Honeycomb Tube Worm, Phragmatopoma californica, colony adjacent to mussel bed exposed at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Honeycomb Tube Worm, Phragmatopoma californica, colony adjacent to mussel bed exposed at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

Trees and shadows at sunset on a winter day in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Patterns and lines in mudstone at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

A candidate for 'Forms in Nature' challenge. Not sure about this one yet.

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, with tattoos along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Wind has blown snow into rhythmic patterns on the frozen surface of a fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland

Sandbars create an interesting pattern along the shoreline of this national par k.

Surging Pacific Ocean surf viewed from a high vantage point on East Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Strybing. Sunlit.

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Annual Garden Tour in Wallingford district of Seattle, WA

Seattle, Rose Garden

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Forest reflections on a pond in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Closeup of spectacular frosty ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Black Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Summer snow field pocked with sun cups in July, Skyline Trail above Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Park Bench casting shadows on snow in downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

eastern box turtle or wood turtle?

Ice patterns along Hestfjörður fjord, connected to Ísafjarðardjúp fjord, is a dramatic landscape in winter in the Westfjords region of Iceland

Coleman Glacier on Heliotrope Ridge below Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Patterns of pancake ice on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

The spectacular curtain-like ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

Also known as Crested Iris [Iris japonica]

Date: March 27, 1993.

Camera: Zone VI 4x5

Lens: Commercial Congo 210mm f6.3

Filter: YK2 Yellow

Film: Kodak T-Max 400

Development: Kodak T-Max (N-1)

Sheet: #93-07

Garden plant

Photographer atop cauliflower rocks at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA [No model release; available only for editorial licensing]

Saguaro

Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, needles against a background of sun sparkling off a windy lake in Michigan, USA

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

Early light on Pinyon Pine on Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

Looks better bigger!

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I really got into the "B" sides of things ... well, of flowers anyway.