Knotty by Chipka
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Description
Weed-growth creeping over from a neighbor’s yard can—sometimes—provide a nice bit of photographic focus. Weed-growth creeping over from a neighbor’s yard often reveals the opportunistic inclinations of Mother Nature. I can’t say that I’m a great fan of every form of opportunism, but I do find it amusing when non-human animals and plants exhibit opportunistic behavior. There’s a particularly refreshing, and sometimes loopy sense of honesty embedded in such actions. The sight of opportunistic vines is—as I’ve always known—the most amusing, especially when there’s actually nothing for a vine to grab. Vines are programmed in a sense to simply do what they do, and if there’s nothing to do it on or around…well…they just do it anyway. This photograph illustrates that, if nothing else.
I’ve photographed other vine tendrils from this plant and so this particular shot doesn’t represent anything new to my gallery. There’s something both amusing and sad about a vine tendril with nothing to grab onto and wrap itself around. I suppose you could say that this is the vegetative version of making the best of a particularly empty situation. If you’re a vine and there’s nothing to wrap yourself around, just tie yourself in knot. This works for wild vines, but I wonder at the wisdom of such an action among humans.
As always, thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all having a great week.
Comments (17)
lwperkins
It's such an elegant little calligraphic vine, though! My morning glories do that, and then the weight of the knot makes them swing around more and they usually find something to grab onto. That leaf is gorgeous too!
anmes
Beautiful image. lighting, colour and composition are so good.
whaleman
All part of the program...we twist around until we find things too!
sandra46
FANTASTIC WORK!
flavia49
marvelous
Faemike55
it is in fact a very knotty photo and I wonder if you should have tagged it! great capture Chip!
treasureprints
Cool image.:)
MrsRatbag
Great DOF and bokeh here; I love how they do this!
durleybeachbum
This shows so well the power latent in these tendrils. I saw a very funny play years ago where a man committed suicide in his greenhouse by over feeding his vine, which strangulated him overnight.
Nathan_Ruby
This is a cool photo and I like your point of view about it. I feel the same way about this vine and think its interesting that it ties itself into a knot. You wonder if Humans could and I believe they do. I think people that feel alone and can't socialize with other people are these vines. But then again there are many ways to look at this vine. Very cool picture and point of view!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
helanker
Yes, I thought about a plant twisting hands of frustration, not to be able to grab on anything :) A very beautiful close up, Chip.
netot
I love this image, great DOF and POV. In humans, I think that some people wraps themselves, because they were, real or imaginary, injured or abandoned by those they trusted.
auntietk
Fabulous!! I love this shot. The light is georgeous, and the tendril seems to have a message. I keep thinking if I stare at it long enough, I'll be able to read what it says.
KatesFriend
First of all, the colours are very striking and I'm always taken with how well red and green can dance so well in nature. And just as the red and green contrast so elegantly; the sharp angles of the leaf seem from another world beside the fluid-like tendril. Yet they are parts of the same living thing. Vines are a really intriguing adaptation. And they are the primary inspiration for many a "nature run amok" tale. Vines are the principal instrument of mayhem in "Seeds of Doom" on Doctor Who - infecting people, strangling them, taking their jewelry etc. Okay, maybe not the petty theft part, even monsters have their dignity. I myself have watched vines slowly reach and grab their targets, the entire plant seemed to stretch and struggle until the tendril manages to latch on to - anything - whether it be as sturdy as a fence post or as flexible as a blade of grass. And so true, humans do tend to wrap themselves in knots when they lose there intellectual moorings. Been reading a lot of pretzel-like rationalizations this week. I guess this is an excellent metaphor for the mind of Karl Rove these days. Speaking of nature run amok again.
Issemissen
Beautiful, both light and colours.
danapommet
An exquisite capture of this section of "vine tendrils" and very cool lighting!