2410_2984 Blue Grama - a photo on Flickriver

2410_2984 Blue Grama

            Blue Grama is the most common and prolific native grass in my area. Widespread, too: its range includes four provinces and 27 states. I've seen it as far south as Texas. One of the keys to its success is drought tolerance, and we have plenty of that (ie. too much of nothing when it comes to moisture). 

I almost didn't take this photo; it felt like a longshot, a kind of beauty I could not possibly convey. But I set the tripod up anyway in the slanting light of an October evening, bracketed my exposures, and ended up liking the result. 

I've always found the flower heads/seed heads interesting: comb-like when fresh, curling into eyebrow shapes as they dry out in late summer. More often than not I've tried going in close with a macro or telephoto lens; however I think this wider view works. Maybe not a crowd pleaser - I'm not likely to sell this one due to the subject matter and its limited colour palette - but I'm happy just to please myself. I'm sure the pressure of pleasing a client accelerated my learning curve years ago. These days I try to dive a little deeper.

Tomorrow: a colourful fall image that I overlooked for more than a decade...

Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: United States / Montana / Greve (historical) (show map)

Taken on: October 31, 2024

Tags:

Blue Grama

Bouteloua gracilis

grass

seed heads

fall

autumn

wide view

drought specialists

native

widespread

brown

evening light

uplands

wild

prairie

Grasslands National Park

Saskatchewan

Canada

copyrighted

James R. Page

2024 « less

Sets appears in: • Best 2024 • Prairie Grasses

Camera: Nikon D850, f/22.0, 1/100 sec, 70mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	TAMRON SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A032N
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 22.5 (Macintosh)
Show full info

Stats: 845 views / 13 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder