Larkspur Blossoms. Almaden Quicksilver Park, California. April 20, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Spring larkspur flowers against a soft background of sunlit spring greenery, Almaden Quicksilver Park, California.
I made this photograph back in early April as spring flowers were just starting to really blossom in my favorite flower-filled gully at the Almaden Quicksilver Park near San Jose, California. The larkspur flowers often blossom early and pass quickly through their prime phase, and seem to be pretty delicate flowers to begin with – so I was glad to get there at the right time to photograph these specimens.
I photographed them against a background of grasses with the scene lit by sunlight filtered through high clouds. Using the maximum aperture of f/4 on the 24-105mm zoom (with an extension tube) made for very narrow depth of field and allowed me to throw almost everything in the frame other than the central flower out of focus.
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Technical Data:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM with extension tubes at 105mm
ISO 400, f/4, 1/250 second
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Thanks, Celia!
love it!
Wait, never mind I might be wrong after looking through my own picture. But it looks just like some of those flowers I’ve seen on the Gorge. My apology
Thanks for posting.
No apology needed. Hey, I’d be the last person to say anything about someone misidentifying a plant or flower – I’m terrible an naming these things! :-)
Dan
I love this flower, they are easy to spot on lots of hiking trails in Columbia Gorge of Oregon as well as Washington.