The root of the camas lily was a source of food for native peoples in the Pacific Northwest. They aren’t as common now, since farming and urbanization has claimed so much of the lowland meadow areas.
Camas Lily
Columbine
Shooting wildflowers with a big zoom lens has its challenges. One is that the higher your focal length, the more sensitive you are to movement. With flowers on long stems, you need a very quiet day to keep from having the slightest breeze move your subject. The advantage is the shallow depth of field.
Blooms
Bloedel Reserve is great for all the variety of rhododendrons and azaleas they have. I only wish they would label them for us poor photographers.
- Camera: Nikon D-850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 330
- ISO 400 1/250 sec f/16
Buttercup
A nice meadow flower … as long as it isn’t where it isn’t invited.
Like your vegetable garden.
- Camera: Nikon D-850
- Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 330 mm
- ISO 400 1/250 sec f/16
Pacific Rhododendron
The Washington State Flower … with a Doug Fir, the Washington State Tree.