Jan 08
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend Bluebonnet, Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Grapevine Hills Trail, Texas Wildflowers

Big Bend Bluebonnet Flower

A Big Bend Bluebonnet flower that i photographed along the Grapevine Hills Trail in Big Bend National Park in the spring of 2019.
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Apr 17
by TK in Close-Up & Macro, Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Grapevine Hills Trail, Texas Wildflowers

Desert Marigold

A Desert Marigold photographed along the Grapevine Hills Trail in Big Bend National Park. The flower was photographed during the spring of 2019.
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Apr 14
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Hot Springs Trail, Texas Wildflowers

Trans-Pecos Senna

A Trans-Pecos Senna photographed along the Hot Springs Trail in Big Bend National Park during the Spring of 2019.
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Apr 10
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend Bluebonnet, Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Grapevine Hills Trail, Texas Wildflowers

Another Big Bend Bluebonnet

Another Big Bend Bluebonnet photographed along the Grapevine Hills Trail in Big Bend National Park in the spring of 2019.
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Apr 04
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Chino Mountains, Focus Stacking, Texas Wildflowers, West Texas

Big Bend Bluebonnet

The Big Bend Bluebonnet is similar than the bluebonnets we have in the Austin area. The Big Bend variety has fewer leaves and grow much taller.
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Mar 17
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Texas Wildflowers

Trailing Windmills

A pair of Trailing Windmills photographed in the fall of 2018 in the Earnst Tinaja area of Big Bend National Park.
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Mar 15
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Focus Stacking, Gray Golden Aster, Texas Wildflowers

Gray Golden Aster

A Gray Golden Aster (Heterotheca canescens) photographed during my trip to Big Bend National Park in the fall of 2018.
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Apr 12
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Cattail Falls, Focus Stacking, Longspur Columbine, Texas Wildflowers

Longspur Columbine

I photographed this Longspur Columbine at the Cattail Falls in Big Bend National Park during a trip to the area in the spring of 2017.
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Nov 21
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Insects & Arachnids 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Blue Creek Trail, Hunting Wasp

Hunting Wasps

Our photography group hiked the Blue Creek Trail one day. That is where I found these two Hunting Wasps engaged in a ritual.
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Jul 19
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Cactus, Engelmann's Prickly Pear

Prickly Pear Flower

I captured this Prickly Pear flower at the Big Bend NP last spring. I like prickly pear plants because they are easy to spot and they have a lot of flowers.
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Jul 18
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Cactus, Flower, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus

Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus

This Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus image was taken during a hike on the Contrabando Trail at the Big Bend State Park during my visit to the area last spring.
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Jul 17
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Fly, Queen Butterfly, Yellow Bells

Yellow Bells

We stopped alongside one of the park roads during last spring's trip to Big Bend National Park where I captured this photograph of some Yellow Bells.
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May 07
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 0 comments tags: Agave, Big Bend National Park, Century Plant, Chisos Mountains

Centuries and Millennia

This photograph of the Chisos Mountain Range and the two Century Plants was taken at sunset on the western side of the Big Bend National Park.
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May 06
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 1 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Chisos Mountains, Prickly Pear

Chisos Sunrise

We normally stop along Glen Springs Road to photograph the sunrise onto Nugent Mountain and the Chisos Mountain Range on our way out of Big Bend National Park.
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May 05
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Desert Plants, Tree Cholla

Desert Plants

Desert plants like this Tree Cholla are not only beautiful but they have adapted to the environment and have been surviving and thriving for millennia.
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May 01
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Castelo Mountain, Prickly Pear

Cerro Castellan

Cerro Castellan (Castellan Mountain) is located near the Castolon Visitors Center (note the different spelling) on the scenic Ross Maxwell Drive in the Big Bend National Park.
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Apr 25
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, Chisos Mountains, Prickly Pear Flower

Chihuahuan Desert

The Big Bend National Park is located in the Chihuahuan Desert. This desert is the second largest in North America, covering about 140,000 square miles.
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Apr 20
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Cactus, Flower, Tree Cholla

Tree Cholla

I returned from my trip to Big Bend NP with hundreds of photos to process. In the meantime, I'll share a Tree Cholla flower that we found along Highway 118.
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Apr 16
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Ocotillo, Sunset

Big Bend #4

We usually stop at the "Ocotillo Fields" near the park entrance to photograph the sunset on our first day at the Park. The official road is Texas Highway 118 and it's named "Panther Junction Road".
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Dec 20
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Havard's fiddleleaf

Fiddleleaf

The flower below, Havard's fiddleleaf (Nama havardii) was one of the flowers that was new to my collection and is a rare plant as well.
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Dec 18
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Sierra Del Chino, Whitethorn Acacia

Thorny

This thorny plant was pointed out to me by a friend during our trip to BBNP. We completed our sunrise shoot and turned our attention to flowering plants.
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Dec 11
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Ocotillo, Sunset

Ocotillo Sunset

This Ocotillo Sunset was taken in an "ocotillo field" that is located near the main entrance to the park on Highway 118 close to mile marker #21.
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Dec 10
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park

Sotol

The Sotol plant is very prominent throughout the Big Bend NP. It was during a trip to the park that I photographed the now dead and empty stalk.
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Dec 09
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images, Nature & Landscapes 2 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Ocotillo, Sunset

Fall Colors

We normally associate fall colors with Maple, Oak, Cottonwood and Aspen trees but, we seldom associate desert plants with fall colors.
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Dec 07
by TK in Flowers & Plants, Images 0 comments tags: Big Bend National Park, Yellow Lichen

Gold Cobblestone

I was hiking the Lost Mine Trail in the Big Bend National Park the other day with some friends and I noticed this wonderful Gold Cobblestone Lichen.
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