I had a very slow start in my blogging with just the occasional post and sometimes went a few weeks or more without one. Obviously I haven’t had a problem posting lately. Quite a flurry from me. I have made it to #500 and we’ll see where it goes from here.
This is a series of Canada Lily ( Lilium canadense ) shots from Sunday morning.
These plants can grow to 6 or 8 feet tall, making it much easier to see inside the flowers which are always in a droop it seems. I am not sure if I will get a chance to shoot a wood lily this year which blooms in an opposite position…facing straight up toward the sun.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Three interesting interpretations Steve. Go for 1,000.
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Thanks, Andrew. Onward and upward.
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Congrats on 500. I like lilies. This one has a nice downward facing hang to it. Well done. Looking forward to your future posts at whatever pace you wish.
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Thanks, Jim. I’ll keep plugging away. I may take a break here or there, but I enjoy posting these so the almost daily frequency will probably remain.
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I like photo number one the best. The dark, background suits the orange perfect.
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Thanks, Yvonne. As long as you like one of them I am happy. 🙂
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Beautiful
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Thank you.
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It’s a beautiful lily, and that’s an interesting note about the wood lily facing upward.
A question — is anyone else finding the USDA plant distribution map suddenly non-fuctional? It’s been working fine for me, but the last two days I only get the slider on the side, and the tabs on top. I poked around a little and found a comment from the USDA that the maps don’t work on Forestry Service computers, but no indiction why. They said they were going to try and address the issue, so perhaps they’re involved in some tweaking. I just need to know if the problem lies with me or with them. 🙂
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I haven’t noticed a problem. But I did just find out that they have redone the maps feature and possibly you were looking at it during the switchover?
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“It’s 3:40 in the morning — do you know where your plants distribution map is? ”
“Why yes, yes, I do — it’s back and functioning just as it should. Now I can go back to sleep happy.”
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And I thought I was the only one lying awake thinking about these things. 🙂
Still haven’t figured out my gravatar issue. It says that I am signed in and shows my chosen image as active, but I still get that green thing.
Happy dreams.
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Great texture, especially in the last picture.
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With most flowers, I think, we will see more texture with the increase in size within the image. Sometimes too much maybe. I will be posting another flower shortly that is just covered with texture.
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Congrats on 500! Really enjoy checking in with your posts. I now live in Florida but lived in Lee, Beverly and Somerville, MA.
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Thanks, Michael. I am glad that you are enjoying the posts.
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