By the Brule river.

This tree gets beautiful flowers, has wonderful bark, and now, amazing seedpods!

The light coming through this seedpod caught my eye as I travelled down from Babbington Hill in East Sooke Park.

Too late for the blue beetles, but these were magnificent pods. Used the new wide-angle on them. It works pretty well. I forgot to change to ISO from 2500, but you do even notice it.

Did everyone open these things up and stick them on the bridge of their nose when they were little kids, or was that just us?

Outside the Marriott by the artificial river. I've screwed the colour around too much.

I have no idea what this is. I found them all over the ground on my walk at lunch today with my co-worker. I'm sure she thought I was nuts for picking it up ;-) (and I'm having a really hard time getting rid of that weird banding effect in the lower left corner. It keeps looking worse the more I move my laptop monitor - ha ha. Any ideas? I tried reducing the blacks overall and using a brush to lower the exposure in that area to no avail)

sculpture concept sketches

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cotton balls ripen on the plant

This seed pod hangs and blows in the breeze.

Bamboo Grove, Arcadia, FL, August 29, 2016.

Photographed in Peers Wetland, near Wallaceburg, Ontario.

Calochortus pulchellus, Mitchell Canyon area, Mt. Diablo State Park south of Clayton, Ca.

A London Plane seedpod

I get the point !!

Asclepias erosa. Cholla Garden & Ocotillo Patch, Joshua Tree National Park, 2011

Around Ft. Harrington in very late October.

Composition is not quite right. This is more a proof of concept photo. May have another play with my fairy soon. ...please keep smutty comments to yourself. ;-)