Howard Grill had written previously about some challenges he was facing in trying to come up with new ways to photograph trillium that is in bloom this time of year. I had commented on one of his original posts that I often face the same creative block with certain subjects. At the time I was speaking specifically of wide angle views of trillium, which I don’t have that many of because it is rare I find a situation that works for me. This season I tried to challenge myself to look at this flower in ways I have not in the past. While not wide angle shots, I think I did come up with some shots that are more unique than anything I have done before with this wildflower.
I have already missed Blootroot and Hepatica this year due to being sick at the peak time. It doesn’t take long to miss something during springtime. So I wanted to get out and take advantage of the next group of spring blooms. It also gave me a chance to play a little bit with a reversed Nikon 50 mm f1.4 on the end of my 105 f2.8 macro lens for some extreme closeups. The shot of the stamen here is with that combination. The others are just my 105 alone.
So I hope you enjoy these three different looks at a fairly common wildflower and my continued pursuit of looking at the graphical nature of plants.Â. Â. Should you experience the same creative blocks – try to break old habits and look at your subject at different angles, from behind, from below.Â. Try to highlight features of the flower that interest you the most, just necessarily just the entire plant.
It is amazing how many of these things are for sale there, and all still fetching some good prices, even at nearly 30 years old! I don’t think I got the best deal, but I was tired of waiting through the cut-throat auctions that happen on these things.Â. Some wiseguy bumped the auction price up by 30% in the last 10 seconds.Â. So I have an itch to play with that a little.
