Avalanche Lily
Yesterday I showed a meadow full of avalanche lilies (Erythronium montanum) and today we look a bit closer at this species that we saw in many locations during our walk in the Olympic Mountains.
Some of the trails near the visitor centre have small signs about various species or communities of plants. I took to photographing them as an identification guide for my photos.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens, ISO200 and ISO400, circular polarizing filter, various exposures
burnt embers 
So sweet and fresh looking. Delightful.
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I am sure they were freshly bloomed, this area had quite a number of snow patches left in areas of shade where it must have been thicker drifts in the winter. Spring had just arrived.
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These are lovely!
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They are indeed – I like these little lilies that we get in the wild around here.
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Beautiful flower – not unlike certain types of Narcissus but more delicately structured. It’s a delight to come across flowers like this while out walking, isn’t it.
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Hi Andy – it really is a delight. It was a main objective of going up there this time, the certainty that we would see the wild-flowers in such a great setting.
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Love the soft glow in the first image!
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Thank you David. There is something irresistible about mottled sunlight falling on a patch of wild flowers.
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Beautiful flower and thae first photo is outstanding. Great light and a very nice composition. You nailed this one.
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Thanks Ken. I was a bit concerned with the slightly soft focus in that first shot – there was a breeze tossing the flower heads around. But the more I looked at it, the more I decided that soft was just fine in this context.
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I love this flower—your pictures of it are great.
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Thanks skadhu. It is a very close relative to the fawn lily that I am used to seeing in the spring. Its like having spring all over again to get up to sufficient altitude to see these guys, in the summer.
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