Deadly Sawgrass (Theme)

Gallery: FloraPosted February 12, 201078 views7 comments

Thought I'd post this on Theme Week.

Sawgrass, they say if you get lost in the Glades and the mosquitoes don't kill you, the sawgrass will.
For those who haven't seen sawgrass, it's said to be 3 sided, but actually the blade has a vertical crease running the length of it, and on both edges plus the crease edge, razor sharp barbs point upward. These barbs will slash anything to ribbons, other than maybe a suit of steel armour. But then mosquitoes would get inside that.

Actual size of this blade I grabbed in the Glades this morning is about 1/4 inch wide.

D700 105 micro plus 3 stacked extension tubes f/11 1/60 Flash.

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7 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 12, 2010 at 8:01 PM

Wayne: Terrific capture of what matters and fine mastery of your high mag rig. Most excellent.>=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 12, 2010 at 8:19 PM

Just excellent work Wayne. Great subject, fine presentation and as far as I can tell a perfect stack. I like this one a lot.

Pat

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 12, 2010 at 8:42 PM

Great detail shot of a very nasty plant.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on February 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Nicely seen.

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Comment posted by jamie pringle on February 14, 2010 at 10:47 AM

Great detail capturing the saw tooth edge. I am heading to south Florida in April, and I take it that it would be a bad idea to run through the everglades naked. Any sites you would suggest ?( I know there are a ton!)

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on February 14, 2010 at 11:13 AM

Jaime, don't know if you're interested in shooting birds or landscapes in April. But if birds, they mostly move up to Central Florida by then. There are a lot of places as you say, a few are; Venice Rookery, Ding Darling, (you need big glass for both), Wakodahatchee Wetlands at Delray Beach, Gatorland in Orlando, and on up the line.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 18, 2010 at 3:42 PM

Excellent macro work. Quite a story and image. Remind me not to get caught out there in shorts.

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