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My father was a pistil…

October 29th, 2008 in Images, Nature

…so that makes me a “son of a gun!”

My father was a pistil, so that makes me a

A silly pun to go along with another shot from the lotus section of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri.

Amazing thing, a lotus blossom. They’re large enough and open slowly enough to give you lots of angles and perspectives to shoot them from. Meanwhile they seem to be incredibly popular. This image, as have all the pictures I’ve taken of lotus blossoms, made it into Flickr’s Explore (top 500 images of the day) without much effort on my part.

2 Responses to “ My father was a pistil… ”

  1. # 1 Arjan - PlasticDaisy Says:
    October 29th, 2008 at 11:06

    Oh wow this is really beautiful!! I love how you processed this!

  2. # 2 Raffi Says:
    October 29th, 2008 at 15:24

    What a stunning macro! very vivid!

    Raffis last blog post..The Blue Dragon

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