Your *amazing* macroscopic plant detail photos.

[mynah]

Found the same when I got out my "amazing" close-ups taken with my SLR and macro lens a few years ago, and discovered they look pretty ordinary now, compared to the ones I take with my tiny digital Sony Cybershot. (It's probably just that no-one else I knew at the time was taking close-ups then...)

 

Great pics, Ganoderma!

[Ganoderma]

i have to admit, there is a certain satisfaction when i take pics with my old point and shoot nikon, knowing that i dont need to fuss with anything...turn to macro, press big button....im kind of embarrassed that my photos 5 years ago with that camera are better quality than my new slr....but i dont think its an equipment problem lol

 

i went to go lens shopping in town today and found out the lens i was wanting is about $1200....guess i can be happy with what i got now lol....stuff is crazy expensive!

[Turtle]

I loved the red one Gano. Very Georgia O'Keefe.

 

Click image for full view.

Indian Corn (botanical note)

 

[Ganoderma]

Who is Georgia O'Keefe?

 

great corn shot!!!! No other halloween plant shots? unfortunately halloween isn't celebrated much at all here...so no pumpkins or cool stuff ;)

[Turtle]

 

Who is Georgia O'Keefe?

 

great corn shot!!!! No other halloween plant shots? unfortunately halloween isn't celebrated much at all here...so no pumpkins or cool stuff.

 

The corn was a pleasant surprise as I thought that I planted too late & would get no harvest. I did get some Jack-O'-Lantern shots but nothing macro of them. Given that I read Americans would spend 4.77 Billion on Halloween I think it's unfortunate that we 'celebrate' it here. :cup:

 

Anyway, the above photo of yours is the one that reminded me of Georgia O'Keefe. She was an American painter married to the famous photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and she did a lot of flower paintings with erotic overtones. :Exclamati ;) Here's a link: >> Google Image Result for http://humanflowerproject.com/images/uploads/okeefe-canna.jpg

[Ganoderma]

ahh i see. I really like the uncropped version of that picture, its too bad its blurry when made big...cant print anything above 8x10 :hihi:

 

if that gave your head some "special feelings" here are a couple more you may secretly admire. lol.

 

Ladies first.

 

and the gent.

[Michaelangelica]

Not just plants

But considered the top ten

The World, Up Close - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

[Michaelangelica]

Not just plants

But considered the top ten

The World, Up Close - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

 

Amazing, I just came across this collection on stumble.

http://www.botany.org/plantimages/ImageData.asp?IDN=CA06-005&IS=700

[Turtle]

red plum leaf

[Ganoderma]

spot any patterns in there?

[Cedars]

ok, a bit off topic because these are not my photos, not all plants, and they are microscopic. Still wonderful viewing.

 

Nikon Small World - Gallery

[Ganoderma]

those kinds of sites always have real treasure photos!!!! doesn't hurt that they have fancy cameras and super knowledge on how to use them :doh:

 

here is some motherwort i have germinating. figured i was taking too many flower shots. here we can see the fine root hairs when starting out. the seed, for scale, is just under 1mm long.

[Turtle]

root buds under leaf axil of Piggyback Plant - Tolmiea menziesii

[Ganoderma]

that is a GREAT shot.

 

although i must admit, i have been starring at your signature for about 5 minutes now instead...

[arkain101]

 

I think this is the only plant in this house. Aloe Vera. About 2 feet wing/arm/tenticle span :phones:

[Turtle]

dead alyssum

 

[belovelife]

News in Science - The secret sex lives of tropical trees - 23/06/2005

 

i remember a few years back i got a pm on plants that literally

have sex

i don't know if this is the one

i have to go check back logs

but i remember that only a few select individuals were allowed to even

go on the journey to look at them for fear of abunch of idiots taking too many samples and killin the innocent things

i'll try to get the exact link i had

it had instructions to apply to go study them