When Fall is Spring

[AlanLichty]

One of the interesting parts about alpine meadows is how late in the season you still have plants trying to squeeze their flowering cycle in before the snow starts flying. I spotted this little patch of blooms along the Hidden Lake Trail yesterday at around 7000' near the continental divide and was fascinated with the separation of the purple and yellow flowers with the purple ones right along a small trickle of a stream and the yellow ones off on either side. The stream meandered down from a tiny waterfall and the purple blooms announced the path through the yellow flowers. I used a focus stack to pull in the whole scene.

Fall is Spring

• AlanLichty
• Sep 15, 2018

A nice set of trailside blooms in mid September. Hidden Lake Trail Glacier NP.

This is a quite popular trail so I had folks coming past me while I was shooting and got a lot of funny looks from people who couldn't figure out what I was shooting since it wasn't a selfie or group shot from one of the overlooks.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is very pleasant Alan.

 

[Jim Dockery]

I would have shot this scene too. Did you do a portrait orientation of the central area of this shot? The curve of magenta flowers leads nicely into the dark corner and little waterfall.

 

[AlanLichty]

I would have shot this scene too. Did you do a portrait orientation of the central area of this shot? The curve of magenta flowers leads nicely into the dark corner and little waterfall.

I didn't and a portrait shot of this would have been nice. Wish I would have thought of this when I was up there.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Alan, yeah, it's funny and strange how short the life cycle is when you are up at that altitude. We get so used to the stretched out cycles down here in the lowlands. I know I get lot's of quizzical looks from people when I say I am going to go shoot spring wildflowers in late July and August because most people associate spring flowers with April or May.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

One of the interesting parts about alpine meadows is how late in the season you still have plants trying to squeeze their flowering cycle in before the snow starts flying. I spotted this little patch of blooms along the Hidden Lake Trail yesterday at around 7000' near the continental divide and was fascinated with the separation of the purple and yellow flowers with the purple ones right along a small trickle of a stream and the yellow ones off on either side. The stream meandered down from a tiny waterfall and the purple blooms announced the path through the yellow flowers. I used a focus stack to pull in the whole scene.

Fall is Spring

• AlanLichty
• Sep 15, 2018

A nice set of trailside blooms in mid September. Hidden Lake Trail Glacier NP.

This is a quite popular trail so I had folks coming past me while I was shooting and got a lot of funny looks from people who couldn't figure out what I was shooting since it wasn't a selfie or group shot from one of the overlooks.

C&C always welcome.

Monkey flowers (purple) love water and I think those yellow ones are arnica which like drier ground. Save this one for a
Waterfall Wednesday, Alan.

 

[AlanLichty]

Monkey flowers (purple) love water and I think those yellow ones are arnica which like drier ground. Save this one for a
Waterfall Wednesday, Alan.

Thanks for the flower ID Doug. The plant guide I carry in my RV library is for Pacific NW coast species and I had no idea what those were. While there is falling water in the background it isn't much of a waterfall - you could get double the flow with a garden hose

 

[BarryHamilton]

Lovely scene, very nicely seen!