Hollywood

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 8 March 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.

I like evergreens!

Comments (10)

Porcsin from Debrecen, Hungary

Superb macro!
I like evergreens too! ;)

8 Mar 2008 5:24am

@Porcsin: This one is indeed remarkable, its leaves are hard as cardboard!

Jen from Alpharetta, United States

Beautiful greens and light

8 Mar 2008 11:47am

@Jen: It gets even more interesting when you touch it - the leaves are surprisingly hard.

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

Beautiful! Well captured!

Excellent quote on my Camel Butt!! :)) I like it!

8 Mar 2008 11:50am

@Ina: Thanks Ina, glad you like it! I'd like to enjoy a camel ride, but they're so seldom here :-D

Michael from Wuppertal, Germany

This title works so great here- and image is perfect!

8 Mar 2008 3:56pm

@Michael: Danke :)

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

I like all the curved lines and shapes in your image!

8 Mar 2008 5:22pm

@Craiger: A really nice plant, indeed! Haven't seen it in any nursery so far...

Japanalia from Yokohama, Kenya

I like them,too! It helps me despair less in winter! We have lots of "evergreens" in Japan and, the camellias of course.....they keep blooming all through winter!I like the way you captured these leafy stems!

9 Mar 2008 2:00am

@Japanalia: Thank you! I'm a great admirer of Japanese botany, especially of conifers and ferns, their form and colour is often very special and sophisticated.

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Beautiful capture with varying hues of the green. A nice depth perspective, too. The only thing the holly reminds me of, though, is Christmas and winter, and I am so looking forward to the snow disappearing. :-)

11 Mar 2008 11:16am

@Steven: Here hollies are often used instead of palm branches for the Palm Sunday procession, so for me it's a spring plant :-) But if you think about the vast holly forests some 60 Million years ago, it's evident that mankind is just a short episode in the lifetime of this genus.