I went out to Kings Park yesterday to shoot wildflowers. It didn’t work out as planned as there were many bees about. Not surprising as it was one of the few days where it wasn’t raining and the bl...
Despite fighting an urge to recoil upon seeing the spider, I couldn’t help but have respect for her moving her developing offspring to a safer location.
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I don’t particularly like spiders. I make it my life’s mission to stay away from them. Despite this, they do appear from time to time, like when one is gardening.
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On closer inspection, and also from a different angle, it is quite easy to see the open vents from which the poppy seeds are dispersed as the plant is blown by the wind.
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Towards the end of the shoot I decided to cut a seed pod in half to see what it looked like. I thought I would get a series of channels inside with slowly ripening seeds. Never in my wildest imagination that I ...
Another dissection.
As a child I did often rip open buds to see what was inside. Years later, I performed a dissection in science class to show how petals were packed within a bud.
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I have to admit that while photographing the poppy, the scientist in me woke up. I just had to dissect it. Unfortunately, I don’t have a dissection kit but I did have my trusty swiss army pocket knife. Wh...