"You can live years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night."

-Denise Levertov

Edited with Topaz Studio 2 (Digital painting)

We have a faux pine tree we keep up year round in our cabin up in the mountains. These golden, miniature pinecones are used to decorate this tree. I think they were passed down from many generations and I was the lucky one who got to have them. My brother and sister weren't interested and I just love them!

HBW

Pinecone

pine cones

Pinecone

Wunder der Natur

Pinecone in Autumn

Made explore for Feb 1, 2009 #60

Thank you all!

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Pinecone

Pinecone

Liked this abstract take filling the frame as Mrs. Krach and I were hiking around in Wyoming. This was near the top of the tree, so the long lens worked well for this capture.

al Castell d'Escornalbou

Pinecone cactus (Tephrocactus articulatus).

Originally from Argentina and now widely cultivated as an ornamental in North America.

Macromondays - layers

At Michigan State University grounds in Lansing, MI

Helios 44-2 58mm lens

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found on the beach at Elizabeth Morton Bird Sanctuary...

Sap seeping from a young pinecone.

Taken with Meyer Optik Trioplan 50mm f2.9 from a 70 year old Beltica camera.

I made a video about the lense: youtu.be/-y3iARbhpKY

Something about pine cones. I don't know why, but when I see 'em, I gotta shoot 'em.