Without apology, I post... Flowers!

[elfs]

For no other reason than because I want to, I hereby present all the flowers Kouryou-chan spotted and identified on our hike over North Sunrise Ridge, around Frozen Lake, across the Berkeley blast field and down into Berkeley Meadows, July 16th. These are all alpine and subalpine breeds growing on Mount Rainier. All identifications were hers, so if they're wrong, well, we did our best.

Avalance Lilly

Broadleaf Lupine

Fanleaf Cinquefoil

Golden Alpine Daisies

Hairbell

Magenta Paintbrush

Pasqueflower

Pink Mountain Heather

Rockslide Larkspur

Scarlet Paintbrush

Sitka Valerian

Spreading Phlox

Subalpine Daisy

White Mountain Heather

Comments

[lisakit.livejournal.com]

Was she using a book to help with ID? Those are pretty spot-on. The only one I'm not sure of is the hairbell, but that's because I'm unfamiliar with hairbell.

Way to go Kouryou-chan!

[cthulu-for-pm.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of something that happened early on in the professional photography course I did (many moons ago, now). One of the teachers was saying that he was sick and tired of seeing flower photos in the shots people were submitting in their classwork. Okay, point noted, no more flower shots.

Next assignment, no one submits any flower phots, except for one - a rose, nailed to a fence with tomato sauce dripping down to simulate blood. The whole class voted that one as the best shot for that week - including the teacher.

(No, it wasn't me that did it, but I sure wish I'd thought of it first.)