A Blanket of Wildflowers

[JimFox]

I had been tempted to make a 2nd trip out to Joshua Tree in 4 days. I had seen the forecast for snow there, and then I had seen the very cool shot that @Johnny Chien had posted. But in my mind I was still toying with wanting to run up to Yosemite also, or perhaps just stay home and get some work done here on Processing. But when Johnny said I should just go because there would be wildflowers and snow... well, he was right so I tossed my camera's in the Jeep and a few hours later I was on the road.

So I ended up within a 16 hour time span in one National Park, to get Wildflowers at Sunset, Snow at Sunrise, and Stars in between. All in all a very cool and productive trip.

So this is from the southern end of Joshua Tree on Pinto Basin Road which is the south entrance. I didn't get to where Johnny had shot his wildflowers, I was only about 5 miles from there, but as I was driving into the park the sun started to burst through the storm clouds with awesome rays, and so I pulled over to shoot that quick and when I did I noticed that there was a blanket of flowers all around me. The sun rays only lasted about 60 seconds, but the wildflowers called my name there. I didn't get any nuclear sunset color, but I did get some really cool coloring in the clouds as the sun worked it's way to setting. So I decided to stay where I was instead of driving another 5 miles to the field of Lupines that Johnny had shot.

I ended up with more compositions and more variations of color and light in the clouds then I will probably ever get to processing. So this one is in a sense a random one of my putting my hand into the back and pulling this one out to process.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[AlanLichty]

Sweet - it looks like a nice wildflower show ahead for the SW deserts this year. I like the serious clouds overhead for a nice mood to the wet deserts and the hints of white on the hills behind is an interesting touch. Unusual combinations of visual treats for this time of year down there.

Hopefully I will be somewhere in this vicinity (or a bit north of here) by this time next week.

 

[Johnny Chien]

I had been tempted to make a 2nd trip out to Joshua Tree in 4 days. I had seen the forecast for snow there, and then I had seen the very cool shot that @Johnny Chien had posted. But in my mind I was still toying with wanting to run up to Yosemite also, or perhaps just stay home and get some work done here on Processing. But when Johnny said I should just go because there would be wildflowers and snow... well, he was right so I tossed my camera's in the Jeep and a few hours later I was on the road.

So I ended up within a 16 hour time span in one National Park, to get Wildflowers at Sunset, Snow at Sunrise, and Stars in between. All in all a very cool and productive trip.

So this is from the southern end of Joshua Tree on Pinto Basin Road which is the south entrance. I didn't get to where Johnny had shot his wildflowers, I was only about 5 miles from there, but as I was driving into the park the sun started to burst through the storm clouds with awesome rays, and so I pulled over to shoot that quick and when I did I noticed that there was a blanket of flowers all around me. The sun rays only lasted about 60 seconds, but the wildflowers called my name there. I didn't get any nuclear sunset color, but I did get some really cool coloring in the clouds as the sun worked it's way to setting. So I decided to stay where I was instead of driving another 5 miles to the field of Lupines that Johnny had shot.

I ended up with more compositions and more variations of color and light in the clouds then I will probably ever get to processing. So this one is in a sense a random one of my putting my hand into the back and pulling this one out to process.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Glad you went back out to see the flowers and bonus snow. I love the serene feeling of your picture, and the deep blue hues of the sky that complement colors of the flowers. Great shot Jim!

 

[Mike Koopsen]

Great shot Jim. The colors in the sky work great with the foreground. You really captured the calming vibe of this landscape.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is gorgeous Jim, I am envious of your chance for wildflowers while we are having snow.

 

[BarryHamilton]

Lovely serenity here, Jim. Nicely done!

 

[Nilo Photography]

I had been tempted to make a 2nd trip out to Joshua Tree in 4 days. I had seen the forecast for snow there, and then I had seen the very cool shot that @Johnny Chien had posted. But in my mind I was still toying with wanting to run up to Yosemite also, or perhaps just stay home and get some work done here on Processing. But when Johnny said I should just go because there would be wildflowers and snow... well, he was right so I tossed my camera's in the Jeep and a few hours later I was on the road.

