White Mountain Trillium

Gallery: FloraPosted May 24, 201150 views9 comments

Spent part of the day hiking toward a couple backcountry waterfalls, but got totally rained out in the end. Found a nice little gathering of trillium on the way though.

40d, Canon 100 2.8 at 5.6, a little Orton added for fun.

Hope you enjoy. Cheers!

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 24, 2011 at 7:58 AM

Great job on the comp Scott. Love the way you've emphasized the symmetry in the plant with the square crop. Excellent detail and subject/ground separation as well. I also like the use of the Orton effect here - I'm guessing it masks some defects that would be visible otherwise. I might consider taking the bg a little darker but would need to see it to know for sure. That might change the mood and I like the mood of this very much as posted. Superb capture and presentation for my tastes.

pat

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 24, 2011 at 10:19 AM

Beautiful blossom with nice detail in the center. I am not sure I like the special effects.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on May 24, 2011 at 1:06 PM

Great picture of a hard to find flower (at least in my area--NE Pa). I like the softness on the leaves and BG. However, I would probably get rid of the silvery raindrops. Great detail on the center of the flower.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 24, 2011 at 3:35 PM

Scott: I'm green with envy; we don't have trillium in our part of the world. My thoughts echo Pat's. Exceptionally nice shot.>=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on May 25, 2011 at 8:42 AM

The centre is beautifully captured, Scott, and the flower nicely emphasised, I guess in part by the Orton effect. Good looking image !

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 25, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Scott:
Lovely color and details in the center. Nice framing.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 25, 2011 at 11:11 AM

Perfect dose of Ortonization

- one of the more beautiful photos I have seen of a Trillium

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Comment posted by William Brozy on May 26, 2011 at 9:37 AM

This looks like a Painted Trillium - nice capture.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 26, 2011 at 3:25 PM

Nice shot. We don't have this particular type of Trillium here in tne Pacific NW that I know of so this is very cool.

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