Close-up of a pinecone.

The pinecone is a triangle, the pieces of the cone are arranged in spirals around the cone. The ends of the pieces even look sort of like diamonds (just a bit).

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Pinecone ginger, Zingiber zerumbet

Photo taken by Natasha Roberts.

I took this for my mum, she was obsessed with them for a while.

A closeup of a pinecone.

Pine Cone Colors

A pinecone dangles precariously from a branch.

Pinecone showing its symmetrical patterns at Del Valle Regional Park, California.

Shot on Canvey Island

The cherimoya is often considered one of the best-tasting fruits in the world, its commercial production hampered by its short shelf-life, often tender skin and difficulty harvesting the fruit. The cherimoya's rich and creamy pulp, with a hint of a sweet fruity flavor, makes an excellent dessert fruit and is becoming increasingly popular in temperate climates.

I thought these pinecones had Caricature.

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No small feat considering how wiggly he is!

View On Black

with Orton effect

Here we have the female pine cone, fallen down from her glorious tree. Before she fell, she probably mingled a bit with a male pine cone or too to get some of his pollen to fertilize her seeds (dirty lady). Just like human ladies, this lady cone ovulates and allows it's ovules to be turned into seeds upon fertilization -- of the right man's pollen of course! The male pine cones have evolved to be these small little wormy bean things. They're usually found clustered together, where the females are spread out a bit. This pine cone probably spread its "leaves" many times before it fell every so sadly from the tree. The "leaves" open up to catch the pollen and close to complete fertilization or mature fully. Nifty little things, aren't they?

A beautiful thing about these pine cones is there signature spiral design. Their little wooden pedals are actually modified leaves -- short, thick, woody and strong as they've needed to be to protect its precious seeds and survive the seasons.

Pine cones are the reason these conifers are able to sexually reproduce! They seem to show as much apical dominance in their structure as the trees themselves.

Liked the pinecone and tried to place in an interesting setting

Direction：Top

Quantity：Few

Quality: Contrasty

Time: Afternoon

Composition：Pattern

Angle： Low

The entrance to the Evergreen Cemetary is lined with pines.

On Wolf Rock Trail at Stone Mountain (NC) State Park

I was walking through the woods and saw these pinecones that are just starting to develop on this evergreen.

In nature there is less death and destruction than death and transmutation

- Edwin Way Teal (1899-1980), Circle of seasons 1953

I love the light on forest floors