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Western trilliums were in bloom when we were attending the Newfoundland National Specialty near Lincoln City, Oregon. This individual plant was growing beneath some Sitka spruce and seemed to thrive in this extremely wet forest environment. I prefer to use longer lenses for large wildflowers such as this trillium which enables me to successfully isolate the subject from the background.

Jim Zablotny is a natural historian, entomologist, and nature photographer from Fenton, Michigan. His present work emphasizes color, detail, and bold composition of natural subjects. His artistic endeavors included scientific illustration, and presently nature photography with subjects ranging from macro photographs of insects and wildflowers, to birds, reptiles,amphibians, and mammals. Many of his newer images are photographs of the living things found in endangered habitats like prairies, and fens. Jim is a regular participant on the Nature Photographers Network (http://www.naturephotographers.net/enter.html) and has earned Editor's picks for weekly and monthly presentations for his macro-photography of insects and wildflowers. One...