April 17: An Abstract of a May Happening by daisymiller

April 17: An Abstract of a May Happening

Each May, these green things appear. Of course, they are usually brown by the time most people notice them all over the ground, their vehicles, the house roofs, ..... and everywhere. I guess yesterday's wind blew these down onto the deck a bit early. I brought them inside thinking that these might make a good close up phoot due to all of the curved lines and shapes. As I shot these things I realized that these might make an abstract. I pushed three of these things together and this is the result. If you have not guessed by now, these things are the maple tree seeds that twirl down from the trees each May. What I found on the deck was three pairs of these seeds still hooked together by curved stems. I grouped the left hand seed wing from each pair to make this shot.
I'm a little disappointed you didn't open one and put it on your nose like we did as kids. I think it would have made a great selfie lol !!
Nice detail and texture in this shot!
April 18th, 2014  
Superb abstract!!! Fav.
April 18th, 2014  
I did good - figured out what they were right away - guess because there are so many of them around my house right now! Very nice composition of them.
April 18th, 2014  
They look very graceful this way. Nice shot.
April 18th, 2014  
Great!
I found oodles of the brown ones today. :)
April 18th, 2014  
A great Abstract shot Daisy.
April 18th, 2014  
I was thinking of Maple seeds while I was reading the explanation. In our country this is happen in Oct. Nov. That`s what fools me .
Great abstract and capture.
April 18th, 2014  
@jle__ Thanks! Your comment made me laugh. I don't know though if I could make a selfie (with maple seed on my nose) look like an abstract. At least, I have a new idea for a selfie.
April 19th, 2014  
@deu49097 Thank you for making my day with your fav
April 19th, 2014  
@milaniet Thank you. composition is one think I continue to work on this year.
April 19th, 2014  
@olivetreeann Thanks. I thought this was a different way of looking at this subject.
April 19th, 2014  
@cammons Thanks. I know the brown seeds will be here soon.
April 19th, 2014  
@tonygig Thanks. I am still exploring what makes a shot abstract and what doesn't.
April 19th, 2014  
@pyrrhula Thanks! I am amazed by the diversity in maple trees. I found out that I have two different kinds of maples in my back yard. I thought that both trees were the same species.
April 19th, 2014  
Great abstract.
April 19th, 2014  
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