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Vermont Wildflowers


Vermont Wildflowers
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Copyright: Donna Rasmussen (captainsgirl) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 526 W: 6 N: 1016] (4082)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-26
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Cannon EOS Rebel XTi, 18-55mm
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/2000 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-06 16:37
Viewed: 982
Points: 24
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Taking a walk along the Bike Path, I found this huge field of wildflowers. From what I remember they are called Trilium or bloodroot because if you pick them they actually have red blood come out of the stems. Also from what I remember they are protected so that you cannot pick them.

Edit ...after Claudine commented that she didn't think they were trilliums I decided I better double check.I was right on the bloodroot, but thats what they are called just that bloodroot. Not Trilliums..thanks Claudine. A photo of them can be found here...

http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/vermont/preserves/art20200.html

I will post a close up tomorrow..:o)


I had to size this down quite abit to get it to fit into the specs for treknature, and resharpened.

Thanks for your visit to my gallery and your comments on my photos.

Donna:o)
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Those are very nice wildflowers indeed! Judging from your EXIF data though, you could easily have lowered your shutter speed and stopped down your aperture to something more like F12 or more in order to get more detail and DOF in the flowers. That stick in the flowers to the left is a bit distracting as well.
I find that sometimes in the composition I have to carefully remove stuff like that before actually taking the shot.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2169 W: 218 N: 4383] (14900)
  • [2007-05-06 17:12]

Hi Donna

What a lovely bunch of bloodroots you have here!
They really look cute but i must say that their name is indeed very strange (even if it's justified) :)
Lovely colors and details throughout the entire frame, although i must agree with Tim on the shutterspeed/apperture relation.
Anyway, well done.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2261 W: 10 N: 2629] (15559)
  • [2007-05-06 19:20]

Hola Donna,
maravillosa vista,
preciosas flores y pov.
saludos

Trillium generally have three leaves from which a three petalled flower grows... therefore the name. This is a nice record of these little bloodroot, but the photo lacks a focal point, or compositional design. Maybe trying a lower point of view to get some flowers larger in the foreground would be an idea.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 1 N: 5208] (17609)
  • [2007-05-06 21:59]

Hello Donna,
Beautiful carpet of flowers you captured for us with nice colors and sharpness, thanks Donna.
Rick

Hello Dona,
This is very nice and I'm amazed by this abundance of flowers. Spring is so beautiful! I'm not sure though that they are Trillium. I have posted a picture of one recently and it seems to me that they don't have the same shape. The one I posted is red but I know that there are white ones too. I must been mistaken because the one I see was from very close. Anyway, this is a very nice seasonal picture :-)
Claudine

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2007-05-07 7:22]

Hi Donna,
this is another great shot of nature awakening.. just a view days ago there was snow and now the trillium is covering the ground. Lovely shot, I like the POV and composition very much.
Sky

Hi Donna.
Very simple, very pretty. Lovely composition and colour. Well done.
Regards, Steve.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-05-07 23:34]

Hello Donna

A lovely shot of these bloodroot.The composition is very well done.I love the look of the flowers in the woods.A lovely vernal image.TFS

Rob

Hello Donna
What a wonderful scene you captured here,
Perfect composition,lighting and POV,
Fantastic colors ,Superb shot,friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1169 W: 4 N: 3262] (14691)
  • [2007-07-16 5:49]

Donna, Oh! Lovely sight. I am just wondering watching this gives such a lovely sight. How about seeing in real scenario. Tks a lot for sharing. Well done.TFs Ganesh

Hi Donna,

A nice image of the field of flowers, the photo has a ood composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

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