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Black Oak Acorn
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Black Oak Acorn

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 8, 2015158 views5 comments
Of the local oaks, the black oak has my favorite acorns. In addition their showy stripes (showy if you look closely, anyway) black oaks are prolific acorn producers. Because of that, and the busy squirrels in my neighborhood, there have been times when my grandchildren actually had to wear their bike helmets while playing behind my house.

Canon 5D3; Sigma 150 mm. Macro
0.8 sec. @ f/16; ISO 320
14 images stacked in PS CC

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 8, 2015 at 10:57 PM
What a splendid close-up of this acorn :toast: Only critique...I might have cropped just on the right edge of the hole in the bark beneath the acorn's casing. It distracts my eye just a bit...and cropping it would give you a better "rule of threes".
Registered on May 23, 2009, 800 Posts, 2042 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 9, 2015 at 8:01 AM
That's one neat looking acorn, Wayne, especially with that little spear poking out of the tip. (No wonder your grandkids needed helmets! :biggrin: ) Love all of the subtle cool colors in the acorn and its husk set against the lovely warm background.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 9, 2015 at 1:13 PM
Hey Wayne,
This is way cool, my first impression was the launch pad from a Jules Verne Novel ready for take-off.
The has to many good points to list them all quickly so I am going with the shorter bad point list for the purposes of this comment.
Bad Points List: 1) None
You have a wonderful style coupled with a unique eye . . .
We call that 'Double Trouble' were I come from. :wink:
Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments
Comment posted by scott lanz on January 9, 2015 at 8:48 PM
Very cool and unique close up of this acorn, Wayne. Excellent detail for the acorn and its housing, and a terrific bg. One of the best images of a very common and photographically overlook subject I've seen. :toast:
Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 11, 2015 at 7:09 PM
Wayne: Great subject, great conditions, great BG. I like everything about this one. 2 thumbs up! >=))>
Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments