Late winter heavy rains made for a once-in-a-generation wildflower season in SoCal. The flowers in the Gorman area were as incredible as in the legendary 1982 wildfires + El Nino year (some day I'll scan and post my pix from a classic UCLA Sierra Club trip I led back then). This wasn't an official photo workshop. Instead, I drove through here on the way back from a weekend of fine dining at friend Kent's Acton backcountry cabin.
I know you're wondering... No, I did not pump up the colors on these photos. I've run them through Photoshop, but only to get the levels and cropping just right.
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At the California Poppy Reserve... |
...Poppy hearts... |
...specular reflections... |
...adorable kids... |
...etc! |
Violet nightshades... |
...Girls and horses in matching attire... |
...and heroic white steeds... |
...amid old farms and young poppies. |
The Gorman hills blanketed in brilliant orange and green... |
... yellow DYC's.... |
...and purple bush lupine. |
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