When I’m walking with my camera, I can’t help but stop, admire and photograph the flowers along the way. These walks might be close to home along the neighboring streets, strolling in one of the nearby gardens or hiking through some of our country’s amazing national parks. There are flowers everywhere.
And while an admirer of flowers is called an anthophile, I’m definitely not an expert. In fact, I know the names of only a few.
Anyway, let me just present my photo collection of flowers and foliage
My “serious” photography adventures have me lugging a couple of cameras and a few lenses into the wild outdoors.
A long lens lets me capture four footed or slow moving animals in the field easily if I remember to be patient.
I’ve found that capturing flying birds with a camera are one of the most challenging endeavors. Fast moving birds are difficult to track with a long lens and using a shorter lens produces smaller subjects in the image.
I’ve thrown away countless images of wildlife that were blurry, poorly exposed, badly composed, etc. Below are a few that I’ve kept over the years.
I have to admit that I’m addicted to our country’s national parks. Over the years I’ve visited many of the parks all over, from the east to the west and from the north to the south.
In particular I’ve trekked the 1300 miles from my home in Grand Rapids, Michigan to western Wyoming – home to Yellowstone National Park – at least a dozen times. Yellowstone is one of my favorite destinations.
The souvenirs that I take from Yellowstone are strictly the photographs and videos that I capture.
For those of you who might want to experience a few of the varied and amazing thermal features found in Yellowstone, I’ve posted them below.
PLease note that each geyser is on a separate page in order to minimize web page delay.
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Beryl Spring
Black Pool Geyser
Blue Mud Steam Vent
Canary Spring
Chinese Spring
Lakeshore Geyser
Minute Geyser
Old Faithful Geyser
Palette Spring
Puff N’ Stuff Geyser
Steamboat Spring – eruption
Steamboat Spring – calmer
Upper Yellowstone Falls
Vixen Geyser
Water Runoff Firehole River
Enjoy!
Beryl Spring -A powerful geyser thought to be one of the hottest (190+ degrees) located just north of Gibbon Fall May 2023)
