Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 27 May 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
Encephalartos is a genus of the cycad family. I shot this doozy at the botanical garden of Cologne (can't remember the species name).
Ein sehr interessantes und schönes Foto...die Details sind bemerkenswert!
27 May 2008 12:32am
@Nina: Danke! Ist auch eine tolle Pflanze, etwa zwei Meter hoch, muß etwa 100 Jahre alt (oder älter) sein.
Almost an abstract. Super image, MS.
27 May 2008 6:00am
@Michael Skorulski: Quite an impressive plant! Thanks, Michael!
This reminds me of the skin of a pineapple, a great b&w abstract shot MS/
27 May 2008 12:46pm
@MaryB: This is just the stem; but cycads produce cones that resemble the surface of pineappes (or the cones of conifers). It's a very ancient group of plants - and they are awfully slow growers!
the b/w so applies here .. its an amazing shot.
27 May 2008 2:05pm
@MahGol: Thanks, MahGol! At home I have three cycads and I'm always waiting ages for them to produce a frond or two. This specimen here must be 100 years old (or even older)!
Interesting texture, yes it looks like abstract picture.
27 May 2008 3:51pm
@Evelyne Dubos: I have another photo of an exceptional plant that has an even more interesting bark. Soon :-)
Looks like stone pavement.
27 May 2008 5:36pm
@Twelvebit: Now that you mention it...
I thought it was a macro of elephant skin when I saw the thumbnail! Great texture and detail!
27 May 2008 6:30pm
@Tracey: "macro of elephant skin" - "Don't move, Jumbo!" *lol* Thanks, Tracey :-)
Vey nice BW abstract picture. There is a black space in the low right which doesn't work very well. You could try to clone (copy) some surrounding to fill that space. A good picture anyway.
28 May 2008 5:56pm
@akarui: Thanks a lot! But cloning - you know I'm lazy... ;-)
Strong patterns. I really enjoy your B+W's.
12 Jun 2008 10:50pm
@Daily Phototherapy: Thanks! I think B/W is a must here, in colour it's just bark.
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