Hellhole Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
The desert floor along the mountains is getting some wonderful carpets of flowers right now. The Purplemat seen here along with the Yellow Woolly-Daisy are extremely colorful right now.
Anza Borrego Wildflowers
Wildflowers at sunset in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. This is a few miles East of Borrego Springs on Highway S22.
For this photo, I used a 3 stop hard-edge graduated neutral density filter on a Canon tilt / shift lens.
Desert Sand Verbena
Desert Sand Verbena, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
The weather has warmed up here into the low 80’s this week. We had rain in 3 of our first 8 days here, and now the warm weather seems to have jumped started the wildflowers, they are suddenly showing in many more places now. I think the next week or two should be pretty good.
Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Patch, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
This is such an interesting, almost lunar like place. I waited until after sunset and the lite the pumpkins with a flash light during a 30 second exposure. I have wanted to try this technique at this location for some time – it just seemed appropriate for some reason.
Not Your Average Point and Shoot
I stumbled upon this guy on my way to photograph sunset, look at the size of that camera! It captures a 20 x 24 inch image.
I was in a hurry, and I didn’t want to pester the guy as he set up, but I had to ask a few questions.Read More
Costa’s Hummingbird Nest
Costa’s Hummingbird Nest.
I thought I would stick with the bird theme. This hummingbird is tiny! According to Sibley, it is one of our smallest birds – it weighs in at 3.5 grams. I shot this right at sunrise with a 600, plus 2x converter, plus extension tubes and still couldn’t fill the frame.
You can see this little gal right outside the Anza-Borrego Visitor Center. Employees roped off the area surrounding the nest after a dog started sniffing near the nest; that does make finding the bush with the nest a lot easier, look for the barriers.
Anna’s Hummingbird Nest
Anna’s Hummingbird Nest.
I found this nest a few days ago. I must admit, I couldn’t help but think of her during the night as the wind blew and the rain came down. I can’t imaging how much the branches most have been moving around as she sat there keeping the two little jellybean sized eggs warm.
They have a fourteen day incubation period, I look forward to seeing the chicks.
More Cactus
Another Barrel Cactus from sunrise Saturday morning.
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