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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

Dogwood Flowers and Branches – Yosemite Valley

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DogwoodFlowersBranches20080427Dogwood Flowers and Branches. Yosemite National Park, California. April 27, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

I photographed these two dogwood flowers and dogwood branches in a dark and shady area of the Yosemite Valley forest last April just as the spring bloom was starting. (With the apparent intent of simplifying photographers’ lives, the tree had fallen over so that the beautiful blooms were mostly right at about waist level… :-)

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Quicksilver Wildflowers

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Quicksilver Wildflowers
Quicksilver Wildflowers. Almaden Quicksilver Park, California. April 12, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Deep purple spring wildflowers at Almaden Quicksilver Park, California – photographed on an early spring hike near the peak of the central California wildflower season.

The flowers are larkspur, or delphinium. They are interesting flowers and somewhat difficult to photograph. Their color is a very deep purple, so it is almost necessary to photograph them against a much lighter background. These were photographed along the New Almaden Trail, not far from the Mockingbird Hill entrance.

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