Heart Throb
by Connie Handscomb
Title
Heart Throb
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Nowhere are there more hiding placed than in the heart.
~ German Proverb
So taken up, I was, with the technicalities of macro photographing the stamens of this lovely rose that initially I did not see the gentle embrace within.
Do you see? the two stamens close together, in a tender hug that forms the shape of a heart?
The species roses - the wild ones, the original ancestors with their distinctive feature being the rosehips - do have the ability to self-pollinate, wherein the delicate stamen filaments curve over onto other stigmatic heads. It may not be the clearest macro I have ever taken, but I had to share this. Perhaps we are witness to the beginning of a beautiful love story.
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Taken in natural light ; unaltered : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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January 24th, 2015
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Comments (2)
Mary Machare
Love the way you focused on just one tiny part of the flower. Gorgeous macro work! LF
Connie Handscomb replied:
Appreciate your taking time to notice the wee 'heart' here, Mary; hope all is well with you :)))
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