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The Wildflower Hunter aka "Dr. Bill" has been interested in photography for a long time. He became seriously infected by the photographic bug fifteen years ago. Since he went digital in 2004, his infection has become a raging addiction. Over the last few years he has taken multiple photography courses, bought even more cameras and accessories and also purchased new computers and software to try and feed his addiction.
As his pseudonym implies he is a lover of flowers especially those delicate-appearing little flowers that some how tenaciously hang on in the wild. In addition to photos of wildflowers he has an extensive collection of photos of cultivated flowers, butterflies and birds (now there is a real photographic challenge) some of these will be used as the basis for future galleries. The intent of this little space is to present some of the best photographs in my collection and share them with others. That applies to all those who may only be browsing today.
Some photographs particularly of wildflowers while anatomically correct are not powerful photographic images. The intent is also to present different areas of my photographic interest in the hope that one of them might correspond with one of yours.

Development and enlargement of this site will be slow because he has over 10 years of film photographs to cull through in order to find just the very best. These slides and negatives then must be digitized and formated for upload to the Smugmug website. So if you did not see anything that interested you today, come back in a few months and see what is new.

Enjoy TWH

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The Next Generation
Seeds of Yellow Thistle {Cirsium horridulum}
Taken just outside College Station, Texas
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Sea of Flowers {Chrysanthemum Coronarium}
Santorini, Greece
April 2006
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Chrysanthemum Coronarium Isolation
Santorini, Greece (Thanks Bryan)
April 2006
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Pollen Collector
Bee on Texas Thistle {}
Taken just outside College Station, Texas
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Girl in Blue Dress looking out window
Singapore Nov 2006
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Chapel through Flowers
Santorini, Greece (Thanks Bryan)
April 2006
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The Classic Postcard shot.
Chapel with blue dome and three bells over looks the caldera and volcano.
Santorini, Greece
April 2006
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Couple in Black
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Mexican Hats {Ratibida columnaris}
Taken just outside College Station, Texas
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Question Mark {Polygonia interrogationis}
Evansville, IN
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Ia Windmill before Sunset
Santorini, Greece
April 2006
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Did you know we have the same great grandmother?
No! Really? That's interesting.
Kailey and Allison
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Indian paintbrush {Castilleja indivisa}
Along roadside east of College Station, TX
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Male Shopkeeper in Doorway
Singapore Nov 2006
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Girl in Blue Dress in front of Doors
Singapore Nov 2006
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Eastern Swallowtail on Coneflower
Evansville, IN
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Caldera with Ships
Fria, Santorini, Greece
April 2006
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Redbud blossums
Santorini, Greece
April 2006
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Black Swallowtail and Pennsylvania leather-wings on Thistle
Madison, WI
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Texas Bluebonnet {Lupinus texensis}
Taken just outside College Station, Texas
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Flower-Eating Scarab {euphoria kerni} on White Prickly Poppy.
Independence, Texas
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Kailey and Allison
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Kailey and Allison
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Alliance UMC
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Stemless Evening Primrose {Oenothera triloba}
Fossil Creek Texas
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Mrs Kyle Ottinger, Rev Jerry Neff, Mr Kyle Ottinger, and Mr Jeff Norton
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A very happy Mrs Kyle Ottinger, Rev Jerry Neff, and Mr Kyle Ottinger
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Jamie Leann Hamblin, Jerry Neff and Kyle Koury Ottinger
Alliance UMC Fort Worth, TX 17 Mar 2007
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Mr. James Hamblin and Ms Jamie Leann Hamblin
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Cody's long walk
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Indian paintbrush {Castilleja indivisa}
aka Texas paintbrush and entireleaf Indian paintbrush
Along roadside east of College Station, TX
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Erect Dayflower {Commelina erecta}
College Station, TX
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European Spring 2007 :

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Updated: Mar 02, 2008 11:40pm PST

National Parks :

Updated: Oct 03, 2007 12:23pm PST

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Updated: Aug 07, 2007 10:48am PST

Scotland :

Updated: Jun 19, 2007 3:07pm PST

Quechee Ballon Fair :

Quechee Ballon Fair

Updated: Jun 19, 2007 12:57pm PST

Kyle and Jamie's Wedding : Photographic record of the wedding of Jamie Leann Hamblin and Kyle Koury Ottinger at Alliance United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas on March 17, 2007. And a good time was had by all. Photographs taken by W. E. Ottinger, The Wildflower Hunter and proud father of the groom. For friends and family any of these photos are free and can be downloaded by right clicking. If anyone wants prints up to 13x19, contact me at ltcweo@comcast.net. If anyone has digital photos they would like included on this webpage, email them to ltcweo@comcast.net and I will upload them.

Kyle and Jamie's Wedding

Photographic record of the wedding of Jamie Leann Hamblin and Kyle Kou ...

