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Yellow-fringed Orchid

Orchidaceae Platanthera ciliaris Orange fringed orchid Yellow fringed orchid

Platanthera ciliaris | ©2015 David Allio

 

 

Yellow-fringed Orchid Platanthera ciliaris is native to eastern North America. Also known as Orange-fringed Orchid, this orange wildflower is threatened or endangered in ten states. This specimen was found near milepost 221 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany County, North Carolina.

camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 105mm | exposure: f/14 – 1/250th – ISO 400

Reference: USDA.gov. PLANTS Database, Web. 30 July 2015. plants.usda.gov.

Posted on: 3 August 2015

Meandering Mendon Brook | VT

Mendon Brook

Meandering Mendon Brook – Mountain Stream Series | ©2014 David Allio

 

The clear water of Mendon Brook, a wild trout stream in Rutland County, Vermont, reflects the morning sun as it meanders around and across a bed of quartzite, marble, and other Precambrian and Cambrian rocks common to the Green Mountains.

<camera: Nikon D3 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED
focal length: 70mm | exposure: f/22 – multiple exposures in camera – ISO 100
Protect valuable camera equipment on location with a Think Tank camera bag.

Posted on: 30 July 2015

Eastern Purple Coneflower

Apidae Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Hesperiidae Silver-Spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus Asteraceae Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Epargyreus clarus and Bombus impatiens | ©2015 David Allio

 

A Silver-Spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus competes with a Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens on an Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea in Kate Burden’s Ross County Ohio flower garden.

camera: Nikon D60 | lens: AF Nikkor VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED
focal length: 200mm | exposure: f/5.6 – 1/1250th – ISO 400

Posted on: 27 July 2015