Little Bluestem

Posted by Tom Whelan on Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:50 pm

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The feathery spikelet (seed head) of the grass Little Bluestem.

Canon 5DM4, MP-E65, F4, four stacked images

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by Ron Day on Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:50 pm

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Lovely image, Tom. Also, well composed.

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by Yun Gao on Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:51 pm

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Simple and clean. I like the “rebellious hair”.

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by cwdavis on Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:57 am

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Effective simplicity; well done!

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by rhighercat on Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:18 pm

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Very nice composition with oof background and fine details. Love the twirly stem on the top.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:57 am

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A bit of whimsy, perhaps? Love the simplicity and delicate feel of this, and the stray "hair". Very pleasing.

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by Matthew Pugh on Tue Jan 29, 2019 5:07 pm

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Hi

A fun little image - cant helping thinking of a ballerina for some reason lol

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by Tom Whelan on Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:23 pm

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Thanks for the kind words, everyone. That "stray hair" is called an awn, it's the detail that attracted me to the subject. All bluestem spikelets have one with that skewed angle (until it falls off), I hadn't noticed them before.

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