As I was looking through the huge (and I do mean huge) pile of photos that I haven’t weeded, much less edited or shared on my hard drive – I found some of my wildflower photos from my trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from last spring. One of the challenges of taking lots of photos – is that I always feel like I’m behind on sharing my photos
So today I thought I’d share a few of my wildflower photos from last spring. I don’t have enough good photos of the flowers to do a separate blog post for each type of flowers – so am combining a few of them into one post
Wild Bleeding Hearts – dicentra eximia – is a delicate member of the Poppy family. I know a couple spots in the park where these bloom each year – if you look closely at some of my photos of wild bleeding hearts from the Smokies – you’ll see that many of them were taken in the same general area.
Wild Bleeding Hearts – dicentra eximia © 2015 Patty Hankins
Wild Bleeding Hearts – dicentra eximia © 2015 Patty Hankins
Fire Pinks – silene virginica – are about the only bright red spring wildflowers so it’s fairly easy to spot on the trails and roadsides. The challenge with fire pinks is finding them in good enough shape to photograph. The flowers are very delicate so it’s not uncommon to see pretty ratty looking Fire Pinks.
Fire Pinks – silene virginica © 2015 Patty Hankins
Fire Pinks – silene virginica © 2015 Patty Hankins
Fire Pinks – silene virginica © 2015 Patty Hankins
Yellow Trillium – trillium luteum – is one of the wildflowers that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is known for. Native only to Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky, I try to photograph them every time I’m in the park – since it’s the only time and place I’m likely to see them.
Yellow Trillium – trillium luteum © 2015 Patty Hankins
Yellow Trillium – trillium luteum © 2015 Patty Hankins
Yellow Trillium – trillium luteum © 2015 Patty Hankins
I haven’t had a chance to edit up any of these photos for sale yet – but I do have a number of other wildflower photos available, including several from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. You can see which of my wildflower photos are available as matted prints or gallery wrapped canvases in the Wildflower Gallery on my website.