this is Epilobium parviflorum, small cousin to willowherb or fireweed, more distant cousin to Zauschneria/E canum/California fuschia. it is a sneaky abundant weed of which 100 photos later I have become fond. it also has medicinal uses.
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This was a tie for me for #2 zipper (with vlado's creature) - what amazes me is the fact that I cannot fathom its size and in my feverish mind it could be a giant cage totally zipped up.
Your knowledge of the world around us is amazing
A rare find, a gorgeous photograph, best interpretation of a non-literal zipper in this challenge. I was one of your 10s--glad you got at least 3 of them.
...beautiful tones and light, and I just love wispy things such as these. ( oh...and the first thing that popped into my head was, "Ah! zippers!" when I happened upon this photograph.) My favorite of the challenge. 10
Very cool view of the subject, good focus and perfect DOF. I like the tones, strikes me as a color print film manually enlarged with some actual filters and pushed a stop or so. Well done.
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No penalty though because this is a beautiful, unique and interesting image. :)