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Prickly Poppy Ecosystem
Started July 14, 2010 @ 3:55pm by RickT
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RickT
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| Prickly Poppy Ecosystem | July 14, 2010 @ 3:55pm | A calm morning means I can take pictures of, and in, the blooming Prickly Poppies. The flower itself has white tissue-paper petals that flutter and sway in the slightest breeze. Thus my thanks for a calm morning. A prickly leaf that gives the plant its name is visible below the flower in the lower right.
Canon 40D, lens Canon 100mm macro, f/9.0, 1/400sec, ISO 400, actual size about 3 inches diameter
The yellow pollen-laden stamens seem irresistible to several varieties of native bees (although I've never seen a honeybee visiting). They dive right into the forest of stamens, moving a bit like clownfish in the tentacles of anemones.
Canon 40D, lens Canon 100mm macro, f/14, 1/250 w/on-camera flash, ISO 400, distance about 8 inches, cropped and sharpened with PS CS3
(larger at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/4793648203/sizes/l/)
Canon 40D, lens Canon 100mm macro, f/14, 1/100 no flash, ISO 400, distance about 8 inches, cropped and sharpened with PS CS3
(larger at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/4793648347/sizes/l/)
Canon 40D, lens Canon 100mm macro, f/14, 1/100 no flash, ISO 400, exposure bias +2/3 EV, distance about 8 inches, cropped and sharpened with PS CS3
(larger at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/4794280808/sizes/l/)
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwteichler/
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Flo
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| July 14, 2010 @ 6:18pm | Fantastic images, Rick. That last green bee is so beautiful! I love your description of how the bees move in and out of the forest of stamens like clownfish among the anemones!
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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Becky
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| July 15, 2010 @ 7:48pm | Beautiful images - and you were most fortunate to get calm winds. On the last one, the green insect just looks covered over with gold dust.
Becky |
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assignment
Community Assignment #33
RGB
Due Date: September 17, 2010
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