{"id":68754,"date":"2020-04-21T06:05:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=68754"},"modified":"2025-04-01T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:41:15","slug":"photographing-blooming-glacier-lilies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/04\/21\/photographing-blooming-glacier-lilies\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Blooming Glacier Lilies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AprilApril 20, 2020 – West Desert Wandering – Samsung cell phone<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time I traveled out to the West Desert I noticed that Glacier Lilies were just beginning to bloom so yesterday I headed back armed with my Nikkor 28-105mm macro lens to photograph the lilies. I haven’t used the macro lens in probably 14 to 15 years. Prior to becoming obsessed with bird photography I photographed flowers, bees, damselflies, dragonflies and other insects quite often and the macro lens came in quite handy at times.<\/p>\n

\"GlacierGlacier Lily in bloom – Nikon D810, f11, 1\/500, ISO 800, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm macro at 200mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

When I located the blooming Glacier Lilies I parked my Jeep and took a few photos with my Nikon D810 with my Nikkor 18-200mm lens attached to get a feel for the light. Some of the Glacier Lilies were in bright morning light and some were in the shadows created by the trees. Once I got a feel for the light I attached the Nikkor 28-105mm macro lens to my Nikon D810 and photographed the bright yellow wildflowers.<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming Glacier Lily – Also known as Yellow Avalanche Lily – Nikon D810, f11, 1\/320, ISO 800, -1.3 EV, Nikkor 28-105mm macro at 105mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Photographing the Glacier Lilies was challenging because my Nikkor 28-105mm macro lens does not have vibration reduction and my regular tripod is set up for my bird photography gear. Hand holding and photographing the lilies was more difficult than I remembered and I botched quite a few of the photos due to operator camera shake.<\/p>\n

Oh well. If I photograph more wildflowers with this set up in the future I am going to need to get a mini tripod setup just for wildflowers!<\/p>\n

I also couldn’t find the lens hood for the Nikkor 28-105mm macro lens and I need to find out where I put that to help with the light.<\/p>\n

\"BloomingBlooming Glacier Lily – Erythronium grandiflorum – Nikon D810, f11, 1\/640, ISO 800, -1.0 EV, Nikkor 28-105mm macro at 105mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Glacier Lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum<\/em>) are also known as Yellow Avalanche Lily, Dogtooth Fawn Lily, and Dogtooth Violet. These wildflowers will often start to bloom when there is still snow on the ground in their habitat in Western North America. More information on Glacier Lilies can be found here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Glacier Lily blooms are small, only 1 1\/2 to 2 inches, so when viewing these images on a desktop computer the flowers in the photos are actually larger than life.<\/p>\n

I enjoyed my journey to photograph the Glacier Lilies yesterday, it was quiet, peaceful and very relaxing. No news<\/em>, no negativity<\/em>, and not thinking about what a mess our world is in<\/em> helped me to de-stress. I really hated to head home.<\/p>\n

I did photograph some birds yesterday and I’ll share them tomorrow, there is a story behind each of them. I felt that these wildflowers deserved to shine in the spotlight today.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I enjoyed my journey to photograph the Glacier Lilies yesterday, it was quiet, peaceful and very relaxing. No news, no negativity, and not thinking about what a mess our world is in helped me to de-stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[358,26,1314,5347],"tags":[6480,6627,6098,195,9741,9742,9738,6518,2217,9739,9744,9743,4069,3896,9740,6099],"class_list":["post-68754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tooele-county","category-utah","category-west-desert-utah","category-wildflowers","tag-alpine","tag-bloom","tag-blooming","tag-canyons","tag-dogtooth-fawn-lily","tag-dogtooth-violet","tag-erythronium-grandiflorum","tag-flowering","tag-flowers","tag-glacier-lily","tag-lilies","tag-lily","tag-mountains","tag-wildflower","tag-yellow-avalanche-lily","tag-yellow-wildflower"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/glacier-lily-in-bloom-mia-mcpherson-0879.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-hSW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131777,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/08\/04\/charleston-lake-white-water-lily-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":68754,"position":0},"title":"Charleston Lake White Water Lily Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I'm sharing two White Water Lily images I took last month at Charleston Lake Park in Franklin County, Arkansas. 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