bluebells and other wildflowers

There is no doubt about it, photographing very small wildflowers is a challenge. After doing some research on the web and FBing Jim Clark, I headed out to Turkey Run Park in N. Va. Its on GW parkway.

I took long time friend Stephen Vogel with me, because you never know what might happen in a park around here.

Luckily my tripod goes down pretty flat because I like to photograph these little flowers from the ground up, so to speak. So we had to get "low down".

Jim Clark had told me that the Dutchman's Breeches, the white flowers that look like pants, were out but didn't last very long. That is exactly what we found, only a few plants were in good, photographic, condition. Next came the bluebells which were down by the Potomac River. An easy walk down, but for two old guys in their 60's it was a trek to get back to the parking lot.

Finally we decided to check out the Stone Bridge in Manassas. My friend Lorrie Herman was there with some other artists and thought it would be fun to shoot them painting.

Much to my surprise they were painting the trees and not the huge field of bluebells. Lorrie let me take her photo painting and then we left for lunch. Great day and great weather, so nice to be retired and able to escape on a weekday.