This seedhead is one of the materials used in a Christmas arrangement at Ikebana class. I don't even know its name and would appreciate it if some one knows what this is called. It started of as a closed almost like a bud but over the 3 weeks this seedhead undergoes an amazing transformation opening up and exposing the seeds. This is the image taken just today, almost 6 weeks since this was used and in the mean time I have also done a CT scan which really blows me away.
D90 105mm F8 1/30 stack of 7 images, backlit with light box. Please see larger version for details.
The seeds are real fun to photograph as well and I have posted one
image in Macro.
The Chinese name from this plant is 銀果木百合 and is probably a Leucadendron argenteum seedhead
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20 commentsCT scan, side view
All 3 of these images are excellent.
Albert Darmo
Congrats
D&L
Paul
I like the "conventional" image because of exquisite detail and and the position of the seeds, which reveals even more of how the flower/fruit works. I reminds me of those gorgeous paintings in botany and natural history books that people end up framing a century later.
Then there are those "beyond visible light" scans! Both your innovation in using this imaging for art, and your artistic interpretation in manipulating the scans are truly remarkable. Like the master painters who illustrated those books of the past two centuries, your work transcends illustration; it is a wonderful combination of art and science.