Another image taken at Aman Park, west of Grand Rapids, Michigan. This is quite a spectacle early May of each year when trillium blooms carpet the forest floor throughout the park...

Trillium Close-up

Trilliums are amoung the most showiest of wildflowers during the spring. This image was taken on our 53 acres of woodlands in Huron National Forest. Unlike other wildflower portraits, I zoomed in as close as I could get to capture the finer elements of this extraordinary specimum. A technique known as "select focus", brings a poetic feel to the image...

Hepatica

Hepaticas are amoung the very first if not thee first wildflower to bloom in the spring. Its blooms are the most showy during warm spring days with temperatures in the high 50s to low 60s. This makes them difficult to photograph as it is usually quite breezy during these conditions. This image was taken during late March a few years back at Aman Park, west of Grand Rapids, Michigan -- a hotbed for spring wildflowers...