Today
we said farewell to Joshua Tree N.P. and headed for Death Valley. There were
reports that the California poppy fields in Antelope Valley were blooming quite
well. So we were hoping we would be able to
take
advantage of it. Along the way we stopped in Victorville at the Route 66 Museum
as we had geocache hunters in the group who knew a bit about it. We enjoyed a
stop there, and reliving the flower people of the
60’s. George and I used to drive through the Haight-Ashbury district of San
Francisco regularly during his commute to Treasure Island Naval Station in the
mid-60’s.
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| Desert Mallow |
The
poppies were in bloom in good sized patches. The problem was that the wind was
blowing quite hard. We were able to photograph them and stop the movement at
ISO 800 with a shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second. It was a
challenge and another learning experience – trying to capture a star burst at
the edge of the flower. Still have to practice that technique!!
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| Blowing in the Wind |
Nice job with wind blown flowers. Love the purple hair look. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Do not think it would pass muster with NPS, but times change.
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