Guess What This Is

Image Critiques Flora Critiques
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Okay, now for the Flora Critique version of - Guess What This Is

A hearty “Like” button will be awarded to the first person that correctly identifies what this bit of flora is. A few clues, this is an extreme close-up (approx 1.5 life size), is only part of this type of flora, it grows in the wild, and was taken in Massachusetts in the month of August.

What artistic feedback would you like if any?

Any comments or critique are welcome

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Canon 5D, Canon 180mm Macro lens, plus 1.4X converter, at 252mm, ISO 100, 0.3 sec at f22

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Don’t have the faintest idea. Interesting|

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Ed, it looks like my skin after being attacked by mosquitoes in the field…:clown_face:
I’m guessing a closeup of some form of cactus? A real stab in the dark for me…:upside_down_face:

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Oh boy, I have no idea, Ed, but, it is a fine image, and I like that you are leaving us guessing!

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It looks like an ice cream novelty…kinda like pistachio ice cream raviolis, with some kinda cool red dot thingies on it.

I don’t know that I care, but it looks like a very well crafted image.

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To me it looks like a fancy cake. I’ll follow up on this, I’m really curious now!
Nice detail, well shot!
Grt, Ingrid.

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@Paul_Breitkreuz, as I said in my clues, it’s from Massachusetts, so no cactus here in the wild.

@Ingrid_Vekemans @Jim_McGovern @Patricia_Brundage @Shirley_Freeman thanks for guesses, humorous and otherwise.

One further clue, this plant grows around water, and has flowers…

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Well done and alluring.
TY

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Wild and beautiful, Ed. It’s a lily pod. I kind of cheated I guess. The only reason I know is that I remember it from your great website.
:vulcan_salute:

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And the lucky winner is @Michael_Lowe :smiley:

It is indeed a water lily seed pod head. And here is how it looks with a more normal view, but in a slightly different stage of growth than when I shot the posted image.

I include this image in a slideshow of abstract nature photography that I have presented at a number of local camera clubs. I always ask the audience if anyone can identify what it is, and very few people have correctly identified it.

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Ed: My first guess was an anemone center but I see the pod now after the reveal. This is very cool and very nicely done. Is this a water lily or lotus pod? Inquiring minds want to know. :wink::+1::+1: >=))>

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Thanks Bill, I am not a flora expert, but I think my image is from a water lily. I was only able to get this shot because it was taken at a National Wildlife Refuge where they had drained a pond to remove some invasive plants, and I was able to walk out in the mud where the lilys normally would have been in water.

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Oh yes, but as I also said it looked like my skin peppered with mosquito bites. And, I know Massachusetts has mosquitoes. If not I’ll be moving there soon…:clown_face:…LOL

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That was fun, Ed! Thanks for the puzzle game. :smiley: