Deborah Flowers Photography California Nature Photographer
California Poppies-For Sale
Now we're down in
the Valley.
These are all
alongside the road.
We're just driving
and stopping,
driving and
stopping.
Cars were lined up
in various places.
Groups of people
just taking in the
magnificent
scenery. Most, like
me with cameras,
but several with out
just soaking up
God's Beauty.
the Valley.
These are all
alongside the road.
We're just driving
and stopping,
driving and
stopping.
Cars were lined up
in various places.
Groups of people
just taking in the
magnificent
scenery. Most, like
me with cameras,
but several with out
just soaking up
God's Beauty.
| I like the tumbleweeds strewn over the carpet of flowers. So wild and untouched. The tumbleweeds are actually dry, dead Sagebrush. The roots are very shallow so when they dry out, the wind easily lifts them out of the dry sandy soil and blows them away. Sometimes they blow for miles and miles and pile up in huge piles against walls or fences and along the freeway. At the fence line here I had to wade through a six or seven foot wide ditch that was filled with tumbleweeds. They are very thorny! Of course I was wearing shorts so I got a few scratches, but I did at least have on sneaks to save my feet. |
| The barbed wire is the focus of this image. With the soft blurring of the poppies and mountains in the background. I used flash to turn the barbed wire into shining silver. Though the sky is a bit too washed out to appreciate the sun flare. |
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