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Stopped by the Rowena Crest driving back from Central Oregon. The balsamroot flowers were in full bloom. It was unfortunate that this was a windy day, trying to shoot between brief pauses in the wind was a challenge. But then again the Columbia gorge is well known for its winds.
On a plateau formed by lava flows eons ago, the Nature Conservancy’s Tom McCall Preserve at Rowena sits several hundred feet above the Columbia River. The preserve and surrounding oak woodlands are one of Oregon’s best locations for wildflowers, with the bonus of outstanding views of the Columbia River Gorge.
View of lupine and balsam root wildflowers in the Gorge, shortly before the sun crested the horizon. It is almost always windy at this location. Dawn is the best chance for stillness. As it was, I was lucky to find a moment at 1/6 second when the flowers weren't in motion.
The Arrowleaf Balsamroot is related to the sunflower. This is a wildflower native to the northwest. Currently the hills are covered with this sunny yellow flower. This picutre was taken off my deck during the golden hour......the sun was low in the sky but still had enough strength to light up these flowers!
Have a great week all and thanks so much for your views and comments!
Thought I had missed the wildflower blooms this year with the lockdown, but last weekend there was still a lot of balsamroot and some lupine at higher elevations in Klickitat County, Washington. I think the bulk of the flowers in the middle ground is canola.
Mount Hood in the background.
Lone tree on a hill and balsamroot wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge in Klickitat County, Washington.
The flowers are the moving part of this photo. The wind on the ridge was blowing all of the plants to and fro. It was a great sunrise.
Balsamroot blossoms, French Road, Tieton WA.
This native plant is late to bloom this year. Most of these blossoms haven't quite opened yet and last year they were at least 2 weeks ahead.
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.) or "Oregon sunflower" bloom decorate a hillside meadow near Granite Creek in Shell Canyon, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming.
Lupine and Balsamroot in bloom on the Oregon side of the Gorge. Washington is across the Columbia River to the north.
I tried to take some photos of the sunset from the road to the Experimental Farm in Summerland. The sunset wasn't great so I focused my attention on some Balsam root flowers. I liked the enhanced colour on the petals.
The Balsam-root blooms are spectacular right now in the Okanagan Valley. These were taken while on a walk on the KVR Trail near Naramata, BC
Balsamroot at Rowena.
I just happened to be driving by and so I thought that I would stop and see how this years crop was doing.
The lupines have yet to come on, but the balsamroot is blooming. It should be great in another week or so if Spring will ever get here.
Explore Apr 24, 2010 #475
This flower is a favourite in the spring here in the Okanagan Valley as it is in many other BC interior grassland areas. This image emphasizes the difference in the plant from spring to fall.
Bluish lupine (Lupine argenteus) and yellow arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt.) ) decorate a hillside meadow near Granite Creek in Shell Canyon, Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming.
I have been out to Rowena and the flowers are less than impressive this year. This is a shot from last year...
A bit of a tonal contrast from the sunburst one. Which one do you prefer?
On the technical side, this is an image that I'm rarely able to make. The closest flower is mere inches from the front of my lens, meaning I need to do a "focus stack", or combine multiple images taken at different focus points in order to get sharp focus through the entire image. This was a 5 frame focus stack.
The difficulty usually arises when there is any movement in the scene. Even the slightest breeze will cause the flowers to sway and makes combining the frames a huge challenge. Additionally, the light was so low here that each exposure was over a second long which would have made it impossible to get a sharp image if there was any movement in the flowers at all.
Thankfully it was completely calm this evening which allowed me to get this shot.
Tom McCall Nature Preserve. With a little peek of Mt. Adams, across the Columbia River and to the right.
Balsamroot on a foggy, rainy day along highway 30 east of Mosier Oregon on the Columbia River Gorge.
These Balsam Root flowers never fail to catch my attention with their bright yellow colour and petals that look like they are reaching for the Sun.
The higher meadows (8,700 to 9,000 feet) on the Uncompahgre Plateau were brightened by dense stands of balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagittata among clusters of Gambel oak. Snow is still extensive on Mount Peale, highest peak (12,721 feet) in the La Sal Mountains.