Agave blooms can be 20 feet tall and love to hang off cliffs and live in other dry places. In some parts of the world the stalks are harvested and used to make huts and homes. This one was growing hundreds of feet over the sea, where the salted air dried it out so it remains through the winter.
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Thank you all for your comments and time viewing this photo, I really appreciate it. This stalk was on a cliff hundreds of feet above the ocean in Italy. It was completely dead for those of you who were concerned, I think it froze before ever even blooming (it was 40 degrees out mid day when this shot was taken, it had been dead for a long while though). I liked straightening this stalk up and giving it a last moment of order before it finally snaps and falls off the cliff (which it probably has by now). Thanks again for commenting. I spent two weeks in Cinque Terra (amazingly photogenic) and France and London shooting non stop its nice to be able to share at least this image :-)
I find the sparseness of this very tall tree fascinating and I love the slash of the angle of the textured slope in the background. Top five for me. Voted earlier; back to comment.
Technically that agave is still alive at the top, but I won't knock ya for it. Interesting choice for he horizon, but it works. I'll be looking for where this was taken.
Ok, this just sets my vertigo off something fierce. Very bold, incredibly beautiful. These trees are so strange - makes me think this is on the California coast. The rippled water bg is wicked good!
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