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03.28.2021 Silent Sunday-Coming Attraction
This entry was posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers and tagged Amherst, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Red Trillium, Red Wake Robin, Stinking Benjamin, Trillium erectum, Trillium erectum v.alba, western massachusetts, White Wakerobin, Wildflowers. Bookmark the permalink.
Getting eager, are you? As pretty as this is, I can imagine you’re eager to find this year’s flowers, and get busy with that camera of yours. I like the water droplet here, and the tinge of yellow that brightens the flower.
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Yes, ma’am. You’ve got me pegged. I keep looking at my mayflower plant to see if the buds are expanding. Not quite yet. But it’ll be soon and you’ll see it here first. Promise.
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Elegantly beautiful! 🙂
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Thanks, Ann!
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I’m guessing the wake comes from the fact that the plants are waking up in the early spring. Maybe that coincides with the appearance of robins.
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Good guess. It’s actually a European naming but applies here as well.
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Very Nice Steve! Great image!
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Thanks, Reed!
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The flower with its white petals stands out from the dark green background. The photo appears to have a 3D effect. Well done, Steve!
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Thanks, Peter. A little processing trickery as in reality the flower was surrounded by other plants but composition and contrast saved the day.
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I’ve been seeing a few robins since February, along the river, so the wake robins can’t be far behind. That’s a beautiful specimen in your shot. Always one of my favorites, looking forward to this.
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We’ve had a bunch of robins as well. I generally start to see some sign of red trillium life about now and occasionally even a bud or two. MY assignment for this weekend. The ones I see mostly are the reds of this species but this one time got lucky with a white variant.
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What an interesting flower, is it a kind of trillium? The water drops are nicely captured too.
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Thank you, Sel. Yes, a trillium it is. It’s a white variant of the red species and a lucky find. I go out pretty early in the morning and often find plants all dewy.
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I love this time of year when nature is waking up from winter. I look forward to seeing more of your beautiful photography.
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Thanks, Judith! Yes, after a tough winter, or even on not so tough, it is wonderful to re-experience nature’s wonderful woodland flowers and the spring greens.
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It’s still cold here in the mornings! 36 degrees right now. But I think this is going to be the last cold morning. I am really looking forward to spring-like weather!
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More chill in the air for us today and we’ll have below 32° for the next several nights.
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It’s warming up here slightly… and by next week it will be downright HOT! Crazy weather. All the same, I’d rather have summer than winter!
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Beautiful.
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Thanks, Khürt!
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Oh, a beautiful Trillium. Had to look and it doesn’t look like we have them here.
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Thanks, Denise. Yes, they only make it as far as the eastern midwest.
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What a standout, Steve. Beautifully shot with its rich colors and composition and the way it’s nestled in the leaves.
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Thanks, Jane! Besides being lucky to find this white variant, it was also lucky to be able to get a full on shot as often they droop. Getting down there is still easy enough, it’s the getting up part that’s not so easy. 🙂
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Super-sweet trillium portrait.
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Thanks, Gary!
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