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Wildflower Photos: Blue Phlox,
Fort St. Clair Park, Ohio
Closeup photographs of small wildflowers require a heavy tripod to hold the camera steady, along with no breeze to move the flowers during the exposure. Early morning is usually the best time for calm conditions. A quality macro (close focusing) lens allows you to get intimate enough to immerse yourself in the flowers' world. You can appreciate the subtleties of the color variations of the pinwheel-like blossoms.
Blue phlox (Phlox divaricata) are bluish to violet springtime flowers, their petals radiating out from the tip of the stem. Their petals are wedge-shaped, with a notch or two at the outer edge. Their stamens are completely hidden, and their stems are sticky and hairy. In the northern United States, they like rich, open woods.
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