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Tennessee Wildflowers III

by hankinslawrenceimages | May 1, 2010 | Flowers, Wildflowers

I’m still having a fantastic time photographing wildflowers. I’ve made it to Asheville, North Carolina where I’ll be photographing at the Botanical Garden at Asheville and the North Carolina Arboretum. The spring wildflowers are amazing this year. Here are a few more that I photographed in the Smoky Mountains

Yellow Ladyslipper – Cyprepedium pubescens

Celadine Poppies – Stylophorum diphyllum

Rue-Anemone – Thalictrum thalictroides

Wild Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis

Wild Stonecrop – Sedum ternatum

I hope you’re enjoying seeing my photos from my spring wildflower trip. I am having a fantastic time photographing them 🙂

Tennessee Wildflowers I

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 20, 2010 | Flowers, Photo Locations, Wildflowers

I’m having a fantastic time photographing wildflowers here in Tennessee. I’ve been posting some of my photos an album on my Facebook Fan Page for my flower photography and wanted to share some of them with people who read my blog.

I took this set of wildflower photos at Reflection Riding Arboretum in Chattanooga – which is an absolutely amazing place to see spring wildflowers. This was my first visit – it definitely won’t be my last. I’m already trying to figure out how to get back there for another visit on this trip.

Blue Eyed Mary – Collinsia verna Nutt.

Shooting Stars – Dodecatheon meadia

An orange and yellow azalea bush – don’t know the variety but it is certainly spectacular!

Spring Beauty – Claytonia caroliniana

Blue Phlox – Phlox divaricata

Wild Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis

I’ve had a few wonderful days photographing the spring wildflowers. Next up is the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage where I’ll be selling my photographs at the Exhibit Hall in the Mills Conference Center. Followed by several more days of wildflower photography before I head home.

I’ll continue posting photos to the album on Facebook and will try to get another blog post or two up while I’m on the road. If you’re on Facebook and would like to see my photos as I post them, I’d like to invite you to become a fan of my flower photography on Facebook.

The Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 15, 2010 | Photo Locations

Recently, my friend Dan Williams wrote about Special Places to visit and photograph on his blog. I totally agree with him that there are some magical places that bring you a sense of joy and peace that you find no where else. For me, many of those places are in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. In the past few years, I’ve made several trips to the Smoky Mountains and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. On each trip, I find myself relaxing and feeling more at peace than I do anywhere else. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cherokee National Forest and the Blue Ridge Parkway are some my absolute favorite places to photograph. I’ve photographed amazing sunrises from Clingman’s Dome, wonderful streams and waterfalls – and all sorts of wildflowers.

In 2008, I attended my first Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage – and realized just how much I love photographing wildflowers. This year, I’ll have a booth in exhibit hall with my flower photography. The spring wildflowers in the Smoky Mountains are amazing. I don’t have the words to be able to describe just how beautiful it is seeing a hillside of purple and yellow wildflowers.

I’m heading back to Tennessee for a couple of weeks of photographing in a few days. I’m hoping to photograph at some familiar locations in the Great Smoky Mountains, in the Cherokee National Forest, and along the Blue Ridge Parkway – as well as discovering some new trails to hike and flowers to photograph. I’m not sure how much I’ll be posting to my blog while I”m gone. I expect to return to my regular blogging schedule when I return home in early May.

The photos in this blog post are some of my favorite photos from my trips to the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. I hope you’ve enjoyed them and that they give you a taste of how wonderful this part of the country is. I’m looking forward to sharing more photos of the area with you when I get back from my trip.

Fan Columbine

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 19, 2009 | Flowers

Earlier this spring, I photographed two types of columbine (aquilegia) – McKana Group and Robin – at Longwood Gardens. While photographing, I was chatting with another photographer – who asked had I seen the columbine around the fountain? Apparently each year, the staff at Longwood Gardens plants columbine around the fountain at the center of the Flower Garden Walk.

When I made another visit to Longwood in early May, the fan columbine (McKana Group) was all around the center fountain. It was gorgeous.

There were so many color combinations in the flowers that I never did manage to photograph them all. Here are some of my favorites.

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Many Colors of Columbine

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 4, 2009 | Flowers

In early May, I spent a few hours one morning at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. I had a wonderful time exploring the early spring flowers and was delighted to see some many types of Columbine (aquilegia). I had photographed two types of Columbine (McKana Group and Robin) at Longwood Gardens in April. So it was great to see all the colors of Columbine at Green Spring.

Here are a few of the colors of Columbine I photographed that morning.

Pale pink and yellow

Red and yellow – aquilegia canadensis

Light purple

And finally dark purple

The columbine has finished blooming for the year. I do have a few more photos of columbine from Longwood Gardens to post. Hopefully I’ll get them posted in the next week or so.

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