SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Last year's leaf...prairie dock.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Insects on goldenrod blooms.

August 31, 2009
Prairie meadow in Nichols Arboretum
Ann Arbor, Michigan
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Shooting blind.

I took this by holding the camera directly above the thistle bloom and hoping the camera could find a suitable focus.  All the thistle blooms were either too far off the ground or oriented in such a way that looking through the viewfinder wasn't an option.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Before, during, and after.  Thistle blooming cycle.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Making their getaways.  Thistle down.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Prairie dock bloom with backlighting.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Leaf, prairie dock, from last year.  The huge basal leaves typically curl when they dry, exposing what once was the under side as the upper side, with its characteristic speckled or polka-dot patterning.
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Fading Light
SmugMug > keywords > tall grass > Prairie flower (unidentified) with a snow cap.
Last year's leaf...prairie dock.
 > Last year's leaf...prairie dock.
Last year's leaf...prairie dock.
Photo by: arctangent • see photo in gallery

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