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Flowers Sheryl and I love to travel, and on many of these trips I am photographing flowers. We have photos from deserts, mountains, prairies, cold climates, wet climates and water flowers. Flowers are one of may favorite subjects. I often do close-ups, although not the ultra close-ups I admire from other photographers. Our travels to Alaska often provide photo opportunites and I am beginning to get some Florida and southern flowers. For this page I selected Minnesota flowers, one from each of Minnesotas three geological zones: soft word (northern) forests, hard wood forests and prairies.  Rose Twisted-Stalk are native to the boreal forests of extreme northern U.S. (Minnesota and east) and southern Canada (Ontario and east). These were photographed in Temperance River State Park right on the shore of Lake Superior. Each flower is about 1/4 inch, with several hanging underneath the stem (a twisted stem, hence the name). Sheryl and I love the North Shore, and Temperance River in particular. We have camped in the park most summers since we moved to Minnesota in 1969.  Dutchman Breeches are one of the earliest flowers in the hardwood forests. These "Three Dutchmen" were shot at Glendalough State Park, about 20 miles east of our home in Fergus Falls. Most hardwood forest flowers bloom in late April or early May before the leaves fully develop and push the forest floor into shade. Pasque flowers are the first prairie flowers of spring. Small and close to the ground they will bloom even in a late snow. With only a couple of exceptions prairie flowers bloom in hot weather so these early bloomers are a real treat to those of us that live on the prairie---we know summer in coming! I have many flowers in my Shutterfly gallery. As mentioned above I really enjoy flower photography so I have flower photographs from nearly all of our travels. |
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