Wildflowers

Among my other favorite subjects to photograph are wildflowers.  Delicate and beautiful they tend to be very special hiking companions as well as the insects and larger critters that share in their nourishment.  Below are a few of my favorite photographs of wildflowers.

[Note: Two very special pieces of camera equipment are vital to my work with flowers: a study tripod and a 100mm macro lens.]

Colorado Blue Columbine (Buttercup family) – Snowy Mountains, Wyoming

Fragile Prickly Pear Cactus – field near Laramie, Wyoming

Sego Lily, Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Mexican Hat, Coneflower (Aster family), greenbelt – Laramie, Wyoming

Few-flowered Shooting Star (Primrose family) – Slough Creek Trail, Yellowstone National Park

Elephant’s Head (Snapdragon family) – Snowy Range, Wyoming

Sky Pilot (Phlox family) – Snowy Range, Wyoming

Alpine Forget-me-not – Snowy Range, Wyoming

Alpine Sunflower “Old Man of the Mountain” (Aster family) – Snowy Range, Wyoming

White Columbine (Buttercup family) – Snowy Mountains, Wyoming

Plains Wallflower (Mustard family) – Snowy Mountains, Wyoming

Larkspur (Buttercup family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Yarrow & Blanketflower (Aster family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Fireweed “Blooming Sally” (Evening Primrose family) – Glacier National Park, Montana

Colorado Blue Columbine (Buttercup family) – Snowy Mountains, Wyoming

Yarrow (Aster family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Western Monkshood (Buttercup family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Fairy Slipper “Calypso” (Orchid family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Blanketflower “Brown-eyed Susan” (Aster family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Fragile Prickly Pear Cactus – field near Laramie, Wyoming

Wyoming Paintbrush (Snapdragon family) – Snowy Range, Wyoming

Monument Plant “Elkweed” (Gentian family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Parry’s Harebell (Harebell family), Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Heartleaf Arnica (Aster family),  Pole Mountain Area – Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming

Colorado Blue Columbine (Buttercup family) – Snowy Mountains, Wyoming

If interested in purchasing any prints (a single image or a series of images) contact Brenda or Scott at Artisans’ Gallery in Laramie, Wyoming.  The gallery is located at 215 South 2nd Street and their telephone number is 307-745-3983 (888-616-6409); their email address is www.artisansgallery.net.  You can also contact me directly (under Contact) for more information.