gorman hills 2003
Fuji GX617 panorama camera - Linanthus Dichotomus or Evening Snow is a night blooming phlox that opens only after sundown. Kawaiisu Indians believed these flowers were the spirits of people too lazy to get up in the morning. Thus the nickname "Little Sleepy Ones".
This image required the long exposure of 30 seconds with the fading daylight to capture on Fuji Provia. Very rare to catch 30 seconds without any winds blurring the flowers. Bentham Lupines and Lacy Phacelia paint the background with muted blues while vibrant red-orange California Poppies light fire to the drifts of white Evening Snow. Coreopsis tints the landscape with gold.
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