Spiraling leaf tip at the Bojo Nature Reserve on December 17th
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Kind of erotic. And I’m not being a wiseguy.
Michael Scandling
January 29, 2020 at 5:13 AM
That puts me in good company: many people saw in Georgia O’Keeffe’s flowers an eroticism that she herself denied. I hadn’t seen this leaf tip that way, but you’re welcome to.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 5:28 AM
Puts me in good company too, with some of my floral stuff.
Michael Scandling
January 29, 2020 at 7:20 AM
Yes, it does.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 7:47 AM
😉
Michael Scandling
January 29, 2020 at 11:39 AM
Delicious!
eremophila
January 29, 2020 at 5:47 AM
That’s a yummy description.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 6:09 AM
Great macro on the spiralling leat tip, Steve! Fern also curls in a similar fashion. One of my favourite photo subjects.
Peter Klopp
January 29, 2020 at 8:01 AM
I took advantage of fern curls in New Zealand, where they’re called korus:
https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/little-hard-fern-koru/
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 8:53 AM
I immediately made the koru connection and was not surprised that you, Peter, had had the same thought. Lovely photo, Steve!
krikitarts
January 30, 2020 at 2:38 AM
I wouldn’t mind having some New Zealand korus to play with again.
Steve Schwartzman
January 30, 2020 at 5:18 AM
Yeah, got to agree with all of the above. And, the photo is gorgeous.
Tina
January 29, 2020 at 9:06 AM
It was hard to get the important things in focus, so I’m pleased that I did.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:33 AM
Still a lot of winter to get through, but I’m ready to see nice green growth like this, a great close-up of springy energy.
Robert Parker
January 29, 2020 at 9:35 AM
I left NY and moved south to get away from the half-year of cold weather that makes you long for spring at this time of year. In the Philippines, which is tropical, springy energy is automatically summery energy.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:39 AM
Wonderful macro.
Lemony
January 29, 2020 at 9:54 AM
Sheer poetry. As are many of your photographs. Thank you so much.
Billye Adams
January 29, 2020 at 11:48 AM
You’re welcome. Photographs can make the world come alive.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 11:55 AM
I agree: this one worked well.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 11:54 AM
An unfurling leaf tip reminds of a fiddlehead fern. Nicely seen, Steve.
Steve Gingold
January 29, 2020 at 7:07 PM
Thanks. Peter (above) also made the connection to ferns.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:05 PM
The ability to see the central vein (or whatever that is) from both the top and bottom of the curl certainly emphasizes the curve, and the changes in focus are perfect. The variety of greens is appealing, too: especially that lime green, which I don’t often see, apart from limes.
shoreacres
January 29, 2020 at 7:29 PM
In this picture you’ve got another instance of “both sides now.” This is also a case where shallow depth of field worked in my favor, with an important part of the curl in focus, and everything else out of focus in supporting roles. I’d never thought of limes, even if the curl is in the limelight.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:12 PM
To put a little silly spin on the otherwise static interpretations, I can envision a sudden unfurling of the leaf, in which case the photographer would be in for a surprise.
tanjabrittonwriter
January 29, 2020 at 8:41 PM
I’d have been surprised, indeed, if this had unfolded in my presence.
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:12 PM
Maybe its vague similarity with a party horn (I had to look up this name, had a visual image, but did not know what it was called) gave me the idea. You would have been even more surprised had it made a sound during the unfurling.
tanjabrittonwriter
January 29, 2020 at 9:34 PM
That I would!
Steve Schwartzman
January 29, 2020 at 9:36 PM
😊
tanjabrittonwriter
January 29, 2020 at 9:38 PM
Just the perfect amount of light here, beautiful.
bluebrightly
February 6, 2020 at 11:15 AM
I was pleased with how well this take came out compared to some of my other tries.
Steve Schwartzman
February 6, 2020 at 2:52 PM