Nice, but much different from what was blooming at Pt. Lobos when I was
there in September.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> On 3/18/2010 3:27 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Nice flower shots, Moose. We have similar iris plants in the back yard.
>> However, we won't be seeing blooms like that for some time. :-(
>>
>
> Those irises are native along this coast and coastal mountains. That
> particular image was from May of last year up along the north coast.
> They are very pretty as they scatter across fields of grass. Seemingly
> impossible to get a shot like that that gives the look and field of the
> subject, though. YOu know those shots where you look at them later and
> wonder "What was I trying to capture?" So I mostly end up with close-ups.
>
> The also show up in all kinds of individual locations, including these
> on a rocky, windy Pt. Lobos about two weeks ago.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Miscellaneous&image=_MG_8995crii.jpg>
> More to come, too.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Miscellaneous&image=_MG_8994crii.jpg>
>
> Our weather is, of course, very different from yours. Spring, in the
> sense of things blooming, starts by mid February and lasts into May,
> especially on the coast. Carol is still surprised and pleased by spring
> here, often commenting on the two week springs in Maine.
>
> Moose
>
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