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This Spring heralded an abundance of the purple/blue wildflower called Lupine on the shores of Lake Folsom in Northern California. It was the best showing in nine years of my visits to the park and according to the Park Superintendent, the best in seventeen years. I'm blessed to live a short drive from the lake and over the past month have visited on many sunrises and sunsets. It was a really magnificent display from Mother Nature. She put on a show for us before what is shaping up to be a difficult drought ridden year ahead for us Californian's. A dry 2020 and dry winter have left reservoirs like Folsom Lake low. This is one of the contributors to the super bloom. Low water levels exposed sandy nutrient rich soils that the lupine love. So this beautiful spectacle is a harbinger of a season of wildfires. We've already had several wildfires spring up this weekend.
Beautiful set of images. Second last is my favorite.
Let's hope that the Instagram crowd won't flock to that location like they did in 2019 when the poppy superbloom happened in the L.A. area and people felt the strong urge to behave like a bunch of idiots.
-Phil
May 03, 2021 at 06:31 PM
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Thank you for commenting and letting me know your favourite. I really appreciate that.
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dallvr wrote:
Beautiful shots of a lovely scene.
Thank you so much for viewing and commenting.
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junglialoh wrote:
Beautiful landscape image set decorated by Lupine Super Bloom
Thank you for viewing and commenting. You are the best at commenting.
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keepclicking wrote:
Beautiful set here, #3 would be my favorite. Nice work
Thank you for commenting and letting me know your favourite. I really appreciate that.
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roadapple wrote:
Stunning set of images !
Thanks so much for commenting. I like your name. There must be a cool story behind it!
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DSC01 wrote:
Beautiful set of images !
#1 would be my favorite I like the comp and light the best but they are all really nice.
Regards,
Dean
Thank you for commenting and letting me know your favourite. I really appreciate that.
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jakesherman wrote:
Absolutely lovely! #3 and #4 are my favorites. Great sharpness and detail in the flowers and grass in your foregrounds.
Thank you for commenting and letting me know your favourite. I really appreciate that. I did focus stack which helped a lot.
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Beautiful set...
Thanks so much Gregg. Your work is an inspiration!
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Beautiful set of images. Second last is my favorite.
Let's hope that the Instagram crowd won't flock to that location like they did in 2019 when the poppy superbloom happened in the L.A. area and people felt the strong urge to behave like a bunch of idiots.
-Phil
Thank you for commenting and letting me know your favourite. I really appreciate that. Unfortunately the IG crowd did descend on the location. Large patches of flowers were sadly trampled. That's one reason I held my photos back till now. So many of us humans have little respect for nature. I just can't image people going to sit in their neighbours garden bed to take a photo but it's okay to do it in a State Park. Sheesh. Fortunately the IG'ers are too lazy to walk for more than 15 min, so with a little effort it was possible to get away from the crowds.
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fotofoow wrote:
All are very nice, but I prefer the composition in the first one the best. Beautiful work. Did you use focus stacking on these?
Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated. Yes the photos with flowers in close foreground were focus stacked. I tried to capture all in one using F22, as a backup but fortunately the stacking worked well for me in this case. I have had plenty of fails though not this time out.
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zeroAska wrote:
#1 and #3 are my favorites
Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated.
Wow, wow, wow!!! A super bloom! Incredible! I think my friend and fellow photographer Marlon Holden would like them! He's like the honey badger of getting those incredible flower shots!!! Thank you for sharing such a sight!
J. Pow wrote:
WOW! Great color!
Joel
It was an amazing site. Thank for looking and commenting.
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Mark Metternich wrote:
Wow, wow, wow!!! A super bloom! Incredible! I think my friend and fellow photographer Marlon Holden would like them! He's like the honey badger of getting those incredible flower shots!!! Thank you for sharing such a sight!
Thanks Mark! Thanks for calling out Marlon Holden. I hadn't know of his work so went to check it out. I really like what he does and just saw his shot of the area over on IG.
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guyharrison wrote:
You have my vote for featured thread! Amazing, but #4, just WOW! You feel like you could swim in them.
Thanks so much. Appreciate the vote a lot. I was talking to a fella walking his dogs down there. He's lived there his entire life and never seen anything like this years bloom, so perhaps it was a once in a lifetime experience...
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lumenspixel wrote:
All nice but the fifth is fabulous
Thank you. I really love the 5th one too but you are the first commenter to call that one out.
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mike reid wrote:
Love lupine...this is awesome
Thanks Mike. Appreciate the look and the feedback.
