1605_2197 Mitrewort
This is a species of Mitella, generally found in moist woods. Tiny, delicate flowers resemble green snowflakes. Because of its small size - the flowers are less than one centimetre in diameter - and often low light growing location, I've always had mixed results photographing them. Okay, poor results. The slightest breeze makes the thin stem tremble. It's almost enough to make me want to poke sharp sticks into my eyeballs.
For this shot I collapsed the tripod down low and used a 1.7x teleconverter with the 105 mm macro (micro). I prefer to avoid flash and work with natural light, so I am dependent on slow shutter speeds, and inevitably a gentle breeze began wafting through the understory moments after I had lined up parallel plane focus, determined exposure, and was ready to shoot. So I had to wait, and wait, and wait for two second intervals of stillness, and shoot lots, and discard most. But I did get the shot I wanted.
Not sure of species because I don't know Saskatchewan forest wildflowers as well as I would like to. Bishop's-cap, Mitella nuda, looks paler than this in guide books and online. It resembles M. caulescens more closely, but I don't know if the latter's range extends this far east. Nevertheless, it would be my best guess.
Photographed in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1605_2197 Mitrewort
This is a species of Mitella, generally found in moist woods. Tiny, delicate flowers resemble green snowflakes. Because of its small size - the flowers are less than one centimetre in diameter - and often low light growing location, I've always had mixed results photographing them. Okay, poor results. The slightest breeze makes the thin stem tremble. It's almost enough to make me want to poke sharp sticks into my eyeballs.
For this shot I collapsed the tripod down low and used a 1.7x teleconverter with the 105 mm macro (micro). I prefer to avoid flash and work with natural light, so I am dependent on slow shutter speeds, and inevitably a gentle breeze began wafting through the understory moments after I had lined up parallel plane focus, determined exposure, and was ready to shoot. So I had to wait, and wait, and wait for two second intervals of stillness, and shoot lots, and discard most. But I did get the shot I wanted.
Not sure of species because I don't know Saskatchewan forest wildflowers as well as I would like to. Bishop's-cap, Mitella nuda, looks paler than this in guide books and online. It resembles M. caulescens more closely, but I don't know if the latter's range extends this far east. Nevertheless, it would be my best guess.
Photographed in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2016 James R. Page - all rights reserved.