Trillium

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Well, the trillium 'season' comes to an end. The flowers are rapidly fading away until next year. In many ways, their short lived nature adds to what makes them so special. It is truly an amazing experience to be out in the forest alone, surrounded by hundreds of these beautiful plants.I have to say, I really enjoyed and appreciated the feedback and suggestions regarding my photographic 'pursuit' of trillium. And so, I offer my last trillium shots of the year:"Peeking Out"Copyright Howard GrillBelow is a shot of the elusive yellow trillium. The yellow trillium here in Pennsylvania seem very different than the images I get when I Google 'Yellow Trillium', and yet this is definitely trillium (to the best of my knowledge). They have a yellow tint, the park ranger said there were yellow trillium at that site, and, other than for the center, these looked just like the white trillium plants and, in fact, were growing amongst them."Yellow Trillium"Copyright Howard GrillFinally, I r

Well, here we go....another trillium post. If you haven't seen my prior 'writings' on trillium they can be found here, here, and here.First of all, apparently there are no highly experienced botanists that are out there reading my blog with any regularity. Why do I say that? My last trillium related post lamented the fact that the emergence of the trillium had been delayed because of the cold weather we had been having. When I had gone out into the field expecting trillium, I was early and found only plants that I thought were trillium that had not yet bloomed. I ended up making some documentary and abstract type shots of the plants and calling them trillium. Well, I returned yesterday and the trillium were in early bloom, but, much to my surprise, what I had thought was pre-bloom trillium clearly was not. I am not sure what it was (if anyone out there can tell from the photo, please let me know), but I guess I will ultimately find out since there is plenty of it and I go back to th

Howard Grill had written previously about some challenges he was facing in trying to come up with new ways to photograph trillium that is in bloom this time of year. I had commented on one of his original posts that I often face the same creative block with certain subjects. At [...]

Several weeks back (here and here), I wrote about needing some advice in order to improve my photographs of the trillium in a local park. In return, I received some excellent suggestions, which can be read as comments to the postings. On occasion, I am able to get a day off and go out for some photographing, and today was one of those days. I was really looking forward to trying out some of the suggestions and hoping to come home with some nice trillium images that, as described in the two prior posts, express the idea I have in my mind. Normally, the trillium would be out and in full bloom this time of year. As I was listening to music during the hour drive, I had, in the back of my mind, the concern that the absolutely dreadful, cold weather that we have been having here lately was going to have delayed things. But I had the day, and off I went.When I arrived.....not a blooming trillium in sight!! So, instead of a multitude of white blooms, here is the status of Western Pennsylv

I think you probably have to be at least 40 years old to get the weak joke reference in the title. Well, either a ‘regular person’ over 40 or a rabid Star Trek fan. (Kirk: “Scottie, let’s get this post back on course.” Scottie: "But, Cap’n, I’m given her all she’s got.”) All right, I'm sorry, but I just couldn’t help myself.Six weeks or so left to winter.....please let it be over. Some folks just thrive out in the cold. Me, I despise it. I try to force myself to get out and photograph, but I find it exceedingly difficult to do so. Every winter I say that this is going to be the year I get out into the cold and get some really great winter images. I do go, but it ends up being only two or three times. I enjoy myself when I go, but it is exceedingly hard to motivate myself to get out there.But it is almost over, no matter what the groundhog said, and that makes my thoughts turn to the multitude of gorgeous spring wildflowers that we are blessed with here in Western P

I was quite happy to get responses to yesterday’s post regarding my difficulty with taking photographs of Trilliuim that were both helpful and humorous. Today, I thought I would show a close up image of the flower and talk a little more about Trillium in general. I think this shot really portrays the feel and shape of the flower. With the advice I got, I also hope to be able to portray them as they live in their ‘community’.TrilliumCopyright Howard Grill I will let everyone know when they finally do emerge here. It is usually at the end of March or beginning of April. I also wanted to mention an entry that I read on someone else’s blog. I would surely provide a link if I could only remember where I read it. At any rate, the post really demonstrated to me how the internet has shortened the distance between people and how it also lets us more clearly appreciate geographical differences. This particular post dealt with the author seeing someone picking a Trillium