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MAY FLOWERS

In places like Minnesota, Michigan and Maine, April showers are usually a given. In the Southwest, however, where rain is rare and a decade- long drought has made it even more so, there's no guarantee. Never- theless, Mother Nature usually finds a way to deliver, and when she does, our photographers are there to capture the moments. A PORTFOLIO EDITED BY JEFF KIDA

Featured in the May 2014 Issue of Arizona Highways

A common sunflower blooms at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff.

BY: Jeff Kida

A common sunflower blooms at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff. | PAUL GILL CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark III; SHUTTER: 1/500 sec; APERTURE: f/8; ISO: 1250; FOCAL LENGTH: 100 mm

A PORTFOLIO EDITED BY JEFF KIDA may flowers

In places like Minnesota, Michigan and Maine, April showers are usually a given. In the Southwest, however, where rain is rare and a decade-long drought has made it even more so, there's no guarantee. Nevertheless, Mother Nature usually finds a way to deliver, and when she does, our photographers are there to capture the moments.

A PORTFOLIO

Sunflowers and four o'clocks surround tree trunks at Bonito Park in Northern Arizona. | SHANE MCDERMOTT CAMERA: Nikon D3S; SHUTTER: 4 sec; APERTURE: f/16; 150: 200; FOCAL LENGTH: 35 mm

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"Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light."

A PORTFOLIO

Left: Blue grama grass and globemallows crowd a meadow at Buffalo Park in Flagstaff. | TOM BROWNOLD CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/80 sec; APERTURE: f/7.1; ISO: 200; FOCAL LENGTH: 200 mm Above: Desert evening primrose blooms next to a tranquil pool in the West Clear Creek Wilderness. | RANDY PRENTICE CAMERA: Toyo 45AR; FILM: Fujichrome Velvia 50; SHUTTER: 3 sec; APERTURE: f/45; ISO: 50; FOCAL LENGTH: 75 mm

SHANE MCDERMOTT CAMERA: Nikon D800; SHUTTER: 1/8 sec; APERTURE: f/16; ISO: 100; FOCAL LENGTH: 17 mm

"I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous."

A PORTFOLIO

Left to Right: Petals and thorns radiate from the centers of thistle blooms along the Florence-Kelvin Highway. | EIRINI PAJAK CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/1000 sec; APERTURE: f/7.1; ISO: 320; FOCAL LENGTH: 100 mm; 20 images stacked A cluster of wholeleaf Indian paintbrushes reaches skyward in Flagstaff. | EIRINI PAJAK CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/500 sec; APERTURE: f/5.6; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 100 mm; 20 images stacked A birdbill dayflower blooms in the Prescott National Forest. | EIRINI PAJAK CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/800 sec; APERTURE: f/2.8; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 100 mm; 23 images stacked

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

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Left: New Mexico locusts mingle with aspens on the Grand Canyon's North Rim. | DEREK VON BRIESEN CAMERA: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III; SHUTTER: 1/250 sec; APERTURE: f/8; ISO: 800; FOCAL LENGTH: 400 mm Above: After a storm, green ferns and wildflowers cloak ponderosa-pine and aspen trunks at Hart Prairie near Flagstaff. | SHANE MCDERMOTT CAMERA: Nikon D3S; SHUTTER: 8 sec; APERTURE: f/16; ISO: 200; FOCAL LENGTH: 62 mm

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Left: Sunflowers blanket a hillside under a blue sky at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. | PAUL GILL CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark III; SHUTTER: 1/15 sec; APERTURE: f/22; ISO: 100; FOCAL LENGTH: 47 mm Above: A bee extracts nectar from a coneflower along the West Fork of Oak Creek. | DEREK VON BRIESEN CAMERA: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III; SHUTTER: 1/80 sec; APERTURE: f/3.2; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 100 mm AH