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A couple of weeks back the 4 of us all found 1 item whilst out walking, with the aim of doing a still life. We could then add up to 6 things.
Ian found a bit of bone.
Paul long pine cone.
Tony 2 feathers
Mandy an empty chestnut husk.
I'm starting my set for Studio 26 textures assignment with a few macros.
7DoS Geometry Sunday, 'Dried' theme
Close up of a pine cone
Taken with a Panasonic Luimix FZ200 Bridge Camera with an Xit macro lens converter attached.
Een kegelvrucht of zaadkegel is bij veel coniferen meestal een met schubben afgezette verhoutende vrouwelijke kegel of strobilus met zaadknoppen of zaden. Het gaat dus niet om een vrucht zoals die bij de bedektzadigen uit een vruchtbeginsel gevormd wordt.
Pinecones are a penny a thousand here in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana. They are what keep the mountains and the valleys here populated in ponderosa pine trees, along with a variety of other evergreens as well.
I came across this family collection of them, for they are all related, on a recent hike, illuminated by the last rays of a setting sun in the lovely month of June.
With a small, nicely rounded rock thrown into the composition, one already there, the addition gives the viewer another element that proves that I am not so enamored of pinecones that the label "exclusionary" or "elitist" could be attached to me. You just never know these days. Anything goofy can happen at anytime and anywhere. And usually does.