Blue Toadflax: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, June 2026 — One of the more delicate of Maine wildflowers, favoring sandy soils and roadsides, the Blue Toadflax gets its name from the shape of the tiny flowers—which to some suggest toads—and the shape of the leaves, which resemble true flax. I try to photograph it almost every year, but since the tall, thin stalks catch every hit of breeze, it is not easy. I found these at the road’s edge in the wind shadow of the dense brush at the edge of a marshy area and waited out the breeze. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at 99mm equivalent field of view. Mounted on my tiny carbon fiber tripod. Aperture with macro modifications. f/18 @ 1/30th @ ISO 640 (I only selected the aperture for depth of field; the camera did the rest.) Processed in Photomator.