Young and old

This spring you saw plenty of pictures here of Gaillardia pulchella, known as an Indian blanket or firewheel. On June 13th in the Blunn Creek Nature Preserve I photographed two stages of this species: in the foreground was a spent and drying seed head, while behind it was a fresh flower head that still deserved the name firewheel. You may think it’s unseasonal to include the flowering stage now that we’re in mid-July, but I’m still finding a few of these flowers as I wander about.

Points 1, 2, 5 and the seldom-mentioned 16 in About My Techniques are relevant to this photograph.

© 2013 Steven Schwartzman