Quilegia Canadensis or Canada columbine or eastern red columbine
I have used a vintage lens, a wide open Chinon 135mm F2.8. attached to a modern digital full-format camera.
#bokeh #columbine #flower #garden #nature #sweden #vintagelens #flowerphotography #bokehbackground #bokehphotography #photography
Alas, shootings in the #US have become a more than daily occurrence.
The shooting at a school in #Graz, #Austria's 2nd biggest city, reminded me of the "mother" of all shootings, the #Columbine High School massacre in Columbine, #Colorado, in 1999: several students and one teacher were shot and a bombing attempt took place as well.
Causes? The proliferation of guns, as well as the access to "examples" on social media.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
The problem with American culture is that it is extremely poor in terms of mainstream diversity, and some think erroneously that English would be enough, as if it mattered to yet another a crazy guy in a church with a gun. In the end it is always an in yer face Irish guy with a beard explaining to you what he read on your's or someone else feed as if you did not understood what you say.
Today is a good day! Lucky enough to finally get a shot of a bee, in this case, a two-spotted bumblebee, buzz pollinating my native red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis).
first blooms for my native wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). I planted this last year and it struggled and never flowered. so exciting to see it come back stronger with so many flowers this year.
“A Walk in the Woods”
Wildflowers along a hiking trail in Poudre Canyon in northern Colorado. The prominent flowers in the image are blue columbines, the state flower of Colorado.
#colorado #coloradophotography #coloradowildflowers #columbine #coloradohiking #Nature #NaturePhotography #naturephotographer #poudrecanyon #OurPlanetDaily #EarthFocus #photographers #wildflowers
Swan huddle. Or is it just me? Who sees swans huddling at the back of columbine flowers?
#bloomscrolling #columbine
#Photography - "A day of Smelling Flowers" Columbine & Bumblebee
#Photography - "A day of Smelling Flowers" - Yellow Columbine
️ Crappy flowerbed is cleaned out️ Compost soil and new plant babies are in️ Sections of dead lawn and weeds are out️ New grass is sprouting
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