Category: flower

Wild Orchids

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This is my first posted image taken as RAW then developed in the digital darkroom of Photoshop.

Wild orchids aka ladyslippers
 SOOTC (straight out of the camera) shot for comparison.

In the cleft of the rock

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More images of my canoe paddle at Flindt Lake:

Yes, it had begun to rain. I paddled around this rock (scared the gull off) and found

where some soil had gathered in the cleft of the rock, a shrub had take root.

My best guess? Wild Columbine.

Speaking of wet,…

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Wet has been unavoidable this summer. We have had more than our usual days of rain. Even the ducks are tired of it. Aquatic vegetation, on the other hand, is abundant.Yellow pond lily

I love the way the water looks in this shot. Do you suppose the insect’s landing caused the ripple?

Nature’s Fireworks

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It seems we’re sticking with the feeding theme…
Bees prefer the blossom stage to the berry on this bristly sarsaparilla.

Wild orchids

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In the wild jack pine forest, about the time of the summer solstice, out of the mossy carpet grows a delicate, graceful orchid.

Lady’s Slipper at Mameigwess Lake