This is another non-chlorophyll plant, commonly called Candystick for obvious reasons. Latin name is Allotropa virgata.
This was found along the Mt Walker trail in the Olympic National Forest just south of Quilcene, Washington.
Pinesap (Monotropa Hypopitys) is a plant without chlorophyll, living off the roots of nearby plants for food.
This was on the Mt Walker Trail, in the Olympic National Forest, just south of Quilcene. It was overcast and in fairly dense woods. I had to push the ISO up to 2000 in order to get a reasonable f/ stop to get the depth of field needed to keep the plant in focus.
It was a little surprising to see paintbrush starting to bloom in mid-April. But the site was southwest facing and fairly open to the sun.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: 80-400mm set at 400 ISO 800 1/400 sec f/7.1
Found this trillium just starting to open along the Elwha River Road washout bypass trail. It was a cloudy day and in the woods … so I had to bump up the ISO to get a high enough shutter speed to hand hold the camera with the 80-400mm zoom. The depth of field was not ideal, but the bloom is mostly sharp.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: 80-400mm set at 300mm ISO 3200 1/1250 f/5.6
This Giant White Fawn Lily was growing alongside a trail in the lower Elwha Valley in the Olympic National Park. I was puzzled by identification at first. It looked like an avalanche lily, but that lily doesn’t have the mottled leaves. It also reminded me of a yellow fawn lily, but obviously, the color was wrong. A first flower for me… and a fairly rare one.
I was really delighted when I found it and wished I had carried my 100mm macro lens and a tripod. I used my 80-400mm zoom and stayed back and it worked out okay. I had to bump the ISO up to 3200 to get the shutter speed up high enough to avoid vibration and movement from the slight breeze… on a cloudy day.
Camera: Nikon D850 Lens: Nikkor 80-400mm set at 300mm ISO 3200 1/1250 sec f/5.6