Freaky Datura by wonderworld

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Aug 15, 2007

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Description

Member of the Deadly Nightshade family. Has hallucinogenic properties but has killed most who have tried it. Weird shot but no postwork.

Comments (17)

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OldHippieKeyboard

2:10AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

WOW! Of course you know I'm gonna like anything freaky, but this is totally out there... Has hallucinogenic properties, huh? I gotta find out more about these things... Excellent find and capture! Gotta fave it.

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PaxSV

2:39AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Beautyful! PaxSV

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Hendesse

3:26AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Looks absolutely amazing. Superb shot of this beautiful flower!!

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Littlejock

3:48AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Great macro, colours and DOF is great

Valerie-Ducom

6:26AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Oh yes, excellent picture on this design flower ! :)

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alhak

7:13AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

So pretty but yet so deadly...very spinny flower! fabulous shot

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lilbiscuit

7:28AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Very unusual flower! Nice shot.

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cmolsen2002

10:51AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Wow! Stunning pic, and beautiful capture!

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redchilicat

10:56AM | Wed, 15 August 2007

Cool shot!

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Silkylady

12:09PM | Wed, 15 August 2007

This is unusal, interesting and unique my Friend. Truly awesome image. This is very well done. Simple and sweet. Huggs... Silkylady...

MrsLubner

12:54PM | Wed, 15 August 2007

These blooms always fascinate me. They have a magical form about them. There is a marvelous story about a unit of revolutionary soldiers who stopped in a town struggling with hunger (could have been Jamestown). The people there had no food to give the them being hardly able to feed themselves. The soldiers had been marching for days and had little food during their walk so they decided the only way to feed themselves was to make a thin stew. The soldiers searched for anything to put in the pot and one soldier found the seed pods of the datura and thought they were edible so he picked some and tossed them in the pot not knowing they were toxic. Reports for the next 3 days say the soldiers acted like they were intoxicated, they danced jigs in the street, they wandered around naked and they acted in a most peculiar manner. Some had to be restrained. All survived but probably wished they hadn't since they were made famous by they unusual behavior. :-) Wonderful capture of this flower btw. :-)

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