The Heads of Elephants

Elephant's head lousewort growing along a mountain stream north of Grand Teton National Park in the Caribou-Targhee Natoinal Forest, Wyoming.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

You did it again, combining a great plant closeup with a gorgeous landscape. Promoted! Posted 11 years ago
1. travismorhardt
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! This is one of my favorite scenes to photograph. I love a good macro or portrait of a wildflower, but sometimes I simply just cannot cut out the landscape. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I recently purchased an awesome wide angle lens, but I am new to landscape photography (mostly did macro and telezoom), so I am trying to pick up some composition lessons from your photos :) Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. travismorhardt
      
      Lion
      
      Haha, well I am glad you find them useful :) I try and keep it simple. If natural borders are present, I try and utilize them. This photo isn't the best example for this, but I do try and use natural slopes and lines to point to the main focus of the photo, in this case the elephant's head should have been a little more to the left so the sloping hills would lead the eye to it. But with this type of photo, I don't think that is always necessary. And I try to keep the rules of thirds in mind at all times, both vertically and horizontally. Posted 11 years ago

The Elephant's head lousewort

''Pedicularis groenlandica'' is a showy flowering plant in the broomrape family which is known by the common names elephant's head and elephanthead lousewort. This erect plant can grow to a height of 80 centimeters. Its sharply-toothed fernlike leaves are located low on the stout stem. The stem is topped with a large inflorescence of bright pink to purple or white flowers. Each flower has a long, pointed beak which curves upward, superficially resembling the trunk of an elephant, and the lateral.. more

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Similar species: Lamiales

Species identified by travismorhardt