unfolding

Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 12 April 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

I think the cabbage flower is incredibly beautiful. Throughout its lifespan it gives us such a wonderful gradient of colors.

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Photo taken in Minabe, Japan on December 21, 2007.

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Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Agree 100%...what a phenomenon, great macro sweetie ;)

12 Apr 2008 8:20am

MJ from Delaware, United States

I love the color and the ruffle edges ... Great detail and composition... WOW

12 Apr 2008 11:46am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Cabbage is the first thing that came to mind! It is beautiful! Great shot e.

13 Apr 2008 12:24am

Aayawa from Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Subtle and nice

13 Apr 2008 9:38pm

Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands

Great colorful cabbage! Difficult to exclude the edible cabbages from one's mind when seeing this.

14 Apr 2008 6:37am

juant3 from Bremen, Germany

I agree with you e. They are beautiful and the colors are amazing...

16 Apr 2008 3:43pm

Nikon D40X
1/80 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
82 mm (35mm equiv.)

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