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Cruel Fate
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Cruel Fate

by Bill Fach

Gallery: FloraPosted January 8, 2010115 views5 comments
Sony A700
Minolta 200mm macro
ISO 200, 1/13 @ f5.6

Spotted this speared pear leaf on our patio. Its tough enough to dry up and fall off the limb and then to get pierced on the fall. All comments welcome. >=))>

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 8, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Neat shot Bill. What are the odds? Love the sharp spine - no pun intended. I also like the muted colors the composition and the name.

Pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 9, 2010 at 11:01 AM
I really like the colors in this one, Bill. I also found a cottonwood leaf impaled on a yucca this last fall. The odds of the wind, gravity, angle, softness of leaf, and sharpness and stiffness of spine being right for such and event have to be extremely high. Well done.
Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments
Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on January 9, 2010 at 5:57 PM
yes, nature can be cruel. But you made good use of it. Beautiful image. Really like the bg.
Registered on December 9, 2007, 145 Posts, 852 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 10, 2010 at 3:08 PM
A very suggestive image, Bill - love the colours and the way you've emphasised the thorn with the leaf stem balancing it. Seems symbolic somehow ( not quite sure of what ! ) - and certainly very eye-catching.
Registered on May 18, 2007, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Sabiston on January 12, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Bill,

Very neat little find you have here. Love the muted color and DoF.
Registered on April 7, 2007, 134 Posts, 443 Comments