Flowers Gone Wild in the Anza Borrego Desert! - Spring 2005

Hi Lynn! So honored and happy to be the first to sign your guestbook! WHOOHOO!! Your beautiful wildflowers are out and blooming! And you present them to us so beautifully! I just love the play of light and shadow on the hills in the background! Makes for stunning pictures! I hope this is just the start! Thanks for sharing with us...your east coast friend..Darlene

said briansbabe2 2005.02.16 at 06:48:42 PST

Lynn - Pretty cool place you found. I am still amazed by all the wildflowers CA has. Clearly the state made a concerted effort to plant & maintain the wild areas. You are very lucky to live there ! Thanks for sharing your lovely work ! - Pat on the SE coast

said msphotospy 2005.02.16 at 18:50:46 PST

Hi Lynn! I had the strange feeling that you wern't though with the album the first time I was here! Figured I'd wait and have another look! Am so glad I did...I just can't believe all those beautiful wildflowers!! It is truly a sight to behold! And you capture them so well...thanks for sharing!! Take care...east coast hugs..Dar

said briansbabe2 2005.02.17 at 11:41:03 PST

Hi Lynn, WOW!!!! This really is wildflowers gone wild. Amazing and beautiful and you did a fantastic job of capturing the light and color. It sure puts a different perspective on what we think of as the "desert&quot ;. We are still waiting on our flowers here in my part of the country. We did finally have some sunshine this week, so I got out to two of my favorite neighborhoods to try and find some color. If you get a chance, check out my Kirkwood and Kimmswick albums. Take care. Peace and Love. Donna

said deestea 2005.02.17 at 12:15:53 PST

Hello Lynn, What a fantastic album. You really did find a wonderful place on this trip. I loved all of the images in this album. Number 58 has incredible depth of field. If there is any justice in the way they choose the featured albums...this one is sure to be featured in the next few days. Outstanding photography. The play on light and shadows created by the mountains is breathtaking. And those close ups of the white wildflowers were awesome. I could see some of the clouds that were bringing the rain in some of the photos. I have been saddend to see that California is being overwhelmed with too much rain this past week. I am thrilled you got to this area when you did. Thank you for the trip. It was wonderful. I enjoyed every minute of it! Susie, segseven, OKLAHOMA

said segseven 2005.02.18 at 04:55:44 PST

Hi Lynn, What a awesome album! Every photo is perfectly framed and so colorful it's amazingI You have done a great job! I hope you will be very careful while out and about. I heard on the news this morning that what they believe is an African Lion is wander loose in Simi Valley area! Take care, RickH Northern California

said rickh 2005.02.19 at 18:17:10 PST

Hi Lynn! What a beautiful new album!! I couldn't begin to pick out a favorite. Love them all!! Some of these could be postcards. The lighting is fantastic! Wonderful job!! See ya soon! God bless, Shaun

said shaunhouston 2005.02.19 at 19:09:18 PST

Hi Lynn, Just wondering if you all are okay? I saw a huge sink hole on the news this morning right in the middle of a highway somewhere in southern California. I can't believe the rain you all have had this winter. The floods and mudslides and watching all of those homes just slide off the hillsides is heartbreaking. Anyway, I hope you are doing okay and it's not too wet for you to get out and get more great photos. Take care. God Bless. Donna/Missouri

said deestea 2005.02.20 at 09:36:11 PST

Lynn - Thanks again for sharing your beautiful West Coast with your East Coast friends ! I like the early morning shots where the dew looks like frost - I am assuming it was dew and not frost or the flowers would have not been very happy ! - Love & Hugs, Pat

said msphotospy 2005.02.20 at 17:01:09 PST

Hello Lynn, The nature of California is so beautiful! The flowers on your the first photo of this album are breathtaking. And so are the magnificent views of Henderson Canyon Road! Great work! Greetings, Tjebbe

said oomt 2005.02.27 at 12:16:23 PST

Hi Lynn ~ No time to drive out to visit the desert flowers this year, but your pictures are so real I feel as though I'm there! Thankx 4 posting them & for info on your camera. Be awhile B4 I can get a new one also. B back soon! ~ Cindy *=:o)

said natureluvrforever 2005.03.02 at 09:24:37 PST

Lynn, wonderful wildflower photos. I heard that this year was supposed to be the best in memory for ya'll. I hope our Texas wildflower crop is as good (looks like it will be).

