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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.
A macro of a pinecone taken in my favorite little forest in Israel. All forests are little in Israel, but this one is about 10 minutes from home. There is so little nature left in Israel, we have to preserve and value what we have.
This Evergreen Tree is top heavy with so many pinecones at the top. some have ripened and opened but the majority have not yet.
I took this shot because my Explore obsessed dad is in disbelief that pinecone shots make it into Explore. I told him i'm gonna get this shot in. Help me out with that if ya don't mind. :D
This is the same pine cone pictured here from April 10, 2020. Notice how much more the cone is opened.
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