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2017. Fendlera. Navajo
National Monument, Arizona. |
Tom has been taking photographs of flowers as long has he has had a camera. Of course, the first black and white pictures were not great, because flowers get much of their beauty from color.
About 5% of all the photographs Tom has taken are pictures of flowers. So as the number of Tom's 'good' photos approaches 100,000, the number of 'good' flower pictures approaches 5000. Tom has selected about 500 of these as his favorite flower photographs.
Here are some of the best of those favorites:
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| 1978, Yucca. Arches National Park. Utah. |
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| 1983. Water Lilly. Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Minnesota, |
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| 1991. Crinum Lily. Hawaii. |
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| 1995. Joshua Tree Blossom. Joshua National Park. California. |
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| 1996. Bird of Paradise. Channel Islands National Park. California. |
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| 2002. Western Azalea. Redwoods National and State Parks. California. |
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| 2004. Barrel cactus. Saguaro National Park. |
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| 2005 Foxglove. Cornwall, UK |
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| 2005. Fuchsia. County Clare, Ireland. |
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| 2005. Orthosiphon aristatus (aka Cat Whiskers) Garden of the Sleeping Giant. Fiji. |
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| 2005. Kniphofia (aka Red Hot Pokers). South Island New Zealand. |
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| 2007. Fields of Poppies and Cornflowers while biking in Sweden. |
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2008. Protea. Cape Point. South Africa.
92% of these flowers are found only in the Cape Floristic Region. |
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| 2008 Anarthrophyllum Benth in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile. |
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| 2008. Closeup of Anarthrophyllum Benth in Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, Chile. |
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| 2010. Red Fairy Duster. Desert Museum, Saguaro National Park. Arizona. |
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| 2010. Agapanthus (aka Lily of the Nile). Winne Tour. Mornington Peninsula, Australia |
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| 2011. Lupins. Fiordland National Park. South Island, New Zealand. |
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| 2011. Annie & Dustin. Texas Bluebonnets. Austin, Texas. |
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| 2014. Campanula rotundifolia (aka Harebell). Hvalsey Norse, Greenland |
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| 2016. Kiera. Nootka Lupines, Iceland. |
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| 2017. Castilleja scabrida (aka Indian Paintbrush). Zion National Park. Utah. |
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| 2017. Sclerocactus (aka Fishhook Cactus) Hovenweep National Monument. Utah. |
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| 2017. Ipomopsis aggregata. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Colorado. |
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| 2017. Blue Copper Butterflies on Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat Bear Toth Highway. Montana. |
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2017. Blazingstar flowers in the Splatter Cones of Craters of the Moon National Monument. Idaho.
These flowers thrive in volcanic soil. See Lava Beds National Monument (below). |
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2018. Saguaro Cactus Flower, Saguaro National Park. Arizona.
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| 2018. Prickly Pear Cactus. Snow Canyon State Park. Utah |
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| 2019. Dune Primrose. Joshua Tree National Monument. California. |
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| 2019. Wildflower Superbloom. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. California. |
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2019. Hesperocallis undulata (aka Desert Lilly). Anza Borrego Desert State Park. California.
These are a rare find, according to our campground hostess, who told us where to go to find them. |
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2019. Agave americana (aka Century Plant). Anza Borrego Desert State Park. California.
This plant blooms only once in its long lifetime; newspapers alert readers when one is about to bloom. |
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| 2019. Northern Mockingbird on a blooming Ocotillo. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. California. |
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2019. Rare Poppy Superbloom along Interstate 5 near Lake Elsinore, California.
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| 2019. Poppy Superbloom with California bluebells. Diamond Valley Lake. California. |
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| 2019. Trillium. Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt Redwoods State Park. California. |
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| 2021. Red Columbine. Peoria-Luthy Botanical Garden. Illinois. |
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| 2023. Blazingstar. Lava Beds National Monument. California. |
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| 2024. Sweet Pea. Mt Saint Helens National Monument. |
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| 2024. Pulsatilla occidentalis (aka Western Pasque Flower). Mt Rainier National Park. Washington. |
