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Photographer Scot Miller at work between Sierra Nevada peaks and a meadow full of late-season lupine flowers.
Mainly this was to be a photograph of a beautiful patch of blooming lupines and their alpine setting. Sierra Nevada aficionados may be surprised to hear that I made this photograph on the first day of September and at about 11,000′ of elevation. By that date the summer wildflower bloom is mostly in typical years. But this year was not typical — last winter and spring brought much more precipitation to the range than usual, and that late start to the warm season combined with the abundant moisture kept the plants going late in the season. And these weren’t the only flowers we saw. Generally meadows were still fairly green and there were wildflowers everywhere, including several large patches of beautiful lupines in this area.
As I set up and composed this photograph I noticed that my friend Scot Miller was walking into the scene. Even though we often work quite independently in the field, we do sometimes end up in one another’s frame. In this case I decided to make a photograph that included Scot — look closely and you’ll spot him — as he set up to photograph the area where I was crouched down among the flowers.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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