Mutant Giardia

Gallery: FloraPosted July 1, 201162 views6 comments

D300 18 - 200 @ 200mm ISO 200 F9.5 1/30 sec no flash

An oddity from the flower beds, a mutant giardia. The wide flat objects leading to the flower are actually two stems that merge at the solid cluster of deformed, joined blossoms. I hadn't ever seen one like this in all the years of photographing in these flower beds and thought it was pretty interesting.

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Comment posted by Peter May on July 1, 2011 at 9:55 AM

This is wild, Bob. Hope you played around with this and got some different compositions - looks like there's some potential there. These inflorescences last a while, so maybe you can still play around with it BTW, this is Gaillardia; Giardia is an intestinal parasite.

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Comment posted by Joseph Balcken on July 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM

Yeesh. Actually, this does look more like Giardia than a Gaillardia

Very interesting.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on July 1, 2011 at 10:56 AM

What a unique floral find. I like the lines curving through the subject. Well seen and captured Bob.
Bob

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Comment posted by Morgan Casey on July 1, 2011 at 11:16 AM

Wow, the colors are amazing and the detail really makes the flower pop. Nicely done.

- Morgan

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 2, 2011 at 11:01 AM

Very interesting find Bob. I like the composition that your pov and dof creates. I also like the bg and the colors in this - a striking image of a curiosity. (means I like it. (smile))

pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 2, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Bob: A weird gene pool for sure! Unique subject and a fine capture. >=))>

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