Awakening

[alfredo]

[Adsos Letter]

1. That's a nice shot, alfredo

[alfredo]

2. Thanks. The plant turns red in the winter. I caught it just as

it started to change to its summer color.

[JeffR]

3. Lovely shot.

Though we've been watching the Alien movies on DVD and I can't help but wonder if there's something in there that wants to latch on to my face and plant a lifeform in my thorax.

[alfredo]

4. You reminded me of a picture I took years ago.

[JeffR]

5. Argh!

:spray:

[alfredo]

6. Is it that bad?

[JeffR]

8. I think it's great.

But these days I scare easily on DU.

[alfredo]

9. That was one of the last things I did before PS 7 got killed by OSX10.6.

[JeffR]

11. The reflections in the eye are just incredible.

From my worm's-eye perspective, it looks like the dynamic range in the eye is about as wide as anything short of HDR could go.

[alfredo]

18. Don't remember where I grabbed that eye. The camera was a 5mp point and shoot.

[JeffR]

22. Very nice.

[alfredo]

23. thanks. I don't do as much manipulating now. The macro on my camera

does a great job of manipulating reality.

[Tindalos]

13. That's creepy

In a totally cool but slightly disturbing way.



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[alfredo]

20. Thank you. I was inspired by those manipulated images of food.

[Saphire]

24. Ewww..that reminds me of this one....eyeball. A sculpture at the

Botanical Gardens.

[alfredo]

25. They must know that stoners like botanical gardens. The pot

head like the tropical, the acid heads like the cactus room.

[Saphire]

26. tee,hee.

[alfredo]

27. Hey, I was young once. I spent many wonderful, confusing

and spiritual hours wafting through the Belle Isle conservatory.


http://www.bibsociety.org/

[alfredo]

7. things are starting to wake up

[JeffR]

10. First one instantly made me think of the Sydney Opera House.

Drenched in bold color. Gorgeous.

[alfredo]

15. thanks. I nearly stepped on them to get a picture of the turtle.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. what is it?

?

[alfredo]

16. It's a hen and chicks plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_and_chicks

they come in a wide range of varieties. It's in the same Family as the Jade tree.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. thanks, I kind of thought it was

but never seen one that color

[alfredo]

21. It is quite striking. I must have caught it at the right time.

[Tindalos]

14. I like this one a lot

The colours are very pretty and there's lots of contrasting elements - red/green colour palette, old/new growth, hairy/smoothness. I'm sure there's more. The more I look, the more I find.


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[alfredo]

17. I find them more interesting in the winter and spring than in the summer.

then they are just green things.

[Xipe Totec]

28. Here is a thank you for posting such a beautiful picture

Doubly apropos, first because the plant is called Hen & Chicks, and this video is of a dance called "La Grulla", The Crane; a dance that mimics the mating dance of the Whooping Crane, and second because shortly before the end of the video, you will hear your name shouted out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4py1shJ9Dn8