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Sometimes these Travelogues will take you to spectacular natural areas...today really isn't in that category. Victoria Lake Road is one of many gravel roads just outside of Rapid City, this one taking you up into the Black Hills near Pactola Reservoir. There were a few vantage points of cliffs and such, but not much in the photo-worthy department...
Along the road, there were occasional glens that were oh so inviting, but I have to tell you that the mix of sun and shadow wreaked havoc on photographic efforts, as you simply can't cover the entire range of light effectively....
Alas, out in the open fields, I found plenty of subjects to shoot, mostly flowers and their denizens, beautiful shapes and textures...and a Black Hills Wombat you'll see at the end of this posting...
Not much time left for this butterfly whose wings are quite worn...peacefully feeding with a bee on a thistle bloom...
This green mylar-sheening insect is rather enjoying what it can get from this coneflower...
Another bee was enjoying this lavender species of Bee Balm...
Ain't got no idea what's astride this Aster family member...I just wouldn't want it to bite me...
Don't know what it is but it shore is purty....
Abstracts are always fun to shoot...and difficult to remember what it was to begin with...
In close, it can be another world with fascinating shapes and textures...
Lo and behold, I even caught a Black Hills Wombat in a......OK, so it's only Mercy. Needless to say it was a rather toasty day out, and she was lying down in that mud puddle quicker than you can say "Oh please don't do th-.........!"
May all your travels take you to magical mudholes...have a blessed day!
Sometimes these Travelogues will take you to spectacular natural areas...today really isn't in that category. Victoria Lake Road is one of many gravel roads just outside of Rapid City, this one taking you up into the Black Hills near Pactola Reservoir. There were a few vantage points of cliffs and such, but not much in the photo-worthy department...
Along the road, there were occasional glens that were oh so inviting, but I have to tell you that the mix of sun and shadow wreaked havoc on photographic efforts, as you simply can't cover the entire range of light effectively....
Alas, out in the open fields, I found plenty of subjects to shoot, mostly flowers and their denizens, beautiful shapes and textures...and a Black Hills Wombat you'll see at the end of this posting...
Not much time left for this butterfly whose wings are quite worn...peacefully feeding with a bee on a thistle bloom...
This green mylar-sheening insect is rather enjoying what it can get from this coneflower...
Another bee was enjoying this lavender species of Bee Balm...
Ain't got no idea what's astride this Aster family member...I just wouldn't want it to bite me...
Don't know what it is but it shore is purty....
Abstracts are always fun to shoot...and difficult to remember what it was to begin with...
In close, it can be another world with fascinating shapes and textures...
Lo and behold, I even caught a Black Hills Wombat in a......OK, so it's only Mercy. Needless to say it was a rather toasty day out, and she was lying down in that mud puddle quicker than you can say "Oh please don't do th-.........!"
May all your travels take you to magical mudholes...have a blessed day!
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