Look Closer
For Arthur C. Clarke
Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 31 March 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
A tribute to a true Sci-Fi master...
"In the morning, the orchid was fringed with a series of eight dangling tendrils, almost reaching to the ground. They must have developed inside the plant and emerged with -- for the vegetable world -- explosive speed. Hercules stared at the phenomenon with amazement, and went very thoughtfully to work." (From "The Reluctant Orchid" - first published in Satellite - December, 1956; later collected in Tales from the White Hart. )
Sir Arthur, this one's for you!
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Nikon D50
1/125 second
F/5.3
93 mm (35mm equiv.)