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kandykarml


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Challenge: Puzzle Macro (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Nikon
Location: my poorch, Santa Maria, CA
Date: Jun 14, 2007
Galleries: Macro, Floral
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2007

I have no idea what this is called, but it's the tip of a huge flower that just started to sprout out of my cactus.. It's never done this before so I'm not sure of what it's actual name is..

I think the close-up looks like the alien baby pods from the movie..

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Place: 61 out of 300
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06/26/2007 07:28:48 PM
Very nice photo, makes me think of a bud along the lines of an artichoke...maybe?
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 06/26/2007 03:24:07 AM
Cacti?? Nice, glowing colors. Like this one!
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 06/24/2007 05:32:53 PM
In fact that is exactly what you are looking at. If I were you I would go to the lowest part of my house and stay there until Authorities have arrived. They have been dispatched. Nice lighting and composition by the way. :)
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 06/24/2007 12:57:47 AM
Some kind of plant? I think more saturation would help. The colors are pretty dull.
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 06/24/2007 12:35:53 AM
A flower bud? Nicely done!
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 06/23/2007 04:24:17 PM
a cactus?
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 06/23/2007 01:02:29 AM
a flower head? nice textures.
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 06/23/2007 12:27:52 AM
Lots of flowers look like aliens before they open up and show their inner beauty. I sure hope this is a flower.
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 06/22/2007 11:47:05 PM
there are some really nice abstracts in this Challenge
and this is one of them.
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 06/22/2007 10:59:10 PM
artichoque? (do you write it like that? ja!...
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 06/22/2007 08:28:08 PM
A flower bud which is still tightly closed up? The title is perfect though!
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 06/22/2007 09:54:08 AM
Davy Jones!! yeah it resembles his face so much. Ok i can make it out- its a flower bud, more specifically a rose bud
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 06/22/2007 06:42:12 AM
not sure what it is, but I think I once saw something similar in my mother-in-law's medicine cabinet. :-)
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 06/22/2007 04:23:21 AM
this is a plant, but i dont what kind of plants...
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 06/22/2007 12:15:26 AM
pineapple?
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 06/21/2007 08:19:27 PM
Looks like an alien pod or something! Very puzzling!
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 06/21/2007 03:14:26 PM
Cool macro, cool abstract. It looks like a flower about to open up, maybe a mum or dahlia?
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 06/21/2007 01:33:09 PM
plant? vegetable?
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 06/21/2007 12:46:08 PM
Emerging blossom?
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 06/21/2007 10:12:52 AM
plant of some sort...
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 06/21/2007 04:39:37 AM
thats cool
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 06/21/2007 03:40:30 AM
OK, definitely looks like alien tentacles, but guessing a plant, flower of some kind?
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 06/21/2007 12:20:58 AM
creepy plant--one of those 'stinky' varities? looks outer-worldly....
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 06/21/2007 12:10:41 AM
ohh, this is cool for sure. I live the rule of thirds using the DOF.
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 06/20/2007 06:23:01 PM
plant of some sort
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 06/20/2007 06:17:04 PM
They're practically slithering!!! Very nice job with the lighting and DOF to get that effect.
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 06/20/2007 05:49:56 PM
Lovely, dream-like look (though on the nightmarish end of the spectrum, obviously). Does look wholly alien. (a bud of some sort?)
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 06/20/2007 12:45:16 PM
just guessing. flower bud, possibly made with cake frosting?
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 06/20/2007 08:10:14 AM
A good shot of plant leaf buds?
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 06/20/2007 07:54:28 AM
very nicely done. can't find anything to complain about ;-)
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 06/20/2007 07:22:33 AM
A plant bud. It does look alien. I wish the centre of the bud was more focused. Nice warm colours and interesting lines.
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 06/20/2007 02:25:49 AM
rosebud
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