These little transforming seed heads each seem to have their own bit of personality when you look at them closely. I am absorbed with the details of form, depth of field, and light (of course!). And they are very cooperative subjects. It is really the breeze that is most playful.
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Mixing it up, just a little. I confess that I love this first image. The shifting colour tones and the soft focus of the form make me think of the seasons flying by. Sigh.
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At the risk of being boring I am posting more seed heads, but there is just a small window of time for capturing these before they dissolve into the landscape. I am playing with light and form and the fleeting nature of the seasons themselves.
There is already a hint of change in the winds that scatter these little seeds.
Note: I am not sure what type of seed heads these are but all the florets together are only about 1cm in diameter.
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Thistle seeds scattering in the glinting light, on undecided winds.
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Sometimes it’s hard to move on…
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A scrap of lost thought. A slipping away.
The thin gauze of light. A settling in.
A pending heartbeat, the rhythm grazed.
Goat’s-beard seed head
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