Trillium Time

Our provincial flower, the trillium, is in bloom. They come and go quickly, so I decided to head out very early one morning with the camera. Alas, it was too early, and I didn't get much light on the flowers. But it is okay; it was something to do, and I have pretty good photos from photoshoots in other years.

On a drive on the previous day, I had spotted a patch on a rural road, so that is where I headed on the following morning. This road is not far out of town, but as it was unpaved with forest up to the edge, it could almost have been a hundred miles into the hinterland. I took the photo of the car and road just before I left. As you can see, the sun was rising well by then, so I could have stayed longer to perhaps get better photos. But I hadn't had coffee or breakfast yet, so I packed my gear and headed home.

I didn't feel up to getting down and low with my macro lens, so I put on my longest lens, stood back, peered into the edge of the bush, and took what I could from the roadside.

Aside from the one photo ↑, I shot mainly for context ↓ rather than flower detail. Trilliums grow in somewhat woodsy patches by the sides of roads, and their immediate surroundings are not always exactly pretty. Well, I suppose they don't have to be by roadsides, but that is where I see them. 

And that is probably it for me and trilliums for this year: not the best this time around, but it was nice to get out and photograph the lil darlins anyway. It was pleasant to be out. The sun and temperatures were rising, birds were calling, and the biters weren't biting after the cold night when the temperature dropped close to freezing.