Patterns in our daily life
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We are experiencing a particularly hot summer this year. No wonder this Elkhorn Fern's outer fronds are dried and discolored.
Elkhorn ferns (also called Staghorn ferns) are ‘epiphyte’, meaning that they grow on tree branches and trunks naturally. They can grow fairly large, although they require at least 10 years to achieve their maximum size.
These plants make two types of fronds. The shield, or sterile fronds, wrap around the tree or rock on which the plant is growing. These shields usually form a basket which collects debris, providing a medium for root growth, and aiding in moisture collection and retention. The fertile, or normal fronds, grow out from the bud, and the spores are borne on these. Some species make fertile fronds much like the antler of a deer. Others are nearly round, or wedge shaped.
A pearl bordered fritillary butterfly basking in the spring sunshine in a clearing in Hailey Wood near Cirencester.
Macro Monday theme - Unusual Pattern
I used several different subjects for this theme and I decided on this one to post! It was a challenging theme for me. This is a flat cheese grater on a colorful label.
Happy Macro Monday!
Did you ever had a chance to see the backside of a leaf of the beautiful Victoria Amazonica? Such an impressive pattern...
"I never accepted the idea, that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint."
Quote - Little Richard
An attempt to make a shot of the whole frontside of the staircase of the Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans (Academy for Music, Word and Dance) in Mortsel (Belgium), I had to hold my camera this way ;-)
In 'Blueprint' you can see the "normal" position ;-))
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Unusual Patterns
For The Macro Mondays theme : "Unusual Patterns"
A ball with a fragile mirror and broken glass.
“Crazy Tuesday” ,
“Pattern” ,
Hydrangea Leaf,
Backlit,
Macro,
Nature,
United States,
Pennsylvania,
Flora,
“Flickr Nature” ,
Spring.
There are about 500 species in Australia with about half of them yet undescribed.
I found these very hard to photograph because of their shiny shell, lots of reflections. In my Australian Woolly Bush!
Another shot in 2nd comment
Macro Mondays weekly theme--you can choose to photograph The Beatles or a beetle insect
Monzogranite Rock is formed when molten liquid, heated by the continuous movement of Earth's crust, seeps upward and cools while still below the surface. This plutonic intrusion yields a granitic rock called monzogranite. Monzogranite is often distinguished by rectangular joints.
Joshua Tree National Park.