic outcome.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 06, 06, 11:26:55 AM

Wooly Blue Curls,Trichostema lanatum
Lamiaceae

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0017copya.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0001aqw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0003copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018copya.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0019copya.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010copya.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: betsylou on Jun 06, 06, 06:21:53 PM

Thanks Steve...I am just starting to explore this camera and at a perfect time, Spring!

Your photographs are spectacular...does this mean you got that camera you wanted?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 07, 06, 09:49:07 PM

I did get a new camera, but not my dream camera...
Something to shoot for...
Best wishes

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jun 07, 06, 11:47:05 PM

Simply outstanding work by both of you, Firefightersteve and Betsylou!  I had no idea we had such wonderful flowers in our area.  This year, everything blooms.  The Cholla Cactus are getting blossoms on them right now.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 08, 06, 06:15:02 AM

Thanks Wildman,
This is a great forum.
I'm always poking around on the internet and haven't found anything else like it.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Bud on Jun 08, 06, 06:29:41 AM

It's amazing to me how something can look so plain from a distance and so beautiful up close (and vice versa) I know very little about photography but you guys make it look easy(believe me I know it isn't)   Keep up the good eye candy  ,it really makes the world more beautiful.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 09, 06, 10:37:16 AM

Thanks bud.....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jun 09, 06, 02:20:57 PM

Steve and Betsy Lu!  wow, nice images!!!   I have not done flowers for a few weeks, guess it's time to get back out there and get to shooting...

Steve your macros are simply amazing!  Betsy, nice shots.......  Great color and clarity!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 10, 06, 04:39:55 AM

Doesn't any one else see this? Look at these shots! This is a book! Come on!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 10, 06, 06:43:34 AM

Thanks Laughlinguy....You're up early!
Canterburry bells, phacelia minor

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0020copyaar.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0023copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0022copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0025copynnh.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on Jun 10, 06, 07:39:47 AM

Coffee table book.
Call it Wildflower Explosion.
Other people do it.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 10, 06, 07:17:32 PM

Publishing a book.....
That's something to shoot for.
I'd be interested in a work that showcased the Wrightwoodcalif amature photographers...if it had the right twist.


There are zillions of publishers and photographers peddling flashy computer edited images...
They're all over the internet and the bargain book racks at Barnes and Nobles..
It's easy to make a photograph look pretty with software and computers.
It's more difficult
to tell a story...
With accuracy, depth, and poignant photography.

What would be the Wrightwoodcalif story?

For one thing,
I sincerely appreciate the common good will expressed in this forum...
And the opportunity to present work for this groups consideration.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 10, 06, 07:26:39 PM

Star Thistle, centaurea melitensis
I'm holding my tee shirt behind this bloom to darken the background.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/art.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0012aaw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/qqx.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 12, 06, 07:44:19 PM

White Sage, salvia apians
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002nnmkcopy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0029aacv.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0005kklp.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Chuck on Jun 12, 06, 08:28:04 PM

Where are you finding all these beautiful flowers?  Am I just not "stopping to smell the flowers" so to speak, or do you have somewhere you are hiding from us? 

Great  shots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep this up and you will never get that new camera you want.  Your wife will just say "its the eye of the Photograher, not the lens of the camera"

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 13, 06, 06:25:27 AM

Thanks Chuck, I hope you wrong about the camera.  My wife knows me all too well, I'm very sneaky.  She's always keeping an eye on me.
The white sage is common in the Cajon pass.  There are whole hillsides covered by it.  I'll take a photo from a distance.

Best wishes and hope you're not having anymore strange smoldering spots.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on Jun 13, 06, 06:29:03 AM

Nice photos!!

"hope you're not having anymore strange smoldering spots"
Sounds painful.  :o

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Chuck on Jun 13, 06, 06:55:43 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 13, 06, 12:12:49 PM

Scarlet Larkspur, delphinium cardinale
RANUNCULACEAE
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007NNHJ.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0001MMMK.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007kklo.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002MMPO.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 14, 06, 06:12:17 PM

Mariposa Lily,lilium humboltii
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/qqty.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009hhyu.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007xcopy.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 15, 06, 01:10:41 AM

FFSteve, you take pics like I do! (you do a lot better though)
 
For instance, when I take pics of bikes at the Laughlin Harley Run, I start out from maybe 4 or 5 yards away for an overview while circling the bike, after that, it's in close for the details!
Am i right?

You guys totally ROCK!

 The Mariposa Lily is beyond beautiful! It reminds me of when glassblowers will add different colors to the globe or vase, and as the glass is blown, the colored spots elongate. I think they call it carnival glass, did I get that right?

Great shots. As an added attraction, the Mariposa Lily has my football teams' colors...Washington Redskins! Burgundy & Gold!!

P.S.
Also, the White Sage looks as delicate as a cloud. Nice job. Keep 'em comin'

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 15, 06, 12:43:39 PM

Hi Laughlinguy...
I do like to take in a scene from a distance...
It takes some time for the patterns to come out...
It's like looking at one of those 3d pictures....that you can't see at first..but then the image jumps out as you let you eyes go out of focus...