So I ended up within a 16 hour time span in one National Park, to get Wildflowers at Sunset, Snow at Sunrise, and Stars in between. All in all a very cool and productive trip.

So this is from the southern end of Joshua Tree on Pinto Basin Road which is the south entrance. I didn't get to where Johnny had shot his wildflowers, I was only about 5 miles from there, but as I was driving into the park the sun started to burst through the storm clouds with awesome rays, and so I pulled over to shoot that quick and when I did I noticed that there was a blanket of flowers all around me. The sun rays only lasted about 60 seconds, but the wildflowers called my name there. I didn't get any nuclear sunset color, but I did get some really cool coloring in the clouds as the sun worked it's way to setting. So I decided to stay where I was instead of driving another 5 miles to the field of Lupines that Johnny had shot.

I ended up with more compositions and more variations of color and light in the clouds then I will probably ever get to processing. So this one is in a sense a random one of my putting my hand into the back and pulling this one out to process.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Breathtaking Jim...Love love it!

 

[JimFox]

Sweet - it looks like a nice wildflower show ahead for the SW deserts this year. I like the serious clouds overhead for a nice mood to the wet deserts and the hints of white on the hills behind is an interesting touch. Unusual combinations of visual treats for this time of year down there.

Hopefully I will be somewhere in this vicinity (or a bit north of here) by this time next week.

Thanks so much Alan! It’s a visual treat for sure! So much so that I drove back out to Joshua Tree for sunrise today. That’s 3 times I Jane been out here in the last week.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Well, lots of driving but certainly a payoff in store. Lovely flowers and some nice light and clouds too make for a great shot! And I personally always like hearing the backstory on what is required to make the image happen too.

ML

 

[Tom Narwid]

I had been tempted to make a 2nd trip out to Joshua Tree in 4 days. I had seen the forecast for snow there, and then I had seen the very cool shot that @Johnny Chien had posted. But in my mind I was still toying with wanting to run up to Yosemite also, or perhaps just stay home and get some work done here on Processing. But when Johnny said I should just go because there would be wildflowers and snow... well, he was right so I tossed my camera's in the Jeep and a few hours later I was on the road.

So I ended up within a 16 hour time span in one National Park, to get Wildflowers at Sunset, Snow at Sunrise, and Stars in between. All in all a very cool and productive trip.

So this is from the southern end of Joshua Tree on Pinto Basin Road which is the south entrance. I didn't get to where Johnny had shot his wildflowers, I was only about 5 miles from there, but as I was driving into the park the sun started to burst through the storm clouds with awesome rays, and so I pulled over to shoot that quick and when I did I noticed that there was a blanket of flowers all around me. The sun rays only lasted about 60 seconds, but the wildflowers called my name there. I didn't get any nuclear sunset color, but I did get some really cool coloring in the clouds as the sun worked it's way to setting. So I decided to stay where I was instead of driving another 5 miles to the field of Lupines that Johnny had shot.

I ended up with more compositions and more variations of color and light in the clouds then I will probably ever get to processing. So this one is in a sense a random one of my putting my hand into the back and pulling this one out to process.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

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Lovely...beautiful soft light.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

That is really pretty, Jim. I am going to have to get out there and soon.

 

[Dean]

Beautiful Jim..You certainly have covered a lot of ground in the last few days. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the images as well. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that you are our shooting wild flowers while I spent part of the day trying to remove a giant iceberg (lousy plow job) from my driveway . Regards,
Dean

 

[Jim Dockery]

Beautiful.

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful Jim..You certainly have covered a lot of ground in the last few days. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the images as well. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that you are our shooting wild flowers while I spent part of the day trying to remove a giant iceberg (lousy plow job) from my driveway . Regards,
Dean

Ha ha, yeah that is so odd. Even for me it's a bit hard to wrap my head around all of these wildflowers on display with so much snow everywhere else.