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Spring & Easter Icon

by Catherine Reilly

Gallery: FloraPosted April 6, 2012131 views11 comments

Trillium ovatum growing wild in Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle.

It's in prime bloom now. So, Happy Easter and Happy Spring to all.

D700, 105VR. Taken in evening light about 1/2 hour before sunset. Filtered sunlight.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 6, 2012 at 5:22 PM

Wonderful dof. I really like the details in foliage and bloom and the rich green of the leaves. Beautiful image

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Comment posted by Sally Wood on April 6, 2012 at 5:28 PM

Very nice, so detailed and sharp. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Michael Westerbeck on April 6, 2012 at 5:50 PM

Love the composition, as well as the details in the flower and foliage. Nice image! I was reading in one of my Northwest plant books the other day that ants are actually attracted to their seeds and pack them back to their nests to feed them to their larva and in the process disperse the seeds along the way. One of the many "ant plants" in the PNW...

Registered on March 21, 2012, 32 Posts, 111 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on April 7, 2012 at 7:30 AM

Very nice composition and green-white color combination. Beautiful flower I've never seen in nature. Well done Catherine.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on April 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM

Hi Catherine

I missed your work on Flora

so nice to see you back

What a fine Easter post. The foliage almost steals the show

.... Well composed, with excellent light ,detail, and color

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on April 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM

Beautifully captured Catherine. The best part of the image for me is the leaves on the stem of the blooming plant. So lush with fabulous texture.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on April 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM

Very sharp and a great exposure. Great image Catherine.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on April 7, 2012 at 5:58 PM

Delicate white on rich, deep green -- just beautiful.

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on April 7, 2012 at 10:17 PM

Happy Easter to you and yours Catherine. Love trilliums and love your presentation. Clean, crisp and an accurate, but pleasing, environment.

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on April 9, 2012 at 6:57 AM

Happy Easter to you too, Catherine! Your image is lovely, the light is perfect and the comp very effective.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on April 10, 2012 at 9:04 AM

Love the light and richness of colors. Beautiful balance of white to the dark rich colors.

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