Flowers

This page displays my flower photography.
The colors of nature.
Note: Over the years the focus of my website has shifted more towards climbing trip reports, so I stopped actively updating my photography section around 2015 or so. But, there are still several great photos here, so enjoy!
Flower Photographs
(more below)
(Cool fact: The alpine pink columbine that appears in the larger box above is a hybrid between the lower elevation crimson columbine and higher elevation alpine columbine. These rare and gorgeous flowers cannot reproduce, and are formed only when a bee happens to carry pollen from one species to the other. God's creation is pretty ingenious!
I have a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens that I use to take photos of flowers and bugs (click to open bug page). Macro photography is lots of fun, and gives a great appreciation for the detail in nature. Oftentimes, it takes patience and several shots to get a good photo of a flower fluttering in the breeze!

The following is a sampling of some of my favorite flowers, mostly from Washington, British Columbia, California, and Colorado.
Phlox, RMNP, CO.
Forget-me-not, RMNP, CO.
Fairy Primrose, RMNP, CO.
Fairy slipper, Estes Park area, CO.
Fairy slipper, Estes Park area, CO.
Iris, Estes Park area, CO.
Iris, Estes Park area, CO.
Draba, Estes Park area, CO.
Spotted Coralroot, Estes Park area, CO.
Spotted Coralroot, Estes Park area, CO.
One-sided penstemon, Estes Park area, CO.
One-sided penstemon, Estes Park area, CO.
Sweetvetch, Estes Park area, CO.
Miner's Candle, Estes Park area, CO.
Geranium, Estes Park area, CO.
Britton's Skullcap, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Hoary Alyssum, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Alpine spring beauty, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Blue-eyed Grass, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Blue-eyed Grass, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Zoomed in on Round Leaf Thimbleweed, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Field Pennycress, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Green Penstemon, Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
I call these mopheads. Lumpy Ridge, RMNP, CO.
Iris, Estes Park, CO.
Mountain Bluebells, CO.
Britton's Skullcap, CO.
Golden Aster, CO.
Shooting Star, CO.
Shooting Star, CO.
Shooting Star, CO.
Shooting Star, CO.
Stonecrop, CO.
Meadow Death Camas, CO.
Meadow Death Camas, CO.
Western Wallflower, CO.
Penstemon, CO.
Goldenrod (I think), CO.
Dandelion, CO.
Sticky Geranium, CO.
Indian paintbrush in the Wind Rivers, WY.
Silky phacelia.
Sky pilot.
White columbine.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) anomaly peloric monstrous terminal flower mutation caused by a double recessive gene at a locus called "centroradialis".
Herb Robert (aka Robert Geranium)
Western Anemone
Fairy Slipper
Dandelion
Dandelion
Dandelion
Dandelion
Speedwell
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Daffodils
Daffodils
Daffodils
Daffodils
Daffodils
Daffodils
Sunflower
Daisy
Foxglove
Lupine
Lupine
Daisy
Dandelion
Small-leaved Montia.
Dovefoot Geranium.
Pink Pea flower
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Tulips
Western anemone
Tiger lily
Shooting star
Sego Lily
Rock Columbine
Palmer's Penstemon
Penstemon
Monkey Flower
Rose
Rose
Rose
Rose
Lilypad flower
Daisy
Dandelion
Saxifrage.
Glacier Lilies.
Foxglove
Red cactus flowers.
Cactus Flower
Elephant's Head.
Mullein
Thistle
Alpine Speedwell
Alpine Willowherb.
Spotted Saxifrage.
Polemonium.
Water droplets on Pussytoes.
Cow Parsnip.
One-sided wintergreen.
Youth-on-Age.
Foamflower shadows.
Pink Wintergreen.
Fireweed.
Yellow Tiger Lily.
Yellow Tiger Lily.
Partridgefoot.
Sitka Valerian.
Monkey Flower.
Avalanche Lilies (or White Fawn Lilies?).
Avalanche Lily (or White Fawn Lily?)
Orchid.
Foxglove
Sunflowers
Cactus Flower
Forget-me-nots
Asylum
Mums
Lupine
Yellow Iris
Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dovefoot Geranium

Chocolate Lily
Large Flowered Blue Eyed Mary
Chickweed
Western Spring Beauty
Yellow Glacier Lily
Bog Shooting Star
Arnica
Star Flowered False Solomon's Seal
Spotted Saxifrage
Twinflower
Daisy
Sunflower
Harebell
Sunflower
Pacific Bleeding Heart

Snowdrops
Snowdrops
Pennyroyal
Pacific Bleeding Heart
Hornemann's Willowherb
Red Columbine
Daisy
Red Columbine
Bridge's Penstemon
Fairy Slipper
Yellow Monkey Flower
Daisy
Edelweiss
Pink Monkey Flower

Columbine
Pink Monkey Flower
White Foxglove
Dovefoot Geranium
Harebell

Daisy
Forget-me-not
Yellow Avalanche Lily
Dahlia
America Brookline or Cusik's Speedwell

Mums
Foxglove
Yellow Bells
Saxifrage
Avalanche Lilies

Monkshood
Red Columbine
Daisy

Columbia Lewisia
Saxifrage
Daisy
Dafodil
Pink Hybrid Alpine Columbine
Bog Shooting Star