Erythranthe in the Ansel Adams Wilderness Area, 8.9.22
Daily Flora
Tag: sierra nevada
Daily Flora
Hackelia mundula (I), 6.12 22
From the Sierra Nevada
It is very rare for me to post anything but flowers these days, and even those are frequently from past years, due to my feeling as if I’m running on empty much of the time. But I just posted this over on the Facebook group page Dan has managed for years, to say goodbye, as he’s closing that down at the end of the month, so I may as well share it here as well … right?
Falling Water, 8.6. 22
Daily Flora
Medicago sativa, 10.11.23
(I’m hoping I have this correctly identified! If I do, it’s common name is alfalfa!)
Eastern Sierra
Dan and I were able to take a short trip to the Eastern Sierra this past week. It was lovely to see the colors, and very good for my head to get away. It always takes me a bit of time to go through photos: I don’t consider myself a landscape photographer — that is clearly Dan’s area, along with so many other things he does so very wonderfully — and much of what I attempt simply doesn’t work, but I rather liked this image so I’ll share it here.
Eastern Sierra Color, 10.8.23
Looking Back
I’ve been going back and forth between our summer pack trip in 2022 and our trip to the eastern Sierra and then Utah in 2021. I’m working hard on at least looking at all I’ve shot because, in all honesty, sometimes I get things into Lightroom and then neglect to even look at what I have!
This particular image is from the pack trip. I had taken an afternoon trek with a fellow backpacker in the group and while he was shooting a tarn, going around the entire thing, I spotted things like this. I find some of the rocks so interesting and, yes, beautiful. When I am having difficult with the huge landscapes, which is common for me, moving to the rocks sometimes works for me. Plus I think it’s good to photograph more than flowers.
Rock Art, 8.9.22
Summer Backpack Trip
I’ve not looked at my August backpack photos for quite some time, but today I was in the mood to check more of them out. Very frequently I need to let images rest a while and see them differently when I return to them. This is happening both with the Ansel Adams Wilderness area images and with some from our New England adventure. I’m grateful I’ve learned not to trash images too quickly!
This particular photo is from a special trek I took with one of the other photographers on our trip, Jerry Bosworth. It was a very special hike for me, and a privilege to go on this adventure with him. Because of the clouds I was seeing — and after the horrible storm we had earlier in the week — I was just sure we’d end up getting rained on. Turns out it only threatened but never did more than that. Whew!
The Threat, 8.9. 22
And since I’ve mentioned Jerry, here he is, at work! (Later, on our hike back down, he helped me cross a creek. Otherwise I’m really not sure what I would have done!)
Jerry At Work, 8.9.22
Goodnight Flower
Castilleja Lemmonii, 8.9.22
From Our Pack Trip
I’ve had very little time to look back at the photos from our photography pack trip (following that week we did two other trips: August was quite the full month for travel!), but perhaps this month will allow for more. I finally did work on this one image: when I saw this rock I found it rather humorous. I don’t know if anyone else on our trip saw it the same way, and I neglected to ask while we were on the trip, but I revisited it several times.
It’s impossible to tell the size of this rock from the image, but I can tell you it was quite huge, rather than those smaller images we get of rocks we find interesting (I have some of those too, though, and I’ll share them eventually). I was looking across an expanse and spotted all the faces. Perhaps you’ll see them as well. You can pretty easily see a couple of faces, but if you continue to peer at the rock you just might find more.
Or maybe I just have a crazy imagination.
Rock Faces, 8.8.22
Such a Wonderful Trip!
As I mentioned in another post, I was able to go on a trip with some landscape photographers, and had a fabulous time.
Now I’m not the landscape photographer my friends are (I continue to try and learn), but I will share this because … well .. because I can! I’m so grateful to be able to tag along with these folks. What a wonderful, wonderful trip!
After the Rain, 8.5.22
