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Challenge: Puzzle Macro (Basic Editing)
Collection: flora
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: nj
Date: Jun 19, 2007
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2007

 Not a flower

This is the inside of an oak gall, a growth that is formed by wasp hormones injected into an oak leaf - the larvae then develop inside.

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall

Another view - showing the outer husk:


Shot with a nasty cheap macro/wide angle lens screwed on to the 18-55mm - backlit by the sun.

Statistics
Place: 43 out of 300
Avg (all users): 6.0538
Avg (commenters): 6.9565
Avg (participants): 5.8837
Avg (non-participants): 6.2000
Views since voting: 1140
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 186
Comments: 33
Favorites: 0

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 05/09/2017 12:51:08 AM
What a great note of information. Now after 65 years I now know those strange things that grow on oak leaves aren't alien pods after all. No joke, great info. I will share with my grand-kids.
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 06/28/2007 03:58:55 PM
Dang, not only a pretty darn fascinating picture (quite nicely done) but a bitchin' way cool science lesson to go with it.
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 06/27/2007 06:14:26 PM
This is awesome! Colors are just fantastic!
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 06/27/2007 07:22:31 AM
Nice shot and great score. The thumbnail on this shot gives me that tie dye look. Remember the 60's.
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 06/27/2007 12:25:08 AM
very nice finish, colleen :) congrats!
i could never have guessed that this is an oak gall!
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 06/27/2007 12:24:08 AM
Hey, very cool! Congrats on the nice score, too. :)
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 06/27/2007 12:19:08 AM
Very cool and great score! I know iron-gall ink is make with oak gall, now I know what oak gall looks like!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/26/2007 11:02:53 PM
this is nice abstract....some flower?
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 06/25/2007 10:42:16 PM
Very intresting. I would like to see a bit more light on the subject though. A little accent, you know?
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 06/24/2007 03:50:27 PM
Very cool effects..love the color. A flower?
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 06/24/2007 12:55:54 AM
because of the shape this seems like it must be suspended, can't imagine what this is... very cool though
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 06/24/2007 12:43:06 AM
Nice colors and interesting subject. I have no idea what it is...
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 06/24/2007 12:35:06 AM
Brain cell? Probably not, hehe.. Great photo whatever it is!
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 06/23/2007 05:12:53 PM
a flower? great light
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 06/22/2007 10:40:35 PM
Possibly the inside of a dandelion?
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 06/22/2007 06:05:22 AM
Very interesting! It almost looks like a burr.
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 06/22/2007 03:35:47 AM
looks sorta like an egg yolk?
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 06/22/2007 03:15:37 AM
I don't know what it is, but very, very cool. Great abstract. Cool backlighting, awesome colors. And man, talk about leading lines! :-) A very vibrant, dynamic, exciting and engaging image. Well done!
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 06/21/2007 04:51:36 PM
Flower?
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 06/21/2007 01:16:10 PM
prickly plant?
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 06/21/2007 01:05:38 PM
Very cool. Love the bold colors. No idea what it is! Good job!
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 06/21/2007 12:16:21 PM
Underside of a blossom?
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 06/21/2007 09:44:58 AM
Flower?
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 06/21/2007 09:26:37 AM
Haven´t the slightest idea of it - good and creative
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 06/21/2007 07:38:54 AM
have no idea
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 06/21/2007 07:08:08 AM
inside of a flower
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 06/21/2007 12:32:47 AM
great color and you have me stumped for sure.
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 06/21/2007 12:21:18 AM
I want an image like this. This is really cool. I look forward to hearing more about this one.
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 06/20/2007 10:07:05 PM
i have no idea...but i love it!
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 06/20/2007 04:46:17 PM
I'd say dandelion
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 06/20/2007 02:59:46 PM
Great colour. Is it a flower? It seems to be but I am not sure.
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 06/20/2007 02:44:07 PM
yes, this is awesome. 8
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 06/20/2007 06:26:44 AM
Really like this one. Have no idea what it is.
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