Showing posts with label Kansas wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas wildflowers. Show all posts

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Macro images taken at the Smith Ranch

These are the first macro images taken with our Sony mirrorless camera.  The first image is a lilac bush bloom taken from above.  See comments below for the remaining images.

This looks like dried baby's breath.  We had a lot of this on our ranch.

Not sure what this dried wildflower is but this is the actual color of it and I think it looks antique!

Easter red cedars have these blue berries on them and they are real small but look big here because of the macro lens.  By the way, this is not a cedar tree but a juniper.

These blue wild-indigo are the first plants to bloom in the spring.  As I was taking these two photos, I didn't realize a bug was peeking out at me which you can see in the image after this one.


Just discovered this early spring plant as the Fringed Puccoon.  Native Americans used the roots, stems, and leaves to treat coughs, cold, delirium, and paralysis, and obtained a bluish-violet dye from the roots. "Puccoon" is a Native American word.

This Roundleaf Groundsel wildflower belongs to the Sunflower family. These wildflowers/flowers were all pretty much tiny flowers, but the macro lens makes them look large.  It was fun photographing these flowers and I hope you enjoyed them too!

Monday, May 7, 2012

A wren and pretty wildflowers

The bird landed on the porch right outside our bedroom window.  The shot was taken with our Canon 70-200 lens and through our sliding glass door.  This is probably the closest that I have ever been to a live bird.  I think his arms are so cute in the second photo!  The wildflowers were taken over a period of a few days.  Been busy with graduation portraits and found some time to share these with you for your viewing pleasure.... :)