veratrum spring

if, like me, you spend all your time away from temperate regions of the world, you might wonder, as i did, what veratrum looked like except when viewed from above. in fact, this is a coincidental and timely post - given bret's image in the landscape gallery. except for images - such as his - taken looking vertically down at these plants, i had no idea what they looked like. so when my plantsman buddy, with whom i explored the caucasus ranges of georgia (the country), told me that veraturm would be emerging while we were there, i was excited to see these iconic plants. and here they are, as they appeared in a wood near the tskhratskaro pass and the ktsia-tabatskuri managed reserve‎ above bakuriani.

and while i did, i admit, make a couple of exposures looking down on these plants, i wanted an image with a different perspective - showing the plants in context.

on top of this, using a 6x6 (or 2 1/2 x 2 1/2) film camera, one has the opportunity occasionally to compose images with the camera at a diagonal.

so, i reckon, two changes of perspective. see the L A R G E R version - the small version here is very small. you thoughts on this?

hasselblad 500c/m
50mm lens
delta 100 b&w film