Willow Catkin by durleybeachbum

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Mar 25, 2014

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Description

A big Salix caprea got blown over near Coy Pond giving a wonderful opportunity for getting very close to these great flowers. See the fallen tree Here and another catkin Here

Comments (19)

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jayfar

5:02AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Spot on Andrea, splendid macro.

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blinkings

5:36AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

A beautiful example of nature's beauty. Andrew

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dakotabluemoon

7:11AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

So cool i like the little sprouts on it.

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pat40

10:30AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Brilliant pic

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SunriseGirl

10:38AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Quite impressive macro. I wonder if the willow could be saved if someone were to push it back upright and stabalize it a bit.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

11:01AM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Super pic, how exciting to get this close!!!

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auntietk

12:13PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Just look at all that pollen! A delightful bit of color. :)

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jendellas

12:19PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Lovely photo!!

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Faemike55

2:01PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

beautiful photos Andrea

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anahata.c

2:10PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

a scintillating closeup, with every spindle clear and vibrant. The whole is tilted to our right as if it's bowing, or pondering something. And very clear detail on the join of the bloom with the branch. You've done some beautiful work with these catkins, and they've been new experiences for me because I've seen very few close up, and yours are vivid and very expressive. And that fallen tree shot is like a big light-burst---a real feast for the eyes! Your camera sure does nice macros.

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Mark-David-Rogers

6:10PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

Excellent work Andrea, great shots, shame it fell but it could still yet survive if enough of it's roots are intact.

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goodoleboy

7:39PM | Tue, 25 March 2014

What the eloquent anahata.c said. Back to your trusty old TizzyZ3 on this remarkable macro, A. I can't understand how you get such super bokeh on your Panasonic and I get such pathetic results on my Panasonic American model DMC-ZS8.

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wysiwig

12:49AM | Wed, 26 March 2014

Well these catkins won't miss any bees that happen to be in the area. Very extravagant. And two superb captures. Mark explained it perfectly. Wonderful details.

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Katraz

2:28AM | Wed, 26 March 2014

Great macro but it reminds me of things to come, we park the car under a Goat willow but when it drops its catkins and we drive off in a cloud of fluff.

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MrsRatbag

12:07PM | Wed, 26 March 2014

Wonderfully clear detail on this closeup...well done!

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kgb224

1:02PM | Wed, 26 March 2014

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

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danapommet

10:01PM | Wed, 26 March 2014

Both close-ups are beautiful with a touch better color on the FlickR side!

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three_grrr

12:57PM | Fri, 28 March 2014

I love catkins, no matter what stage they are at. I call them all catkins, no matter what kind of tree they appear on. Such a clear and crisp and wonderful capture! I wonder if there any at the Hollow yet. Sigh .. will it never get warm enough to get out there?

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