Husks

[Amy Earl]

On Thursday morning on my way to work I went exploring at Otter Creek , a wildlife preserve up the road here in southern VT. I didn't see any wildlife besides some chickadees. I found these husks of some plant in the tall grass at the trailside. Anyone know what plant this is?

I shot this from about 4-6 feet away at max zoom on my lens, 105mm / f5.6. I like this setup for shooting flora close-ups like this one because of the nice background bokeh and hence the nice isolation of the subject. C&C welcome.

 

[AlanLichty]

The dried seed pods do show some interesting shapes and the gray contrasts nicely with the background.

No clue what the plant is - I suspect that @Douglas Sherman might know.

 

[Amy Nelson]

Love images like this, nicely done.

 

[Amy Earl]

Thanks Alan and Amy

 

[Douglas Sherman]

On Thursday morning on my way to work I went exploring at Otter Creek , a wildlife preserve up the road here in southern VT. I didn't see any wildlife besides some chickadees. I found these husks of some plant in the tall grass at the trailside. Anyone know what plant this is?

I shot this from about 4-6 feet away at max zoom on my lens, 105mm / f5.6. I like this setup for shooting flora close-ups like this one because of the nice background bokeh and hence the nice isolation of the subject. C&C welcome.

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That is milkweed, Alan. Here is an image of a pod with the seeds still in just after they opened.

 

[JimFox]

That’s a very cool setup Amy, that should work great for isolating subjects. I like what you found.

 

[JimFox]

That is milkweed, Alan. Here is an image of a pod with the seeds still in just after they opened.

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Thanks for the ID Doug and the excellent example of when it has seeds.

 

[Amy Earl]

That is milkweed, Alan. Here is an image of a pod with the seeds still in just after they opened.

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Thanks for the ID, Doug. I thought they looked familiar! We have a ton of milkweek around here.

That’s a very cool setup Amy, that should work great for isolating subjects. I like what you found.

Thanks Jim!