I dearly love finding dandelions in my garden, whether they are the yellow flowers or the soft puffs of seeds ready to take to the wind. Generally I leave the dandelion there (unless I am removing weeds, and then I say goodbye to my little friends). However, this one time I decided to break the dandelion puff off of the stem to take inside the house for a photo session. The moment I removed the puff, the bottom of the stem curled into these two tightly wound circles. What a treat!

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For Judy.. Just because:)

After reading all the good things you guys wrote about my work over the month of march I am truly touched.. thank you so much my beautiful friends.. I wouldn't have done anything without your constant support and inspiration:)

HGGT to you all

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Sunrise at Ponta de Caracaraí, Rio Arapiuns, an Amazon tributary, Santarém, with our boat, Don Giuseppe anchored for the night.

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flower (Daisy) stem .....rip detail where I pulled the single bloom

from the multiple bloom stem.

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Saxifraga rotundifolia, common name round-leaved saxifrage, is a flowering herb and alpine plant of the genus Saxifraga.

It can reach a height of 20–50 centimeters. This perennial herbaceous plant has fleshy leaves arranged in dense basal rosette. They are petiolate, dark green, hairy, simple, rounded or almost heart-shaped, bordered by numerous triangular notches. The flowering stems are erect, pubescent, branched at the top, bearing narrow panicles of star-shaped flowers. These flowers have five lanceolate petals, usually white with numerous minute pink-purple specks. They bloom from April to August.

This species is present in the central and southern Europe in the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and the Balkans and prefers shady forests, damps, cliffs, stony soils and margins of streams at elevation of 700–2,200 meters above sea level.

Dandelion macro

Baby euphorbia plants with attractive red stems, growing in beach sand, on Kangaroo Island.

A Spotless Ladybug climbs the stem of a flower.

California State University Fullerton

I have been thinking lately that I need to take some wider angle photos and it is difficult when I enjoy the world close up and macro. My next goal should be wide lens work of people and places.

Stem

Art created from my photos | Creative Flowers | Spring | Yellow Flower & Stem #abstract

Shrooms with long Stems are reaching for the Sunlight.

Stems of the Stipa shrub growing on the edge of the pinery within the Kuneevsky forest area in Togliatti

Dotted Stem Bolete / Flockenstieliger Hexenröhrling / Neoboletus erythropus

For Macro Mondays' "Halloween" Theme.

The stem is about 2" (50 mm) long

HMM

And shades of orange

san francisco, california

Poison hemlock stems have distinctive purple streaks on the stems, and fernlike foliage.

Commonly known as Jelly Babies, these rubbery fungi look superficially like cap-and-stem mushrooms, but beneath the irregular caps the surface is smooth rather than being gilled. Despite their common name, these innocuous-looking little fungi are inedible.

This example was found during a fungus foray event at Kemerton Lake Nature Reserve in Worcestershire.

Minolta Alpha 7 : 28-85mm AF Minolta f/3.5-4.5 : Arista EDU Ultra 100 : Spur Acurol-N

Connection - Macro Mondays

The apple is approximately 3" across.

SOOC

Field of smiles near my house.

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Fresh out of the husk…

Papery texture.

Poppy is the common name given to the plant genus known by the scientific name of Papaver.

The field poppy (Papaver rhoeas), like this here, has always been a symbol of death and rebirth, and no other flower combines exquisite delicacy of tissue with such a vibrant blaze of colour.

Poppies are flowering plants with delicate, papery petals in a variety of shapes and vibrant hues.

There are more than 70 distinct species in the poppy (papaver) genus, including opium poppies (Papaver somniferum), corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale).

Poppies are an excellent addition to mixed beds, borders and cut arrangements.

Thank you and have a fabulous day, M, (*_*)

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Indoor Tulip stem with sunlit accents....Morning Sunlight seeping through the window blinds.

an unplanned work of art

seen in my kitchen sink

last August.

for Macro Mondays. Compared with the large bowl, the long stems on my posh wine glasses seem very slender and fragile, and I always take great care when handling them.

The five other glasses are reflected in this one stem.

I always look for pumpkins with fun stems.

Miscellaneous Composition; ©2011 DianaLee Photo Designs

Three Legged Cross, Dorset

Cabbage Stem Weevil [Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus]

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This minuscule Ceutorhynch (Seed) Weevil was no more than 3mm long and proved to be one of the most difficult insects that I've tried photographing. Looking at it in this shot you get no idea how small they are!

Cuttings from a Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana plant. It has been in the family for a long time, reincarnated by means of stem and leaf cuttings. The common name is Flaming Katy.

Pentax 'plastic fantastic' 35mm prime lens. DNG edited using Affinity Photo software.

For Macro Mondays - Glass

Wine glass stem