Still life with Penstemons no 1

I think that these dried blooms are Penstemons (Beardlip Penstemon,Penstemon Barbatus). It was a challenge to find dried images to verify. Last week when I was exploring the high country in the San Francisco Peaks, I saw several of these dried flowers. It has been a very dry year and fire season could be upon us sooner that we think.

[Ellen Bogenschutz]

Oh, I hope you have a mild fire season! Maybe some rain will come to the Southwest and the Southern Coast. This image is so special, I like the soft focus on the blooms and vase.

[CAT Carter19]

I like the dark muted colors intriguing image

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very striking and emotive on black. I hope the fire season is not too bad when it arrives.

[Mags]

Lovely comp!

[Domenico Dodaro]

Very fine composition and the gloomy tones add some threaten to the image. Maybe explained by your narrative?

[Yao RL]

Like the dancing twig (twig), that disestablished the stability formed by the three flowers.

[Ole Kristian Valle]

Very nice shot

[Wylie]

Dark and moody shot!

[Peter Dulis]

nice capture

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely moody image

[Jean]

Beautiful!

[sarah]

This has a wonderful feel to it fav

[Laura]

Looks great.

[Rob Z]

How amazingly different to your other image - also very gorgeous!

[Diane]

Wonderfully moody shot. Hope the fire season is not bad. We were just talking about it, as we have family in New Mexico and Colorado.

[Walks @ 7]

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Thank you all a great deal. The fire season has started with one just north of Flagstaff (about 23 miles north). It is about 6500 acres and 20% contained so I am hoping that the brave and courageous firefighters get a break soon.