Nature's Collection

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closely resembling a (well used) golf ball, this is actually a super closeup shot of a Zinnia's flower petal. the petals have a cool pattern of dimples each measuring about 1/1000th of an inch across. we then focused a ultra-tiny spotlight so that the shaft of light was the size of a human hair (smaller than a laser beam). as the highly focused light bled out through the relatively flat petal (see inset), it created the shading effect of a round ball.

Golden Golfball

okay, so this is really myrtle spurge (euphorbia myrsinites) and the first time i saw it, it truly appeared alien to me. It had such an amazing combination of unique shapes and unusual method of branching, that i was certain this was from another world.

Green Alien

Banyan tree silhouettes and reflections in Horseshoe Lake (southern Illinois) during sunset

Banyan Sunset 1

JiuZhaiGou Valley

Long Lake

Alder Lake in Washington state

Trees & Islands

closeup of a tortoise emerging as desert temperatures become more tolerable just before sunset in Arizona

Desert Tortoise

sun setting above the clouds near hawaii

Fantasy Sunset 2

Raindrop suspended on small branch

Drip

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