Sedum
The sedums were in blossom on the weekend we spent at Friday Harbor. We found this one along a path next to a rocky shore at the forest edge.
The Quimper Hittys, who were having a holiday with us, wanted to pose with the various flowers, as you can see over at their own blog.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 50/1.4 lens, ISO 100, f5, 1/60th second.
This post was scheduled in advance as I am out of town and completely off grid for the first two weeks of June. Naturally I won’t be answering any comments until I get back – but please, don’t hesitate to comment, I will do my best to respond when I can.
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Spectacular shot! The colours really come across in this.
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Hi skadhu – thanks so much for your comment. The colours are great and I even desaturated them a touch as they seemed a bit over the top.
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What a GREAT set of colors here, my friend! Love this shot! Have a great trip my friend, best wishes from your friends the Toads here!
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Thanks so much Toads! I had a great trip and while I am glad to be home to family and friends, I am already missing the remote wilderness experience (coupled with a fantastic cabin to stay in; I am done with tents I must say – I have spent approximately 5 years in tents over my life time and the experience has worn thin).
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Beautiful! I love the colors and focus.
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Hi Ryan – thanks so much 🙂 I was on a shallow depth of field jag at the time, and to an extent still am. Besides, lower light forest shots combine with a lower ISO really demand it. (I don’t often lug a tripod around unless I have some specific shots in mind).
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Love the colors, it almost looks like an underwater photo! Sedums are great plants – they thrive along my stone steps and ask for nothing except sunshine.
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Hi Lynn, the best kind of plant for a garden, in my opinion, are the undemanding ones that return their ‘neglect’ with beauty and grace. We have lots of native plants in our garden that really do well if left alone most of the time. They can handle the dry summers and horribly wet feet in the winter without complaint.
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You *are* going to have a great time. The Okanagan is terrific. When I was a teenager I did an Outward Bound course based, in those days, in Keremeos (near Penticton) and so have done some rockclimbing along the Similkameen River valley (scared the hell out of me and I have not done it since). One lesson I learned from that is be careful when approaching ledges from below – one of them, about 500 feet off the valley bottom and 100 feet from the top of the cliff, had two huge rattle snakes sunning on it, not readily visible until at eye level and inches away! I think it must have been a very unusual situation and doubt you really have to worry, except at the base of cliffs.Now, off to do the final packing. Have fun!
I am hoping to some of your pictures from the west coast.
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Gorgeous colours, Ephem! I am partial to sedums, also. And those Quimper Hittys; they are charming!
I am happily heading to the west coast in a few days! 🙂
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Hi Karen, and I am about to catch my plane for the ‘west coast’ in a couple of hours. Victoria does feel like west coast, but Gwaii Haanas Park feels much more so to me, all that outdoors and sea mammals and beaches and eagles and so on. Oh, and fresh halibut 🙂 I hope you have a good trip, I know I am going to.
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Gwaii Haanas Park sounds amazing! I’m hoping to make it to Vancouver Island, I’ve never been.
I’m sure it will be a wonderful trip. We are going to spend some time in the Penticton area rock climbing (Skaha). Happy travels, looking forward to your pictures!
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