said jamesronan 2005.03.22 at 22:33:06 PST

Every time I come accross you pictures when you get a new album it reassures me why you are one of my favorites. I love the desert flower. It is so perfect with the drops of water on it. LOVE your work. Thanks for sharing. Maxine

said maxfld 2005.03.25 at 18:11:05 PST

WOW !!! These are real winners. We went there 10 days later than you, and it was a washout. By the way, do you think Carrizo and Shell ck. would be worth the drive still ? That is if we can find it, never been there. Appreciate your help and info. Your albums just scream to be featured. Jan

said carversgal 2005.04.14 at 11:16:38 PDT

Lynn!! What an eye for the most finite beauty,you have! I love your albums as they soothe my soul and give me peace in troubled times,they are so beautiful!!thanks,weezie

said weezie5501 2005.05.24 at 12:01:20 PDT

Hi Lynn! What beautiful desert photos. We heard here in the Midwest just how beautiful it was out there this year and I can see what we missed. You will absolutely adore Maroon Bells on your trip to Colorado!! Wish I could see it during every season! :-) Thanks for visiting my new Spring album from MBG; Bob and I get lots of exercise when we walk around that place trying to find something different to photograph, but other than different flowers and different color variations of the same flowers each year, we've about run out of new things to photograph. :-)) Lots of hugs and love, Sharon

said photoop23 2005.05.25 at 15:50:11 PDT

Hi Lynn. Thanks for stopping in and visiting my albums and saying hello. Sounds like we have a lot in common. I haven't been to the River in awhile and I sure miss it! I've been perusing your albums and WOW! I love your perspective and the way you've captured the colors! Off to see some more!

said calepo 2005.06.11 at 10:54:29 PDT

Hi Lynn! Wow, I've always wanted to visit Anza Borrego when the desert flowers are in bloom. Haven't had the chance yet. Now I really have to schedule it for next year February. Love those verbenas and primroses! You did a fantastic job in capturing the wildflowers as well as in using light & shadow effectively! -Bernie

said amhalveytoo 2005.06.11 at 14:00:20 PDT

Hi Lynn. I'm so pleased that you got all of these photos at sunrise or sunset. It makes so much difference to the final result. I downloaded some more for my screensaver thankyou. Catch you later my friend. Thanks for sharing. Hugs and best wishes Al.

said shortshooter 2005.06.14 at 00:14:47 PDT

Thanks so much for sharing your photos with my mom and myself. She took many trips to Anza Borrego earlier in her life, and many photos like yours. But at 85, she can't travel there, and her low vision makes seeing her photos too difficult. I was able to show her yours, enlarged digitally, and she was so touched to see "her friends" (the flowers) again. You made a difference today. Thanks. ~Jeannie

said djinnio1 2005.12.10 at 16:00:51 PST

Lynn: We went in Dec. 2005 (only free time other than summer) and there weren't any flowers (see bcharpen for my AB pics). I love the spring flowers (too hot for me in the summer I'm sure). Great shots. I'm thinking of getting either a Nikon D50 or 70. Any thoughts on the benefits of one over the other? Nancy P.S. All the bcharpen sites are mine and there are lots of SB pictures (clouds, flowers, etc.)

said bcharpen6 2006.04.13 at 17:38:22 PDT

Absolutely spectaculor scenery and photography Lynn. What a wonderful place this would be to visit and photograph. I love the color, the beautiful wildflowers, and how you so artistically and beautifully captured this area. Have a wonderful holiday weekend. Linda (Oregon)

said HouseOFriends 2006.06.29 at 17:31:16 PDT

A very beautiful album! Worth the visit!

said gotya109 2006.07.14 at 11:18:03 PDT

What an astounding album! That was a banner year for flowers, and I remember it well. Hoping this next month brings a little more rain so we have a repeat of this kind of show. We visit A-B over and over, in all seasons, and love it. I saved your album for repeated viewing, it's so good! thanks.

said denisejonz100 3 months 11 days ago

This is a fabulous album. The wildflowers in Anza Borrego are becoming world famous thanks to photographs like these. I know this will be one of the highlights of my trip. Thank you so much for sharing and helping me to build up anticipation. I really can't wait. Clark from O'ahu.

said clarkth 2 months 21 days ago