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seen at a walk to my favorite place - my „island“... / Kallmuth, Homburg, Germany - shot with my iPhone
Went for a walk with my boyfriend the other day, it's been hard lately to find motivation to do anything. But it was nice to finally have some nice weather and get to go outside. I've started physiotherapy and am working on getting my hand better. This is one of the first photos i've taken since my accident and I had fun editing. It's been tough but every day I'm getting better.
A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures. The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male cones, which produce pollen, are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity. The name "cone" derives from the fact that the shape in some species resembles a geometric cone. The individual plates of a cone are known as scales.
The male cone (microstrobilus or pollen cone) is structurally similar across all conifers, differing only in small ways (mostly in scale arrangement) from species to species. Extending out from a central axis are microsporophylls (modified leaves). Under each microsporophyll is one or several microsporangia (pollen sacs).
The female cone (megastrobilus, seed cone, or ovulate cone) contains ovules which, when fertilized by pollen, become seeds. The female cone structure varies more markedly between the different conifer families, and is often crucial for the identification of many species of conifers.
I folded this almost a year ago, and now I remembered that I still have a picture and decided to post it. It's my own design, the paper was some gift wrapping paper, probably around 40x40cm.
During my lunch time walk I pass many small landscaping trees, this one with young pinecones. Jun 01, 2011 P6011302.dng
so here it is, my first picture taken with my new extension tubes!
recently i found one of my dads film cameras, his only nikon one with a 35-70mm attached to it. first i ignored the lens since the 18-55 kitlens has a better reach on dx.
however since that one does have an aperture ring it turned to be my extension-ring-macro-lens-thingy :P
Pinha mansa...
Fajarda - Coruche - Portugal
Pentax K-1 Mark II + Vivitar series 1 (Komine) 200mm f3.0 VMC @3.0