Back in 2007 I used a 100 mm Canon Macro lens on a Kodak slr along with a Sony DSC-F828 variable lens for this mix of macro and habitat captures presented as a gallery so you can flip back and forth among the larger images. Click any image to bring up a larger version.
Hepatica, Fillmore Glen
Hepatica from April 2007
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 
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Pretty photos Michael. 🙂
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Your beautiful photos just made my day Michael.
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Thanks for letting me know, Efi.
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My pleasure Michael!!!!
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Beautiful!!
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Beautiful captures!
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Love following your path.
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Such gorgeous images, Michael! Especially impressive that you have such a wonderful eye for both macro and landscapes.
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I was down in the dirt for those closeups. ha ha
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I thought as much, Michael … sometimes we must suffer for our art, eh?
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Gorgeous pictures as always – love that waterfall
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I taken that one from all angles. During summertime low flow, I climbed down there.
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Michael, thanks for sharing your photographs. The waterfall makes me want to travel to Old Man’s Cave, which is about an hour away.
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If its a nice day, do it!!
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Beautiful gifts of the forest.
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gratefully received.
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Why are flowers so photogenic? I already have a collection of flower pics and am restraining myself, but Spring is asserting itself…
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Follow that impulse, Dave.
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A wonderful taste of the vitality of spring here, Michael Stephen, with your exquisite photos. I especially like the one near the top with all the purple flowers, because you were able to highlight several of the different stages.
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It is enjoyable to be there early enough in the season to catch that.
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I love this time of year!
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The first greening of the trees and so much to do. It is a great time.
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I went looking for hepatica last week in the Sourland Mountain Preserve but alas either I was too early or too late. Beautiful flower.
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Look for the leaves for which the plant is named. You can see them in a photograph from this posting. https://michaelstephenwills.com/2019/04/17/hepatica/
They are dark purple and to the left of the flowers. The Sourland Mountain Preserve is an interesting place, never visited it.
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Thanks for sharing the link. I’m familiar with hepatica but did not find any on my recent outing. I have photographed them in the past: https://islandinthenet.com/dispersed-by-forest-ants/
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I read your posting, Khurt, and researched the Sourland Mountain Preserve and perused the set of photographs of Flickr. I knew Bleeding Heart seeds were dispersed by ants, Hepatica seeds are new information for me. Thanks. Bleeding Heart seeds have a tiny external oily Elaiosome on the outside that ants are attracted to and consume.
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Lovely close-ups, especially the one that shows the silky texture of the buds.
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Thank You, Audrey.
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Beautiful photography Michael!
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Thank You, Holly, for this compliment.
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Thank you for the wonderful pics, I have missed your blog, seems WP often drops blogs from my reader and mail. Glad to see your work again!
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Wow, good to know. Awhile back I changed from almost daily postings to 1 – 2 a week. That may be the reason.
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That’s possible, anyway good to find you again 🙂
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Your fotos are so great. I love them. Thank you for them.
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My pleasure, Rhiannon. There is another one scheduled for tomorrow. Cheers!!
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These photos shout out to me, “Spring is coming!” Lovely! They brightened my dreary, cloudy day here in North Carolina. Thank you.
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good to hear, Janet we are behind you
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