Montana Outdoors

May 17, 2016

Almost missed the violets

Filed under: Wildflowers — Tags: , , , , — montucky @ 8:38 pm

Early Blue Violet

These have been blooming for quite some time already, but this one was growing in the deep shade of the Spring Creek canyon. I think I broke all of the usual rules of correct exposure, but it worked and the photo is what I wanted.

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  1. Lovely shot, Terry, (and rules are meant to be broken 🙂 )

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    Comment by Vicki — May 17, 2016 @ 8:44 pm

  2. Beautiful colour.

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    Comment by wordsfromanneli — May 17, 2016 @ 8:47 pm

  3. Isn’t that a pretty thing? I’m so glad you were able to find some, and I really like this image. It makes the shady spots that violets love tangible, and the color just shines.

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    Comment by shoreacres — May 17, 2016 @ 9:15 pm

    • Thanks Linda! That little plant chose to grow in the quintessential forest violet setting and it was much larger than all of the other violets too.

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      Comment by montucky — May 17, 2016 @ 9:29 pm

  4. Wonderful little “violet face” on that one!

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    Comment by jpostol — May 18, 2016 @ 6:48 am

    • I thought it was one of the prettiest that I’ve ever seen. It was well hidden in the undergrowth.

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      Comment by montucky — May 18, 2016 @ 6:49 am

  5. Absolutely beautiful! You always manage to convey your own wonder and enjoyment with your photos.

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    Comment by Jo Woolf — May 18, 2016 @ 11:39 am

  6. I sure don’t see anything wrong with it-it’s beautiful! I’ve never seen as many violets as we have here this year.

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    Comment by New Hampshire Garden Solutions — May 18, 2016 @ 3:08 pm

  7. Very nice!

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    Comment by Reed Andariese — May 18, 2016 @ 7:28 pm

  8. Looks great in the lush, dark background.

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    Comment by Candace — May 20, 2016 @ 4:09 pm

    • That one is growing in deep shade and it was so pretty I just had to try for a picture.

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      Comment by montucky — May 20, 2016 @ 6:29 pm

  9. Ah, sweet little violet. So much prettier in nature than even on my teacup collection (I’ve got several with violets on them).

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    Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — May 24, 2016 @ 11:06 am

    • The grass in my yard was nearly covered with violets this spring and of course I couldn’t mow those places, but the wild ones seem extra special.

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      Comment by montucky — May 24, 2016 @ 4:59 pm


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