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| The sky, as I set out on a 6-mile walk about 6pm -- it was a perfect summer evening. |
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| This section of the Capitol City State Trail is lined with sunflowers and other wildflowers. |
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| They tower overhead at a height of 8-9 feet. |
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| A look towards the pond over sunflowers and reeds. |
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| A kingfisher keeps watch over the pond at Dunn's Marsh. |
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| Sunflowers bending towards the setting sun. |
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| Did I mention how tall they are?? |
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| Bridge near the hub where different state and local trails connect. |
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| A glimpse of the sky on my return home. |
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13 comments:
Beautiful! We've certainly had a pleasant summer, though cooler for the most part than "normal." This upcoming heat wave seems like it should have happened in July. No complaints here. The only time I don't like Wisconsin weather is when we have tornadoes, and during the never-ending winter months of February and early March. So, I'm enjoying summer while it lasts!
I like how you framed the sky with those wild sunflowers!
Beth: Thank you, and I hear you on the weather. This weekend's forecast does seem about a month too late, but it's hard to complain, considering how mild this summer has been compared to the last two. Don't know about you, but I plan to stay indoors where it's cooler and read this weekend. *grin*
Spare Parts: Thank you, it's hard not to fill up a frame with sunflowers at Dawley, they are so prolific over there. ☺
Thanks, Jim! ☺
Those are some stately and beautiful sunflowers!
LOVE THE LAST ONE.GREAT SHOT!
An amazing series of photos! Great!
Thanks Freda, Uppal, and Mary!
Talk about a flat sky. The first flower shot looks indoors. I can see it's not, but it still looks like a wall.
Alice: The light depended on where I was along the trail, and whether I was shooting those on the south side of the trail, or north. The light was even flatter last Thursday after a stormy afternoon.
You're more likely to have problems with that than I am, as the sky there tends to be more consistent. Still, on an overcast day, there isn't much you can do. I ended up with a ton of those in Canada. Apparently they get more rain fall than we do in Montana.
Yeah, they don't call Montana "big sky country" for nothing. And yeah -- not much you can do about overcast conditions. On one hand, it's better than trying to take pics on a cloudless afternoon, especially middle of the day, but on the otherhand, it can also be too dark and gloomy to really capture the area being visited.
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