Wild Geranium

Wild Geranium leaf, May 3, 2005
I spent way too much time working on this image today. I just couldn't get the green to look right. First it was too dull, then too light, then too blue, then too bright. Urgh. So I started over a few different times and eventually ended up with an image (above) that looks ok. This will never be a top-notch photograph. And yet I wanted to work with it because part of my goal is to not just post "beautiful" photographs, but to also show various aspects of wildflowers that often get neglected in a wildflower field guide. I want to show a variety of perspectives of each wildflower, and this inlcludes leaves, flower buds, flowers in bloom, seed pods, etc. It includes close-ups as well as more scenic "portraits" and landscapes, too.
So here it is, the leaf of WILD GERANIUM, not all that different from the more common geranium that can be purchased during spring at your local grocery store. Ah, but the wild version of geranium with its pinkish-lilac colored flowers is so beautiful, especially when large goups of them bloom together along the forest floor. Wild geranium is one of the later-blooming woodland spring wildflowers. And it's worth the wait.
Here is one of the earlier versions of this same photo: