Westminster (2002-04-03)
Indian Blanket (2002-09-17) Family: Asteraceae \r\nGenus: Gaillardia; Species: aristata\r\nOlympus Cove, SLC, UT, Altitude about 5200 ft. \r\nThese perennials blossom from July through September and need very little water. They are attractive as they go to seed.
Yucca (2003-05-26) A flowering Yucca Plant near Zion National Park.
Desert Flowers (2003-05-26)
Prickly Pear (2003-05-26) A pink variety of prickly pear cactus along the Angels Landing Trail.
Spring Bloom (2002-06-01)
Flowers (2002-06-02) What the camera focuses on is always a mystery.
Dahlia (2002-09-19) A Dahlia at the Western Colorado Botanical Garden.
Solar Powered Flower (2006-05-18) This is a really cool gift I got for my sister. The solar unit stores a charge during the day. The charger then lights up the fiber optics during the night. The unit is designed to mark paths in the garden.
Flowering Cactus (2006-05-24) Flowering Cactus (Utah Prickly Pear - Opuntia polyacantha ).
Love in a Mist (2006-05-21) Love in a Mist (Nigella damascena) is a popular garden flower, the distinctive seed pods are often included in dried flower arrangements.
Alyssum (2006-05-24) The Alyssum (Lobularia in the Brassicaceae family).
Love in a Mist (2006-05-24) Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella spp.) is an interesting addition to the garden.
Globe Mallow (2006-05-24) The Desert Globe Mallow is an ideal plant for low water gardens in the Mountain West. The Mallow ins genus Sphaeralcea in the Malvaceae family.
Salt Lake Garden (2006-05-24) A low water garden in Salt Lake City with a combination of native and traditional garden flowers.
Yarrow (2006-05-24) There are species of Yarrow native to the Western US, and specias imported from Europe along with many hybrids. Yarrow is a popular garden plant and medicinal herb.
Common Sage (2006-05-24) A culinary herb (Salvia spp. in the Lamiaceae family).
Common Sage (2006-05-24) Bundles of common sage.
Blue Flax (2006-05-24) Blue Flax (Family: Linaceae, Genus: Linum) \r\n \r\n
Blue Flax (2006-05-24) There are several special species of blue flax native to the Western US and hundreds worldwide. Flax (also known as linseed) is in the genus Linum in the Linaceae family.\r\n
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Flowers are great picture subjects. It is extremely difficult to take good flower pictures with a standard autofocus digital camera. I recently upgrade to a Nikon D10 Digital SLR. The Single Lens Reflect camera gives me greater control over focussing on the flowers. I am using a 28-90mm lens. Professional photographers are would likely use a more expensive micro lens for this type of photography.