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10-APR-2005 Karen Stuebing

Spring is Here!!

West Virginia

Trillium grandiflorum, also White trillium, or Large-flowered trillium, or snow trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family (formerly part of the Liliaceae) and is native to northeast United States and southeast Canada. The stalkless flower develops directly over a whorl of three leaves. The flower is not apparent in its closed state, but soon opens to a large, triple-petaled bloom. As the flower ages, it turns pink.

This flower is often most common on steep slopes, because it is a favorite food of white-tailed deer and highly subject to their predation. The deer dislike grazing on steep slopes.

Olympus C-5050Z
1/800s f/6.3 at 11.9mm iso64 with Flash full exif

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Bryan Murahashi15-Apr-2005 15:13
Great spring flower shot. Well worth the effort.
Argishti Khachik15-Apr-2005 09:24
Very beautiful and lovely! Great light and details Karen.
Cheers
Karen Leaf15-Apr-2005 02:54
(Girl, I think we're gonna end up in the same hosptial with legs in casts) Fabulous shot!
katwilkens14-Apr-2005 02:17
You captured the bright white without "blowing out" the details--that's hard!
Lori Rolfe13-Apr-2005 07:36
Gorgeous Karen! Great capture.... like the extra bloom too.... Congrats on not falling down the slope! got my vote!
Carmen12-Apr-2005 15:20
Beautiful and stark against the dark loam. Great composition, too.
Jude Marion12-Apr-2005 12:41
GORGEOUS shot!!!
The lighting is perfect ... and wonderful detail!
Guest 12-Apr-2005 12:28
Incredibly sharp and defined. This 'un gets a vote!
jypsee12-Apr-2005 02:24
The trilliums will be blooming, hopefully, when I get to Michigan in May. In northern Wisconsin and Michigan the deer must not eat trilliums because the forests are carpeted with them. I can't wait!
Guest 11-Apr-2005 23:03
I have these special flowers..beautiful capture..
laine8211-Apr-2005 18:03
This is a bells & whistles announcement of Spring I should say. Perfect image Karen, well done.
jeanb11-Apr-2005 15:52
Not only in the east, I have them in my yard. Maybe I'll go out and grab a pic of one for today..:-)
Cliff11-Apr-2005 14:55
What a lovely flower. I find it difficult to get the exposure right on white petaled flowers, but you did it beautifully! (balancing precariously all the while :o) )
Coleen Perilloux Landry11-Apr-2005 14:36
You did quite well as these are hard to get to. It is beautiful.
Gayle P. Clement11-Apr-2005 13:59
This is lovely Karen. It's not a flower we have here so that makes it more special to me.
Elaine (etfitz)11-Apr-2005 11:38
Beautiful image and worth all of the trouble you went through!
Ian Clowes11-Apr-2005 11:26
Worth the climbing for!
Guest 11-Apr-2005 10:34
Lovely and sharp!!