On Vancouver Island Trilliums are one of the signs of spring we all look forward to. We were out
for a shoot in Bowen Park, Nanaimo, and the woods were full of these white blossoms. I shot this
one right after a brief shower and caught the raindrops that were still on the petals. An
important fact about Trilliums: Picking Trillium for their flower can seriously injure the plant.
The three leaves (more correctly leafy bracts) below the flower are the plant's only ability to
produce food stores and a picked Trillium can take many years to recover.