Because it's Easter, I thought I would step away from recent prairie images and post something more, well, Easter-like. These White Fawn Lilies - also called White Trout Lilies, and occasionally, Easter Lilies - bloom on Canada's west coast around this time of year. A very different scene from the fresh blanket of snow that greeted me this morning when I woke up.
I remember making this shot, 24 years ago, in the olden days of film. I remember getting excited when I saw the two parallel flower shapes against that soft green forest background. I kept the lens wide to prevent too much background detail from overwhelming my subject. The light was perfect - cloudy bright, no harsh shadows. I had my camera on a tripod with a 105mm macro lens.
Exposure: 1/15 s at f/4 on Fujichrome Velvia (ISO 50).
Photographed at Sooke Potholes Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1998 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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Landscape minimalism at Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC. I got up from my warm bed in Sooke and drove two hours to be at this location at dawn. When I framed this view, I thought there wasn't enough in it to sustain interest. I still like looking at the image, though, years later.
Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, April 1998.
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Scanned from the original Fujichrome Velvia slide, April 1998.
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