Spiderwort and drop
04Jul09
Spiderwort (Tradescantia) is a midsummer flower with vivid colors (some purple, some pink), and three petals. When you look closely, the flower center has three elements: a straight pistil, a group of yellow-orange anthers, and surrounding them, feathery filaments. In this image, I caught the filaments in a drop after a rain:
Taken with my high magnification lens, this is at least 3x and cropped.
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The color here is magnificent! I wasn’t certain what I looking at until I read your description. Then it all came together for me. Raindrop, wow!
glorious color and details Tom. Very surreal and otherwordly, nice one
Oh Ouah… Truly fantastic, the effects on this picture are speechless. Incredibly beautiful. Well done.
Looks like something I’d see in a sci-fi flick. What detail and color!
Amazing, I wish I had more to say but everyone has said it. Its a keeper!