Painted Trillium

Gallery: FloraPosted May 3, 2010120 views15 comments

The Painted Trillium is one of my favorite wild flowers. I enjoyed some nice light when I found this one yesterday. It's also easy to photograph, compared to some of the other Trillium species with drooping flowers. I am resisting my old habit of photographing whole plants, or at least whole flowers. OK, I confess, I did shoot those, too, but I did also get closter for this somewhat more "artsie" shot. It's such a pretty flower, I was tempted to get even closer, but I wanted to include at least one whole petal.

Canon 50D
Sigma 150 mm. Macro
1/8 sec. @ f/16 ; ISO 100
Tripod; Mirror up w/2-sec. timer

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on May 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM

Hey Wayne,
Always hard to chose where to crop the trillium if you get close....you did so very nicely! Very nice details and light!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on May 3, 2010 at 1:12 PM

Guess I should start going on a woodland walk and hopefully see some of these beautiful trilliums. You've presented it beautifully.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on May 3, 2010 at 1:50 PM

The colors and light are really gorgeous Wayne, along with your presentation. Beautiful work. Take care.
John & Patty

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 3, 2010 at 2:09 PM

Wayne: Fine concept and comp and a wonderful capture. Really well done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on May 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM

Background is just great and the flower detail is fantastic. I like how you filled the frame with the flower.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on May 3, 2010 at 4:18 PM

Great detail and wonderful light to show it off. Well done.
I'll have to go to my favorite spot for them to see if any are blooming yet. I was thinking about it before but NOW with this capture I'm heading out the door.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on May 3, 2010 at 5:44 PM

Nice find, and nicely done, too. Light looks great, and I like the composition with just one whole petal included. I found a trillium this weekend with green on the petals while up here at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Wonder if it is a variation of the Painted Trillium?? I posted it in the Midwest forum if anyone wants to take a gander. Nice work, Wayne

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Comment posted by Greg Maklae on May 3, 2010 at 6:14 PM

Wayne, beautifully presented trillium. I think the essence of the flower is the ring of color, and you captured it perfectly.

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Comment posted by David Schwaegler on May 3, 2010 at 8:54 PM

It's one of my favorites too, and I have to head east to see any. I think your crop works very well and I like the sharpness that shows the dusting of pollen.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 3, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Gorgeous lighting and lovely detail, Wayne. Way to go

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 3, 2010 at 11:16 PM

Hi Wayne

A perfect capture of a Trillium, Beautiful flower, and beautiful work

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on May 4, 2010 at 3:12 PM

Wayne, very well captured. Comp, detail, color, lighting, DOF all look great.

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Comment posted by Timothy F. Hale on May 4, 2010 at 7:59 PM

Wayne, IMO, the business end of this shot is in the center and you captured it nicely. Well done.
Tim
Concrete, WA

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 4, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Wayne, A winner whichever way I look at it

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on May 5, 2010 at 10:41 PM

Excellent detail shot.

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