{"id":48360,"date":"2017-09-05T05:07:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T11:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=48360"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:27:39","slug":"late-summer-blue-wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/09\/05\/late-summer-blue-wildflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Summer Blue Wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BunchBunch of blue wildflowers – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know what species of blue wildflowers these are, I just know that I enjoyed seeing and photographing them. I’ll look them up later and find out what they are but sometimes I don’t care if I “know” exactly what species I am photographing, whether it is a bird, flower or beast, I just want to be there in the moment, keenly focused on my subject.<\/p>\n

These wildflowers caught my eye in a canyon in the Wasatch Mountains before the sun had risen high enough to light them up and I didn’t bother to photograph them then but on the way back up the canyon the sun had risen high enough that I couldn’t resist taking a few shots.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: This is Common Bugloss, Anchusa officinalis<\/em>, which is an introduced species from the Borage family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know what species of wildflowers these blue flowers are, I just know that I enjoyed seeing and photographing them. 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