It’s the time of year around Kamloops when one of my favourite wildflowers makes its annual appearance — sagebrush lilies. They are a flower of the grasslands, and are commonly found, you guessed it — around sagebrush. They last just a few weeks and they are gone, and while they are out, walking through the grasslands is just a tad more special ,,,
I was out on the weekend twice with cameras chasing these flowers. This trip, with my Minolta A9 and 50mm macro, proved more successful than the first, which was made with my Pentax 67, 105mm with a #2 extension tube.Macro and medium format is just harder … More on that effort another time.
The lilies pop up almost anywhere in the grasslands, and often in and through the trunks, roots, and branches of the sagebrush, which have gnarly rough bark. The contrast between flowers, bark and low branches caught my eye…
Film was Kentmere 400, developed in Xtol 1:1 for 11 minutes, printed on Ilford MG RC pearl, Grade 3.