Those bike photos you submitted were wild...

Thanks for the feedback...

More
lilium humboltii

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002aaqw.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0001hhuy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008bbm.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002nnkj.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 17, 06, 02:43:38 PM

Black Mustard, brassica nigra
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004hhyt.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002aakl.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 17, 06, 10:02:18 PM

FFSteve, Keanu Reeves said it best in the first Matrix flick, and I quote... "Whoa!"

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 17, 06, 10:11:20 PM

There are close ups, and then there are CLOSE UPS! Thanks.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jun 17, 06, 11:27:54 PM

Firefightersteve, you are really finding art in these simple things that grow around us.  It is facinating to see the progression you have made in the last year.  Your new camera has really helped but you have to have the eye.  Keep finding these jewels that sway in the wind.  They are simply stunning!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 18, 06, 07:26:26 PM

Thanks.....!!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 18, 06, 07:33:18 PM

Sticky Monkeyflower, mimulus aurantiacus

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0016mmkl.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010sswe.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jun 19, 06, 09:10:32 AM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 19, 06, 12:44:29 PM

Hi Forestgal,
Thanks so much for your compliments and your absolutely right...
A mistake on my part..
I got the latin right but mixed up the common name.
That lilly is a "Humboldt Lilly"...not a Mariposa.
Thanks for the correction...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jun 19, 06, 09:37:33 PM

You're welcome, ffsteve.  I wasn't trying to correct, only to try to figure out what I'm trying to learn.  I just got this wildflower book last year in an attempt to ID some of the flowers I see on my hikes up here.

Please keep posting your wonderful pics!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 20, 06, 07:34:27 PM

Hi Forestgal,
I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the local fauna and appreciate your input.
I don't mind being corrected.
Accuracy does count.
Please mention any of my snafoos in naming these flowers.

This is a true Wrightwood flower from hwy 2:
Blue Flax, linum lewissi
Couldn't find this one in my books, but found it on line.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0016mmml.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0018jjko.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0015qrt.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 21, 06, 03:42:32 PM

Desert Mallow, sphaeralcea ambigua
West Cajon

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0010mmlk.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007copy.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on Jun 21, 06, 03:59:18 PM

There are some interesting yuccas blooming up through the ashes of the controlled burn areas in Lone Pine Canyon that could be fun to photograph.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 21, 06, 08:55:31 PM

I saw those.
That would be a great picture of contrast and survival..

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 23, 06, 09:12:35 PM

Blazing Star, mentzelia spp.
Desert Front

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007copy-1.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0005copy-1.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004aasd.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002mmkl.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jun 23, 06, 10:56:29 PM

You continue to eclipse each previous effort.  Superb photography and detail.  You are mastering isolation, detail and lighting to very high standard of excellence.  You rock!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 24, 06, 10:36:32 PM

Thanks...
Very generous of you...
I've been experimenting with long exposure times...
All tripod stuff...
I'm hoping to experiment with long eposure in low light at sunrise or sunset.....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 24, 06, 10:40:14 PM

Bloomeria crocea, Golden Stars
Amaryllis family

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004nnjh-1.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002kklj.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/starburstreduced.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jun 24, 06, 11:55:41 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 25, 06, 11:22:54 PM

Hi Forestgal, I was working in Lake Arrowhead yesterday and these grow behind station 92, lots of them...
I'm sure there are some in Wrightwood at higher elevation, mixed in with grass.  They're a common wildflower, however, they don't stand out and are easily missed.
Best wishes, Steve

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 25, 06, 11:29:10 PM

Clarkia Rhimboidia

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0007copy-2.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0009copy.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0019copy-1.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jun 26, 06, 01:40:32 AM

Steve, just when I think you've posted the prettiest one, you outdo yourself once again!  The Clarkias are beautiful, but then, I'm really partial to this color!  Please keep posting the flowers!

These guys must be tiny, if they are that much smaller than a penny.  Do they grow in WW, or at least higher, on our trails?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jun 26, 06, 02:17:49 AM

Raise the bar, and then, raise the bar again! WHOA!!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Nolena on Jun 26, 06, 07:38:44 AM

But, where did you find a penny that big?  ???

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 26, 06, 08:13:57 AM

Hi Frestgal...I haven't seen Clarkia in Wrightwood yet, but it's a plentiful wildflower, often missed due to it's size....My wife found this one, I had missed it.
Thanks for your generous compliments.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 26, 06, 08:16:45 AM

Nolena, you caught me....
My giant penny....!!!
You can fool some of the people some of the time...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 28, 06, 07:42:11 AM

Non native and I haven't seen this in our mountains..
But visiting parents in Ventura County..
This plant is common along the coast.
Socrates poison hemlock.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/coniummaculatum800.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jun 28, 06, 11:03:45 PM

Pale Pink flowers along the American River, Columa, CA

(http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL659/4901507/10107242/161554979.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 29, 06, 11:43:52 AM

Those are some wild flowers....watch out for the thorns..

