Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Purple Trillium Blossom

March 13, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

A purple trillium flower grows beneath the redwoods at Muir Woods National Monument, California.

Among the many trillium plants coming up at Muir Woods National Monument on the first weekend of the month were some with these purple blossoms. I’ve seen the plants before, but by some strange coincidence I had never quite managed to be there to see the blooms. If you are in the SF Bay area… go now!

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Trillium Flowers, Muir Woods

March 12, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

New trillium flowers blossom on a damp morning near the end of winter at Muir Woods National Monument, California. (Black and white rendition)

Copy of the text posted with the color version of this photograph: “This weekend I visited Muir Woods again – I’m working on building a varied set of photographs from this park. While the previous weekend was more of a typical winter day with overcast and drizzle, this weekend was the first with fair weather after several weeks of rain. Plants and flowers were coming up everywhere and water was flowing everywhere. Among the new flowers were many, many trillium plants, and many were already in bloom.”

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Equipment

One Can Dream, Right?

March 11, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

For a report on an entirely different category of camera than most of us use, take a look at Michael Reichmann’s review of the Phase One P65+, 645 Camera, and Lenses. This is a medium format system that includes a Phase One/Mamiya medium format body, a 60MP true medium format digital back, and a lens system. Today it costs as much as a very, very nice car. One can hope that something equivalent may eventually be available for a price that the rest of us can contemplate affording.

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Trillium Flowers, Muir Woods

March 11, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

New trillium flowers blossom on a damp morning near the end of winter at Muir Woods National Monument, California.

This weekend I visited Muir Woods again – I’m working on building a varied set of photographs from this park. While the previous weekend was more of a typical winter day with overcast and drizzle, this weekend was the first fair weather after several weeks of rain. Plants and flowers were coming up everywhere and water was flowing everywhere. Among the many new flowers were trillium plants coming up everywhere, and many were blooming.

This photograph is not in the public domain. It may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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Purple Trillium Blossom

Trillium Flowers, Muir Woods

One Can Dream, Right?

Trillium Flowers, Muir Woods

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