Our family moved to Southern California in June of 2012. Since that time we only experienced the wilderness in shades of green decorated with blooming wildflowers once, two years ago. The only time this happens in the spring is when we get enough rain during the winter months. To my delight, it is happening again this spring, after a very wet winter.
I discovered a nearby area two years ago with beautiful California Poppies; last Sunday I visited the same area hoping to find similar poppy fields. I headed to the park early, I was there not long after sunrise; the park was pretty empty, I only saw one person in the parking area. I started hiking, but after a few short minutes I noticed something from the corner of my eyes. I stopped and turned my head to discover that a coyote was standing about 50-60 yards away from me.
After staring at each other for a few seconds I started walking on the path, but kept my eyes on her. She then moved, and I noticed that poor animal was limping. I really felt sorry for her and I knew that she wouldn’t be able to hurt me. She hopped away and I continued my hike to the poppy field.
During my visit to the area I used my Lensbaby Burnside 35 lens and the Velvet 56. For the close up images I also placed a +10 macro filter on the lens. Here are some pictures of the beautiful poppies:
In addition to the poppies I found some other wildflowers as well. Here is a selection of photos I took of those:
I only post-processed the above images in Lightroom, but I did play a bit more with the next two. They were focus-stacked in Photoshop, and I finished them in Topaz Impressions.
My visit to this Orange County park was delightful, I thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures of the beautiful flowers. I hope you’ve also enjoyed the virtual tour with me.
This post is part of a group of posts about Lensbaby related topics. At the beginning of each month we feature images and stories taken with our Lensbaby lenses and link to each other. Next up in the blog circle is Carol Vipperman, please click this link to see her post and keep following the circle!
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