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jun 30, 06, 07:01:42 AM

Red Bush Monkey Flower, Mimulus puniceus
These flowers jumped out at me while driving in Ventura County. At first it looked like a "Sticky Monkey Flower", but the plant body was diferent. It was growing in some sand dunes near Oxnard Shores.  We have many different types of Monkey Flower in our mountains.
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0030mmm.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/mmmm.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0031vvghm.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jun 30, 06, 12:24:42 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jul 01, 06, 03:49:02 PM

Maraposa Lily, calochortus palmeri

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0006mm.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0001aa.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0002aaswmm.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jul 01, 06, 04:55:06 PM

Quote from: Angelwolf on Jun 28, 06, 11:03:45 PM

Pale Pink flowers along the American River, Columa, CA

(http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL659/4901507/10107242/161554979.jpg)

These sure look like a variety of Wild Rose.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jul 01, 06, 06:52:45 PM

I have been informed that that I got the family right, Rosaceae!

These are Rubus discolor Himalayan Blackberry.

They make yummy pies.

Thanks, Janie, for clarifying. 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jul 01, 06, 07:53:40 PM

Name correction
Green Stripe Mariposa Lily,Calochortus invenustus
Thanks Jane

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0004nn.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jul 01, 06, 11:16:51 PM

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jul 07, 06, 09:01:11 AM

The wildflower explosion continues, although I'm seeing more and more seed pods. My wife and I came home to find milk thistle seed pods floating around our living room. Several blooms had released their pods while we were out. They float into the air with the slightest breeze and it was interesting chasing them around with my vaccuum cleaner.The seed is less than 1mm in length.

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/IMG_0008aam.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wildman on Jul 07, 06, 09:28:06 AM

I got to watch Firefightersteve at work using his camera to create these visual jewels.  He uses simple materials to create something that most professional photographers couldn't capture.  Every time I see these closeups I will continue to be amazed at his innate talent.

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ElizaBent on Jul 07, 06, 01:34:17 PM

Incredible photos of wildflowers!  How do you get such remarkable detail?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Jul 08, 06, 08:46:58 PM

Thanks Wildman...

One advantage to simple equipment is that it forces me to improvise.

On the detail....
I use a tripod, slow shutter speeds, and maximum depth of field focus. 

Focus is critical and for macro work I prefer using the LCD display.

My little camera shows green squares on the focus preview so I know what the camera has selected.  I bounce around on focus modes i.e. center spot, center average, or multi point.

Then I cross my fingers and take 100 pictures...

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/Untitled-1copya.jpg)

(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d198/redphox/flys.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Wrightwood on Jul 08, 06, 10:31:00 PM

Steve your closeups are spectacular!

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jul 13, 06, 03:03:09 AM

WOW! FFSt, "Soon we must fly". Heavy-Deep-Wonderful! I am constantly amazed.
                                  D

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jul 15, 06, 11:37:04 PM

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/dannacruzan/yellow-against-rockcopy.jpg)

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/dannacruzan/yellow-flowers-with-green-l.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: ForestGal on Jul 16, 06, 12:03:45 AM

Elderberry blossoms!  The bushes look so healthy this year, don't they - can't wait for the berries! 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Laughlinguy on Jul 16, 06, 03:33:21 AM

Anybody remember the "old" Elton John song "Elderberry Wine"?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: mical on Jul 17, 06, 12:51:46 PM

Love these photos.

What i don't understand is why large photo credits go through the middle of some pictures. What's the point?

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: goatgirl on Jul 17, 06, 01:13:02 PM

The point is (I'm assuming) that there is horrible people out there who may try to steal photos and claim them as there own.   >:(  Watermarks pretty much prevent that. 

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Jul 17, 06, 02:15:35 PM

Quote from: BlueSky on Jul 17, 06, 12:51:46 PM

Love these photos.

What i don't understand is why large photo credits go through the middle of some pictures. What's the point?

I am in quite a few photo forums and I have had a few shots stolen and use on other sites that is why the watermark is across them.  I typically don't use the big watermarks here as I trust most everyone but these were copied from my other group.

The photo still shows thru though :).....

Thanks,
Angelwolf/Danna

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Aug 14, 06, 09:33:02 PM

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/dannacruzan/pink-flowers-080706-wap.jpg)

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/dannacruzan/pink-with-bee-web.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Sep 11, 06, 11:07:48 AM

Hi Angelwolf.....hope that bee had his flight plan cleared with the FAA..
Great stop action and focus....

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: Naughty pines on Sep 11, 06, 11:27:57 AM

Quote from: firefightersteve on Sep 11, 06, 11:07:48 AM

Hi Angelwolf.....hope that bee had his flight plan cleared with the FAA..

Nope. He had to clear it through the BAA  - Bug Aviation Authority !  8)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Sep 11, 06, 11:36:30 AM

Thanks Steve...  He was rather high up so I don't think it was an issue...

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: angelwolf326 on Sep 11, 06, 11:37:49 AM

Lil orange pretties taken on the road from Prescott, AZ to Jerome, AZ.  rather HIGH elevation.

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/dannacruzan/az-jerome-lil-orange-flower.jpg)

Title: Re: Wildflowers explosion
Post by: firefightersteve on Sep 11, 06, 12:56:26 PM

Looks like"desert mallow"....Only found one of these areound here..