Updated: Mar 28, 2007 1:05pm PST

New England Wildflowers : All photos are of wildflowers growing in New England. Most are not cultivated but found in and around woodlands and roadsides. For information on New England wildflowers there are several fine websites: The New England Wildflower Society (NEWFS) at www.newfs.org/ and the Connecticut Botanical Society at http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ (has an outstanding collection of photos). Better yet visit the Garden in the Woods in Framingham, MA home of the NEWFS.

New England Wildflowers

All photos are of wildflowers growing in New England. Most are not cul ...

Updated: Feb 10, 2007 8:06am PST

Texas Wildflowers : All of the pictures in this gallery were taken in Texas. Most of the flowers were found growing along side Texas Highways. For additional photos and information try the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center http://www.wildflower2.org/ or a marvelous site by a Texas photographer, Gary Regner, http://www.texaswildflowerpictures.com/wf_index.htm

Texas Wildflowers

All of the pictures in this gallery were taken in Texas. Most of the ...

Updated: Jun 04, 2008 12:08pm PST

Midwest Wildflowers : All of the pictures in this gallery were taken in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Most of the flowers were found growing along roadsides but some in gardens. Many of the wildflowers found in the Midwest gallery can also be found growing in Texas and New England.

Midwest Wildflowers

All of the pictures in this gallery were taken in Wisconsin, Illinois ...

Updated: Mar 04, 2007 5:29am PST

Santorini's Wildflowers : Here are a few of the 1000+ photos I took on the Greek Isle of Santorini while taking a photography course from Bryan Peterson founder of the Perfect Picture School of Photography (www.ppsop.com). Most of these were growing in the fields and along the road sides. A few were cultivated.

Santorini's Wildflowers

Here are a few of the 1000+ photos I took on the Greek Isle of Santori ...

Updated: Jun 04, 2008 11:37am PST

TWH goes Birding : Birds often live on the product of wildflowers, their seeds and occasionally the flowers themselves. Some birds particularly hummingbirds are also pollenators. In fact hummingbirds are the sole pollinators for some desert and tropical plants. Thus the Hummingbirds are featured in this gallery.

TWH goes Birding

Birds often live on the product of wildflowers, their seeds and occasi ...

Updated: Feb 08, 2007 2:35pm PST

Butterflies : Inevitablely while one is out hunting for wildflowers one also finds their best friends the insects and particularly the butterflies. You truly can’t have one without the other. So here are some of my better shots. Most are taken with a zoom lens and an extension tube so that the butterfly will fill the frame. It is almost impossible to use a tripod under these circumstances and one must resort to higher shutter speeds. This combination also produces a very narrow depth of field and the accompanying difficulty of keeping the entire insect in focus. You can literally expend an entire afternoon chasing a single butterfly but the results can be very rewarding.
Since I am a scientist I like identifying my subject both by common and scientific name. However, I am not an entomologist. If you should happen to notice that I have misnamed one of my subjects, please let know. TWH

Inevitablely while one is out hunting for wildflowers one also finds t ...

Updated: Jun 03, 2008 9:18pm PST

Flowers : All the flowers we cultivate either grow somewhere in the wild or originate from plants that grow in the wild. While I prefer to go a hunting by field, forest, stream and roadside sometimes I just strole out in my yard or visit a nearby garden.

All the flowers we cultivate either grow somewhere in the wild or orig ...

Updated: May 28, 2008 8:54am PST

Travels with TWH : First stop will be the Greek Isle of Santorini in early April. Then it is home to New England and a gorgeous New England Spring and of course Fall.

Travels with TWH

First stop will be the Greek Isle of Santorini in early April. Then i ...

Updated: Sep 15, 2006 6:08am PST

More Travels with TWH : Photos taken during a Bryan Peterson Photography Course in Singapore. TWH finally gets panning shot.

More Travels with TWH

Photos taken during a Bryan Peterson Photography Course in Singapore. ...

Updated: Dec 06, 2006 6:32am PST

Brad and Tricia Wedding : The Wedding of Bradley David Frounfelker and Patricia Scott Abingdon MD. October 27, 2006. Photos by Uncie Boo

Brad and Tricia Wedding

The Wedding of Bradley David Frounfelker and Patricia Scott Abingdon M ...

Updated: Nov 08, 2006 6:23pm PST

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People of Singapore

Portraits taken by WEO during Bryan Peterson's class in Singapore.

Updated: Nov 28, 2006 9:59pm PST

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Critical Mass Concert

Photos taken by the unofficial photographer of the Larry Rapisarda Fan ...

Updated: Mar 06, 2007 1:07pm PST

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Updated: Nov 07, 2006 11:34am PST

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Kyle Koury Ottinger son of the wildflower hunter and Jamie Leann Hambl ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2006 4:41pm PST

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The Ottinger/Frounfelker Family Album If anyone has a better photo of ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2006 6:13am PST

Pennsylvania Wildflowers :

Pennsylvania Wildflowers

Updated: May 22, 2008 4:00am PST

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