In addition to photographing in the Gunnison National Forest, I spent some time in the San Juan Mountains on my recent trip to Colorado to photograph wildflowers.  While in the San Juan Mountains, I was photographing at a  higher elevation than I was in the Gunnison National Forest so I was finding flowers at a little earlier in the blooming cycle. I was based in Ouray for this part of my trip.

Here are a few of my wildflowers photos from the San Juan Mountains.

Colorado Blue Columbine – Aquilegia Caerulea

(c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Fireweed – chamerion angustifolium

(c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Rosy Paintbrush -Castilleja rhexiifolia

(c) 2010 Patty Hankins

Western Indian Paintbrush – Castilleja occidentalis

(c) 2010 Patty Hankins

I hope you’ve enjoyed the Colorado wildflower photos I’ve been posting for the past week or so. I had a wonderful time on the trip – and am really looking forward to doing some serious editing on my photos – and deciding which ones I’ll be offering as fine art photographs in the weeks and months to come. If there are any of the wildflowers you’ve particularly liked – let me know and I’ll be sure to let you know if I do offer them as photos on canvas.