Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Bird vetch / Vicia cracca
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Back-lit Goat's-beard
Meadow Goat's-beard / Tragopogon pratensis
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Goat's-beard with visitor
Goat's-beard
Dame's rocket
Teasels growing wild
Mountain Ash berries
European Mountain Ash / Sorbus aucuparia
Yellow Clematis / Clematis tangutica
Spotted Knapweed - PROHIBITED NOXIOUS
The dreaded Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Caragana - invasive beauty
Black Henbane seedpods
The beauty of an invasive weed
Tall Hedge Mustard / Sisymbrium loeselii
Goat's-beard
The inspiration for Velcro
Tartarian Honeysuckle
Canada/Creeping Thistle
European Mountain Ash
Beauty and beast
Misleading beauty
Watch out for its stranglehold
Bee on Baby's breath
Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Common Tansy in winter
Nodding Thistle
Teasel and bokeh
Teasel
Mission Mountain Range, Montana
Lovin' the light
A beautiful but invasive weed
At least someone likes Goat's-beard
Invasiveness
Goat's-beard
Snow-covered tresses
Skipper on Creeping Thistle
Beautiful but invasive Mountain Ash
Yellow Clematis / Clematis tangutica
Butter-and-eggs / Linaria vulgaris
Oxeye Daisy / Leucanthemum vulgare
Little dancers
Oxeye Daisy bokeh
Tall Buttercup
Amazing beauty
Oxeye Daisy / Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Two non-natives
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense
Common Burdock / Arctium minus
The kind of day it's been
Nodding Thistle/Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Ladybug on Goat's-beard
Horseshoe Canyon
Invasive beauty
Red rules
Invasive beauty
Creeping Bellflower
Damage done
Purple Loosestrife
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Beauty of a weed
Creeping (formerly Canada) Thistle, with a touch of filter added in post-processing.
This was the very first time I had ever visited a particular Osprey nest, though "everyone" else seems to have been : ) The sun came out yesterday, 3 September 2018, but while I was down in the park, some dark clouds came rolling in. Far from good light, but I managed to get a few shots. Ospreys are such beautiful birds and I was lucky that I spotted the first one standing on a street light A second Osprey (juvenile) was standing on the nest, feeding on something that looked like the remains of a fish. I should have checked if they only eat fish before posting the other photo.
One thing I do know is that I would never have been able to take such a close photo with my trusty old Panasonic FZ200. I have used that make and model for several years and have loved using it. However, it has bothered me, especially the last year and a half, that the optical zoom is only 24x (though I used it on 48x) - just not enough reach for tiny or far away birds. A few months ago, I finally gave in and got a Nikon P900. I have only used it a handful of times, but yesterday afternoon I made up my mind to give it a better try. I don't know where all the birds were, other than the two beautiful Osprey! One thing I need to find out as soon as possible is why I couldn't focus on anything that was not far away. No problem with distant things, but when I tried to focus say on a wildflower, I could not get the camera to focus at all. Stood maybe 12-15 feet away and zoomed in and the camera just refused to focus. Tried standing at different distances and nothing worked. A lot to learn, I can tell : )
Hard to believe our very cool temperatures recently! This morning, 4 September 2018, just after 10:30 am, it is only 6C (windchill 4C). A far cry from the record-breaking 36.4C that we had a few weeks ago. It definitely feels and looks like fall has arrived already.
This was the very first time I had ever visited a particular Osprey nest, though "everyone" else seems to have been : ) The sun came out yesterday, 3 September 2018, but while I was down in the park, some dark clouds came rolling in. Far from good light, but I managed to get a few shots. Ospreys are such beautiful birds and I was lucky that I spotted the first one standing on a street light A second Osprey (juvenile) was standing on the nest, feeding on something that looked like the remains of a fish. I should have checked if they only eat fish before posting the other photo.
One thing I do know is that I would never have been able to take such a close photo with my trusty old Panasonic FZ200. I have used that make and model for several years and have loved using it. However, it has bothered me, especially the last year and a half, that the optical zoom is only 24x (though I used it on 48x) - just not enough reach for tiny or far away birds. A few months ago, I finally gave in and got a Nikon P900. I have only used it a handful of times, but yesterday afternoon I made up my mind to give it a better try. I don't know where all the birds were, other than the two beautiful Osprey! One thing I need to find out as soon as possible is why I couldn't focus on anything that was not far away. No problem with distant things, but when I tried to focus say on a wildflower, I could not get the camera to focus at all. Stood maybe 12-15 feet away and zoomed in and the camera just refused to focus. Tried standing at different distances and nothing worked. A lot to learn, I can tell : )
Hard to believe our very cool temperatures recently! This morning, 4 September 2018, just after 10:30 am, it is only 6C (windchill 4C). A far cry from the record-breaking 36.4C that we had a few weeks ago. It definitely feels and looks like fall has arrived already.
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