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Mid-May is one of my favorite times of the year. The woodlands are coming to life and there seems to be a new visual discovery to be made at every turn. Today I love the way trillium are blooming at the base of a tree trunk along M22 near Empire.

Often when my dad and I travel together in his truck on photo adventures and he is driving, I am worn out by the later afternoon. It is a common occurrence for me to take a nap in the truck while he continues to look for photographs. Today at Stocking Drive at the Sleeping Bear Dunes, I woke up from a long nap to find my dad photographing some trillium he had found alongside the road. I dragged myself out of the truck and grabbed my camera and started looking for my own photographs. Soon I was full of adrenaline and wide-awake making this image of a lone trillium.

 

Star Trillium

Trillium Grand Rapids Aman Park May

Nikon D850.6.3 at 1/40, ISO 100. 60-600mm lens at 420mm. May 19, 2020 at 3:07pm.