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Category Archives: Wildflowers
05.11.2019 Jack and Violet
Part way up the yellow trail on Mount Norwottuck I came across this Jack-in-the-Pulpit and little Marsh (I think) Violets. I thought they made a nice intimate composition together. It was pretty mucky and not at all as clean as … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Uncategorized, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Amherst, flora, intimate landscape, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Marsh Violet, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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05.09.2019 Trillium Conversion
I mentioned yesterday in response to Andrew that I should do a black and white of the white trillium. I went back out in our little woods last evening and made another image after sunset, with the added benefit that … Continue reading
Posted in Black and White, Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Black and White photography, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Trillium grandiflorum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, Wildflowers
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05.08.2019 Success!
Two years ago I purchased a White Trillium-Trillium grandiflorum from Nasami Farm, the Western Mass extension of the New England Wildflower Society, recently renamed the Native Plant Trust. As a new transplant it didn’t do much but last year there … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Uncategorized, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Trillium grandiflorum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, Wildflowers
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05.02.2019 Trillium on a Slippery Slope
Red Trillium-Trillium erectum is a sometime challenge as the blooms often face downward requiring lying on the ground in order to see the inner flower. Photographing this plant, located under a ledge but higher than the path I was on, … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Falls Road ledges, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Red Trillium, Sunderland, Trillium erectum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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04.29.2019 Britches
Dutchman’s Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria, are among my favorite spring ephemerals. After photographing them for many years, I really just had one that I thought was print-worthy. Now there’s two. I am quite happy that spring has finally sprung. Last autumn … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Dicentra cucullaria, Falls Road ledges, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers
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03.17.2019 Black and White Bloodroot
With Spring ephemeral season approaching, I’ve been reviewing my flora archives and thought this opening Bloodroot would convert well. Like most of us, I have just about had my fill of Winter. Although not my favorite season, it has afforded … Continue reading
Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, Nature Photography, wildflower portrait, Wildflowers
Tagged Black and White photography, blood-root, bloodroot, Falls Road ledges, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plants, native wildflowers, New England, New England Wildflowers, Sanguinaria canadensis, spring ephemeral, Sunderland, western massachusetts
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01.05.2019 Harbinger
But what is being harbinged? Skunk Cabbage-Symplocarpus foetidus is an early adopter of spring so one might think it indicates the arrival of that season. But this was on January 2nd. Just a wee bit early for anything to be … Continue reading
