Posted by Adiemus (Christchurch, New Zealand) on 27 December 2006 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
Silver Fern - new growth. Maori believe that the koru represents new life, growth and development. They also eat these new fronds, steamed. I prefer to photograph them!
Hi guys! This year I'll be putting up fewer shots, but hopefully improving the quality at the same time. Sort of a 'best of' if you like. This community is terrific in so many ways - I love it even if I don't often comment. The people on here make it a great place to be. I'm also writing a health-related blog - if you're interested, hop on over to http://healthskills.wordpress.com/ and make yourself known!
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Superb macro. Its a very beautiful picture.
27 Dec 2006 7:21am
Welcome on Aminus ! At first glance I hesitated between this plant or an octopus ! :)
27 Dec 2006 7:37am
Beautiful!
27 Dec 2006 12:04pm
Very caterpillar-like.
Welcome!
27 Dec 2006 10:47pm
Thank you all for your kind comments. You're right, it does look like some sort of weird animal/insect! But only close-up ;-)
28 Dec 2006 2:08am
very fine details - a great macro.
28 Dec 2006 11:43am
@kurt: Thank you for reviewing! My first go at doing macro, haven't had much practice, but I'm encouraged to do more now! This was taken out my back door, where we have a lot of native ferns growing. Almost like taking time-lapsed photo's, because they're slowly unfurling each day!
ooh its oh so tactile this one :)
30 Dec 2006 9:59pm
@shutterfirefly: You wouldn't really want to eat it though!! Nice to look at but prickly as to touch!
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