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03/10/2009 10:21:48 PM |
| Very cool macro! I tried a couple of similar shots, but I think yours is better. Nice work. |
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11/26/2008 11:42:03 AM |
[quote=ThingFish] So I had it excactly right
Quote"Seedpod of some kind of plant like perhaps jimson weed" Unquote
Jimson weed as you know is also known as Datura
I know the seeds of this plant well as in my younger days I often got extremely spaced out on this stuff. Weird, bizarre and often uncomfortable mind trips that take you into the realm of the insane. Not to be recommended.
Wow, you nailed it to species. We have a few of these in the garden, they spread like, a, crazy. I've heard they're a fine line between a good time and death. Makes sense the seed pod looks a little pyschedelic, huh? |
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11/26/2008 09:38:58 AM |
So I had it excactly right
Quote"Seedpod of some kind of plant like perhaps jimson weed" Unquote
Jimson weed as you know is also known as Datura
I know the seeds of this plant well as in my younger days I often got extremely spaced out on this stuff. Weird, bizarre and often uncomfortable mind trips that take you into the realm of the insane. Not to be recommended.
Datura stramonium
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Thorn apple / Jimson weed
Jimsonjade, known by the common names jimson weed, ditch weed, Good weed, loco weed, Korean morning glory, Jamestown weed, thorn apple, angel's trumpet, devil's trumpet, devil's snare, devil's seed, mad hatter, crazy tea, malpitte, and, along with Datura metel, zombie cucumber is a common weed in the Nightshade Family. It contains tropane alkaloids that are sometimes used as a hallucinogen. The active ingredients are atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine which are classified as deliriants, or anticholinergics. Due to the elevated risk of overdose in uninformed users, many hospitalizations, and some deaths, are reported from recreational use.
Datura stramonium is an erect annual herb, on average 30 to 150 cm (1-5 feet) tall with erect, forking and purple stems. The leaves are large, 7 to 20 cm (3-8 in) long and have irregular teeth similar to those of oak leaves. The flowers are one of the most distinctive characteristics of Datura stramonium: they are trumpet-shaped, white to purple, and 2-7 in. (5-17.5 cm) long. The flowers, with the same fragrance as Mirabilis jalapa, open and close at irregular intervals during the evening, earning the plant the nickname moonflower. The fruit are walnut-sized, egg-shaped, and covered in prickles, they split into four chambers, each chamber with dozens of small black seeds. All parts of the plant emit a foul odor when crushed or bruised.
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11/26/2008 01:40:19 AM |
| I really thought this would be on the first page. Great photo! |
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11/26/2008 12:09:57 AM |
| So beautiful! I wanted to see this on the front page! Looks like a PB! Congrats! You have a wonderful portfolio. :) |
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11/25/2008 04:04:55 PM |
| Not exactly a stumper but well captured and presented. There seems to be a bit of grain left in the photo - which I like a lot. Makes it more interesting. |
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11/25/2008 06:04:43 AM |
| Beautiful. I figuring it is a seed pod for a plant or the actual plant but I have know idea. The colors and shallow DOF is fantastic. |
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11/25/2008 12:00:37 AM |
| Some sort of sea creature? Or perhaps it's a seed capsule? |
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11/24/2008 04:23:01 PM |
| The colors here are the most lovely colors ever, and the detail and DOF is stunning.... this is one of my top few picks for this challenge. |
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11/23/2008 02:36:24 PM |
| I really like this macro, very well done!! |
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11/22/2008 06:27:13 PM |
| I love the color.....must be some kind of seed pod....wonderful dof! |
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11/22/2008 10:07:07 AM |
Exotic fuit, Rambutan I think.
Nice! Your colours are great but you could probably have increased the contrast (or harder lighting). |
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11/21/2008 09:22:47 PM |
| The fruit of a sweet gum tree?? Awesome colors on this. |
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11/21/2008 11:37:28 AM |
some sort of plant.
great shot! |
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11/20/2008 05:51:07 PM |
| Way cool!! Looks like some sort of alien seedpod, or something visible only through a microscope. The texture is fabulous :-) |
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11/20/2008 12:37:15 PM |
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11/20/2008 12:47:40 AM |
| Great photo! and I love the colors. Beautiful DOF and awesome composition. This would be an interestin B&W photo. |
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11/19/2008 09:50:24 PM |
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11/19/2008 08:51:12 PM |
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11/19/2008 01:48:26 PM |
| I'll guess a casing of a chessnut from a tree? |
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11/19/2008 01:21:21 PM |
| Some sort of seed pod or sea creature? I really like the colours. Nice photo. |
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11/19/2008 06:27:41 AM |
Very microscopic looking. This reminds me of my photo. I had a difficult time deciding how to crop it because the DOF is so limiting on the macro scale. I probably would have cut out the lower quarter of this photo so that the viewer isn't distracted by the OOF spikes on the lower left hand corner. I definitely think that would make it stronger.
**after challenge**
but you obviously knew better than me. Congrats on the high finish!
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11/19/2008 05:24:02 AM |
| Seedpod of some kind of plant like perhaps jimson weed |
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11/19/2008 04:08:43 AM |
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11/19/2008 01:40:31 AM |
No vote, just guessing...
some type of plant life. |
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11/19/2008 12:56:11 AM |
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