June is Pride Month. To celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and couple that with my love for nature, I decided to do this Pride in Nature post. It combines my passion for nature (e.g., wildlife and flowers) with the rainbow colors found in nature.
During walks in my favorite neighborhood park, Copperfield Nature Trail, less than two miles (3.2 km) from home, I often find several wildflowers in bloom. Although it is a very short trail (probably 2-3 miles, or 3.2-4.8 km, if you do the entire stretch), the biodiversity is astounding. All photos in this post were captured on that trail except for this macro of a rose.
This rose image is one of many in our front garden. Whenever it rains, I can always count on water droplets in those roses. You can see one on the edge of a petal on the left-hand side and another near the center of the rose.
One of the first things I noticed during a recent walk was this tiny orange mushroom. Photographing it was a bit harder than I’d anticipated. It was so short that I had to put my camera entirely on the ground to capture that perspective.
The yellow in the Rainbow Flag comes from a prickly pear cactus flower, which was not hard to find. As a bonus, I also found a pollinator in the flower. I haven’t been able to identify the insect yet. I think it is a Kern’s flower scarab. They love Prickly Pear flowers. Several cacti are along the hiking trail, particularly near the park’s north end.
I chose a budding fern leaf for the green in the Rainbow Flag. I’ve always been fascinated by the curves and textures in those leaves. Once again, I lucked out because I could find one with a spider. Because there is a large pond in the middle of the trail, ferns are easy to spot.
Blue is represented here by Widow’s Tears. Like a Spiderwort, Widow’s Tears (or Slender Dayflower) flowers can be seen from May through October. They are perennials and grow in clumps of about 1 foot (30 cm) in height. This is a dayflower because its flowers only last a day. If you ever see one, don’t miss your chance to photograph it.
Finally, you see a purple or violet Larkspur, also with a pollinator feasting on its nectar. This perennial has a very slender stalk and blooms from April through July. It can also be seen in white and blue.
Happy Pride Month! Be kind to one another.
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Gorgeous images and rainbow of colors!
Many thanks, Brad.
What a wonderful post! Great message, beautiful images.
Thank you so much, Grace. I’m glad you liked it.
Wonderful idea to combine both. Nobody thought of this. Congratulations.
Such a lovely click.
Orange mushroom my favourite
Thank you, Philo. I appreciated your feedback.
You are welcome, Egidio.
Che idea meravigliosa per il Pride month!
Se ho tempo e materiale, compongo anch’io un bel post come questo tuo. Grazie per l’ispirazione!
What a great idea for a post! Your rainbow flag is beautiful, as are the individual photos that comprise it 🏳🌈
Egído, this is such a clever way to meet incorporate Pride Month into your photography.
Grazie mille, Luisella. Mi piacerebbe vedere un tuo post su questo argomento.
Sarah, many thanks for your kind words. I appreciated the feedback.
Khürt, thank you very much for the compliment.
All are so beautifully captured! Thanks for reminding us June is Pride month
Thank you, Amy, for your kind feedback.
Beautiful photos! Love the header triangular rainbow.
Thank you, Rebecca. I experimented with a couple of styles and settled with the triangular format. It was more pleasing than horizontal lines.
Excellent creative solution.
Thanks.