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Title
Driftwood And Lupines
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
There are two large flat reservoirs in Lassen County (California, USA) known as Hog Flat and McCoy Flat. They are basically large meadows that get flooded each year courtesy of a couple small earthen dams built by a long defunct irrigation district 100 or so years ago. Depending on the year, they either dry up pretty quickly, as in the case of drought years like 2022, or hold some water all year as in wetter years. In the latter, McCoy gets planted with mutant trout that can grow to epic proportions feeding on small crustaceans if they can just get a couple years of water in it.
When the water recedes, the surrounding meadows are littered with old driftwood of various sizes and shapes from trees that have fallen around the area over the decades. This year, even though weβve been in drought, weβve had some late spring showers that I theorize have contributed to a pretty nice, albeit later, wildflower season throughout the area. On this particular afternoon, while driving home from my sonβs high school graduation I could see loads of lupine blooming at Hog Flat and figured I should get out there later in the evening with my camera. I also thought that I was dog tired (while my son was at sober grad the previous night his grandpa and I may have had done a little less-than-sober-grad celebration courtesy of a nice little bottle of Speyside single malt I picked up). I did ultimately drag myself out there and was really glad I did. It was absolutely gorgeous in the last hour or so of daylight.
I captured this image about an hour before sunset as the golden light was hitting the driftwood chunk from camera right.
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June 13th, 2022
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Gary F Richards 18 Days Ago
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding Driftwood and Lupines composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Christopher James 19 Days Ago
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Rick Davis 20 Days Ago
Tuscaloosa, AL - United States
Happy Spring Mike! Beautiful Landscape Photo! L/F
Denver, CO - United States
nicely composed with good light. like the layers from foreground thru mid to background.
Western, IL - United States
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Western, IL - United States
Congratulations! Your camera art has been nominated as a Special Feature by a fellow artist Camera Art member for your superb art in Camera Art Group!! You are invited to post your art in the "SPECIAL FEATURE ARCHIVE DISCUSSION in the Camera Art group. Please share the love by nominating a fellow artist whose work is in Camera Art Group. You can do that in the specific "SPECIAL FEATURES NOMINATIONS ONLY- VOL 8β discussion in the Camera Art Group.
Richardson, TX - United States
Fabulous landscape scenery and composition, Mike! Nominating for special feature on the camera art group...f/t
Loule, Al - Portugal
CONGRATULATIONS! π²Your amazing artwork was featured in the "Home Nature" Galleryπ²
St. Louis, MO - United States
Beautiful summer landscape photo of a large meadow covered with colorful lupines!
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