Enroute To Gothic
by Lorraine Baum
Title
Enroute To Gothic
Artist
Lorraine Baum
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Such incredible scenery is available to feast the eyes upon near Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte in the Colorado Rocky Mountains! This scene, with Gothic Mountain on the left, was photographed on a drive to the tiny ghost town of Gothic. It was a late spring day and the runoff from the snow melt had turned the hillsides and valleys a vibrant green. The contrast against the brilliant blue sky on this day was breathtaking!
I searched the internet to find the name of the vegetation in the foreground and finally discovered them to be corn lilies. Wikipedia has this to say about them:
"Veratrum californicum (California corn lily, white or California false hellebore) is a poisonous plant native to mountain meadows at 3500 to 11,000 ft elevation in southwestern North America, the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, and as far north as Alaska and as far south as Durango. It grows 1 to 2 meters tall, with an erect, unbranched, heavily leafy stem resembling a cornstalk. It prefers quite moist soil, and can cover large areas in dense stands near streams or in wet meadows. Many inch-wide flowers cluster along the often-branched top of the stout stem..."
This image has been featured in the following Fine Art America groups:
HDR Photography - 7/15/18
Canon Full Frame Cameras - 7/15/18
Music CD Cover Designs - 7/15/18
Images That Excite You - 7/16/18
USA Photographers Only - 7/16/18
Artist News - 7/16/18
Whats New - 7/17/18
Travel Art - 7/19/18
Your Very Best Photography - 7/21/18
Digital Art And Photography For A Simple Imagination - 7/22/18
World Landscape Lovers Of Art - 7/23/18
Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife - 7/27/18
Ladies Club - 7/31/18
Forests and Woodlands - 8/1/18
New FAA Uploads - 8/4/18
No Place Like Home - 8/6/18
Camera Art - 8/12/18
10+ Group - 8/15/18
It Is Good For You - 9/4/18
Artist Salon 1 - 11/9/18
H D R Photography - 11/11/18
Just Perfect - 5/27/19
Photography and Nature 101 - 5/13/2020
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July 15th, 2018
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Comments (16)
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
The town of Gothic near meadows of poison?! Basis for a horror story!
Lorraine Baum replied:
Thank you for your visit Barbie! It was a beautiful sight to behold in spite of its poisonous nature.
Brian Tada
Absolutely magnificent, Lorraine! Love this perspective with the topography of the land presented so beautifully. Seen in the Office Art Decor group. F/L
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive thread as well as any other thread in which it would fit!
Jan Mulherin
This is a gorgeous capture, Lorraine. This is "My Pick of the Week" in the Forests and Woodlands Group.
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Forests and Woodlands” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 August: Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your group image will be posted to our group Google+ page for further exposure. Thank you for your participation in the “Forests and Woodlands” group! (August 1, 2018)