Taken on May 4, 2016, near Seven Persons, Alberta, Canada with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR, Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto lens attached.
Can you guess what this beautiful wildflower is?
I’ll give you a hint: it’s the very first bloom that shows up in the spring.
That’s right, it’s the Pasque Flower or Prairie Crocus (Pulsatilla nuttalliana)!
I have a lot more photos to share of this lovely bloom as spring approacheth.
Taken on April 30, 2017, with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR plus Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens.
J.J Collett Natural Area, south of Ponoka, Alberta, is in the Aspen Parkland area. These Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) are part of a “climax” plant community, before going into White Spruce (Picea glauca). These deciduous trees form as a colony of daughter clones of the parent tree, making for a colony of genetically identical trees that can be hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.
Taken on April 30, 2017, with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR plus Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens.
But I will admit that I harkened back to my learned knowledge of “putting the sneak on” a game bird such as this. I moved very slowly, kept calm and as quiet as possible, and utilized the utmost disciplined patience that I could muster, just so I could at least get some really decent and memorable shots I can keep forever.
Fortunately, I had my telephoto lens (Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4 – 5.6 IS USM) hooked onto my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR.
This was shot near Barrhead, AB, Canada, on January 3, 2018.
October 10, 2015; Taken with a Canon Rebel XS with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto lens.