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Day 2 - Purple Passion
Day 2 - Purple Passion
BeckyT


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Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR
Location: Backyard
Date: Jan 15, 2012
Date Uploaded: Dec 2, 2012

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 The passion flower is such a strange and beautiful flower. Looks like it is from another planet. This flower is really pretty in color, but I thought it looked neat in black and white. There is a religious story and/or symbolism behind this flower. Found the following on a website:

"Five petals & five sepals are ten apostles, leaving out Judas the betrayer & Peter because he denied knowing Jesus. The purple carolla Bosio reported had seventy-two filaments, the number of thorns in Jesus's crown. The three pistil stigmas are nails. The five stamens are the number of wounds, so that to this day, Catholics in South & Central America call it "The Flower of the Five Wounds." The leaf represents the spear that placed the wound in Jesus's side (that one is a stretch since the leaves are five-lobed, but unlike some other species, this one's individual lobes are at least lance-shaped). The dark spots under the leaves are the 33 pieces of silver paid to Judas. When the flowers are spent after a single day (the time Jesus spent on the cross), the petals do not drop from the vine but re-close over the ovary, & this symbolizes the Hidden Wisdom that constitutes the Mysteries of the Cross, & is like Jesus enclosed in the tomb. "

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 12/05/2012 05:50:22 PM
cant help but feel this should be in colour, being so powerful in colour nice detail though and wonderful shapes nature creates
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 12/02/2012 07:42:21 PM
Love seeing all those spikes radiating out from the center. Great story too.
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 12/02/2012 04:00:37 PM
That is stunning - wonderful conversion and great eye....
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 12/02/2012 02:41:50 PM
Yes, the detail is great here and I love the abstractness of it too.
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 12/02/2012 01:50:38 PM
The amount of detail in this is absolutely amazing, both from a nature standpoint and a photographic standpoint. Interesting commentary, too - thanks for the info!
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 12/02/2012 12:49:03 PM
These flowers are so colorful that I would have never thought to photograph them in black and white. It turned out very well, it looks even more alien in black and white. Great story behind it too.
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 12/02/2012 11:24:01 AM
Nicely done! The shot has great depth to it, emphasizing the complexity of this flower.
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 12/02/2012 10:54:36 AM
Fantastic shot, and the b&w really shows off the details.
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 12/02/2012 10:28:54 AM
by removing the color, this takes on an otherworldly appearance
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 12/02/2012 10:22:19 AM
Strange and beautiful is right - the bw is great for focusing our attention on all the details.
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 12/02/2012 09:56:46 AM
Great macro, have never seen one in B&W, so used to seeing the purple and white.
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 12/02/2012 09:22:52 AM
Amazing flower structure detail. Very nice focus where it counts.
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