Dwarf iris flower, Iris pumila. Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro EX DG HSM, ƒ/4 ISO 500 1/200″.
The great thing about places you are already familiar with is that you are always aware of what to photograph once you get there. Nevertheless, these places continue to surprise.
It was like that in Yamskaya Steppe this time. Feather grass hasn′t yet started to flower, while all the primroses were gone, but lots of splendid dwarf iris flowers appeared here and there in the steppe.
Iris at sunset in Yamskaya Steppe. Sigma 150mm f/2.8 Macro EX DG HSM, ƒ/4 ISO 200 1/100″.
Colorless droplets after rain made fresh colors of petals look even better. Iris flowers were just perfect at sunset, sunbathing and shaking slowly after short breeze.