Wild cucumber vine
The tip of a wild cucumber vine:
I saw a photograph of wild cucumber fruit recently, and went to a place where I’ve seen them in the past. I started looking for the fruit first, and couldn’t find any, just vines covered with flowers. After looking more carefully, I found fruit hanging underneath the vines, some with flowers still attached. Lots of visually interesting stuff: the curious spiky green cucumbers, sprays of tiny white flowers, the spreading vines with spiraling tendrils. I’ll post other images later.
I really like it. I think the dark green background really enhances the image.
Thanks – I was happy to get a simple dark background in the dense thicket where the vine was growing.
It looks like a satin ribbon. The lustre is beautiful. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen “vine-shine” like that.
The vine was very reflective – I reduced the highlights a bit in post processing.
Wow 🙂