Peridot Mesa, AZ

Douglas Sherman

Douglas Sherman

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I have been doing the "Wildflower Quickstep," driving from place to place to capture this wonderful spring in Arizona. Today's location is Peridot Mesa on he San Carlos Apache reservation. I have been here before, but this is an outstanding year with the variety and size of plants greater than I have ever seen. I love poppies but they are a problem because they don't open until 10 o'clock in the morning when the light starts getting harsh. This was taken around noon.

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A panorama from the same location.

Owl's Clover and Mexican Gold Poppies, Peridot Mesa, San Carlos Apache Reservation, AZ pano II.jpg


Poppy covered mesa.

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AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Incredible - hard to believe I am looking at images from this part of Arizona. I love the clouds in the first two images and of course the blooms are just amazing.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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Wow Doug! These are just saw awesome! I wish I was there to watch you do that two step dance.... ;)

All of these look great, and the light doesn't look harsh in any of them. I think our post processing tools today have a way of removing any harshness in our photos these days. I certainly don't notice it as much as I used to.

I think you posted this in the order that I like them best, though #2, with all of those flowers and that cool cloud formation really keeps calling out to me.
 
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rickdecker

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Douglas Sherman said:
I have been doing the "Wildflower Quickstep," driving from place to place to capture this wonderful spring in Arizona. Today's location is Peridot Mesa on he San Carlos Apache reservation. I have been here before, but this is an outstanding year with the variety and size of plants greater than I have ever seen. I love poppies but they are a problem because they don't open until 10 o'clock in the morning when the light starts getting harsh. This was taken around noon.

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A panorama from the same location.

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Poppy covered mesa.

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very nice set.
 
Dean

Dean

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Beautiful, I was out in Scottsdale several weeks ago and thought you guys might get a cray bloom this year. Apparently you did and these look great … all of them. Enjoy !
 
Douglas Sherman

Douglas Sherman

Staff
JimFox said:
Wow Doug! These are just saw awesome! I wish I was there to watch you do that two step dance.... ;)

All of these look great, and the light doesn't look harsh in any of them. I think our post processing tools today have a way of removing any harshness in our photos these days. I certainly don't notice it as much as I used to.

I think you posted this in the order that I like them best, though #2, with all of those flowers and that cool cloud formation really keeps calling out to me.
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Thanks, Jim and thank you for the Daily Featured Photo.
 
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