The spring bluebonnets are beginning to come out in force. I haven’t toured the countryside yet, but around town I see them cropping up here and there. There is an empty commercial lot near a main boulevard that I pass from time to time and have seen the bluebonnets blooming. So, I went there on… Read More Spring Bluebonnets
Every afternoon I pass some bluebonnets on the side of the road with some cactus in the background. I have thought about this scene and wanted to try to make it work in a photograph. So, one sunny afternoon I brought my camera and pulled over to take some photos. One major problem that I… Read More Flowers on the Side of the Road
Early spring means bluebonnets everywhere in many parts of Texas. It does seem like I mostly see them on the borders of busy highways though, so it is not easy to find a good photograph. The other problem that I have had photographing all of the bluebonnets is subject isolation as it can be difficult… Read More Bluebonnet Season
For a few weeks in the spring, central Texas gets a brilliant wildflower show and the bluebonnets are the star of the show. Around the place where I work I noticed some flowers growing amongst some rocks and waited for a time when the sun was out and took a few photos. Below are a… Read More Urban Wildflowers
It’s wildflower season and in Texas, that means bluebonnets. The bluebonnet is the state flower and people plant them everywhere so that for a few weeks in the early spring they are just about everywhere you look. I went to a place near Fredericksburg that grows field of wildflowers. There are large fields of bluebonnets… Read More Field of Bluebonnets (HDR or no HDR)
