Helpful Posts: There are at least 6 species of purple sage in the desert here. The color varies from deep purple to pink.They only bloom after a Summer rain, and for a very short time. The plants are so very beautiful that I thought I would share a few photos with you. These three photos were taken with a Canon Mark III, F22 (ISO between 100 and 1000.
I know is does not look like it but the area were these photos were taken receives about 10 inches of rain a year. Just thought I would throw in Anticrepuscular rays with rainbow. You commits and critique welcome.
Note: It was raining in photo with rainbow, it is not sharp image , just an unusual sight.
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10th June 2017, 07:08 AM #1
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Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
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10th June 2017, 08:33 AM #2
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
No 4 is a beautiful capture Lee.
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10th June 2017, 11:40 AM #3
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
WOW; excellent images....and thankfully i have a new word to my vocabulary
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10th June 2017, 04:13 PM #4
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
+1 to the above. Beautiful flowers!
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10th June 2017, 07:33 PM #5
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
Good focus depth and potential over exposure spots have been avoided.
Very small spot near the top of the first image, possibly a distant bird?
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10th June 2017, 09:20 PM #6
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
#4 is my fav. Beautiful images all around. Nice details on the flowers.
#1 feels a bit over saturated to me, or the sky colors in parts near the cliffs seem off, but alas, I am a mere amateur so
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10th June 2017, 11:13 PM #7
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
I like them all but, my favorites are #1 (although I'd like a bit cropped from image left) and #4...
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11th June 2017, 08:01 AM #8
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Re: Purple Sage of American Southwest, and Anticrepuscular rays with double rainbow
Going with #4 image. My sage brush is growing like weeds. I only have two of them -- the common sage (purple flower) which last about 5 years of neglect and now I added a pineapple sage (good for butterflies and hummingbirds). Common sage is what I use in my kitchen frequently but pineapple sage, has the most beautiful flowers and are used for tea and salad. I will try them this summer. Anyway, the rest of the images are pretty, but #4 beats them all.
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