I found this dead leaf on the beach at Lake Taupo today. The amazing fragile structure was totally intact. My title is from my Biology days at school. I did learn something after all!
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Nice close up of the leaf and well positioned. I think a bright light behind it may have shown it as being more transparent, maybe even fully back lit. Great focus in the centre showing those nice patterns.
phloem. sorry just wanted to say phloem. phloem must be living in order to function. i think xylem is a great title. great macro and colors. one of my favorites in the challenge.
hmmm.... don't know what do say about it. It leaves room for me to think. in that case, this is a great photo. interesting texture. DOF is a little too thin.
The delicacy of this shot is stunning. The only downside to it is the slightly soft section to the left of the leaf. I feel that this would be even stronger were the whole of the leaf in sharp focus.
great detail shot of that xylem (??)! like the composition and the blue background. the rust colorsare a bit distracting for me, but i also don't really know if that's just part of the xylem or if it could be edited out.
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