The soft tissue of a prickly pear leaf decomposed, leaving this woody skeleton. I think it looks best in B&W. In case you're wondering, this is not a macro shot; this shows most of the leaf, which was about 8 inches in width. I cropped the edges, which had a lot of unsightly debris and embedded material. C&C appreciated, as always.
Canon 7D 105mm@f/5.6 1/1000sec ISO100
A larger image is available at my Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snarkbyte/5359791708/
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Thread: Cactus Veins
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16th January 2011, 09:56 AM #1
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16th January 2011, 04:56 PM #2Moderator
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Re: Cactus Veins
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A very well processed image. Amazing detail. You should pop it into the current Themed Challenge.
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16th January 2011, 05:07 PM #3
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I agee Al; that should be in the Nature Abstracts. I am a knitter who aspires to translate patterns in nature to fibre art and I find that photo really inspiring. I expect I will be referring to it in future.
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16th January 2011, 05:21 PM #4
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I entered this photo in the Nature Abstracts last night, but thanks for the encouragement! It also seems to me this would make an interesting texture, if I could find a suitable subject. Thank you both, Donald and Janis... if you haven't noticed yet, I find abstract patterns like this fascinating, so I can't resist these shots.
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