Formica on Euphorbia by Peter Hollinger

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26-MAY-2006	Peter Hollinger

Formica on Euphorbia

Sharon, Vermont

Euphorbia (spurge) has an interesting inflorescense
where whorls of male flowers are reduced to single stamens
(note the joint at the base of each flower) surrounding
a central tricarpellate female flower.

On the same plant:

Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM
1/250s f/8.0 at 150.0mm iso400 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Cindi Smith		06-Jun-2006 23:31
This is fabulous! I have to vote. Beautiful colors, detail and DOF. VVVVV

Guest		06-Jun-2006 04:52
This is stunning! I'm amazed at the detail. And the info about the flowers is very interesting. GMV

Guest		06-Jun-2006 03:37
Excellent Peter. V!!

Char		06-Jun-2006 02:22
A super excellent shot Peter! gmv

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