Silver Birch Catkins.

They looked like lanterns in the late afternoon sun on this first day of spring.

[Alison Tomlin]

A nice burst of spring.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Simply gorgeous ..fav

[Mags]

Beautiful color and details!

[Richard Sayer]

Great colour - at first I thought they were suspended caterpillars!

[Babs]

Lovely close up, don't they look pretty.

[Judith Greenwood]

Ah snap! I love a good harbinger!

[KV]

Awesome focus and lovely bokeh.

[George]

Superb detail and DOF.

[Lisa Poland]

Very pretty!

[Kat]

Wonderful close up

[LManning (Laura)]

Amazing light.

[Phil Howcroft]

superb detail and light lee

[Pat]

Gorgeous golden lanterns, fav!

[Sylvia]

great shot and lighting of these shoots

[Jane Pittenger]

So gorgeous dof, color, light

[moni kozi]

Great macro

[Walks @ 7]

They do glow. I had to google catkins and found out that they aren't the same as cattails

[Margo]

They are nice

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow, beautiful catkins!

[gloria jones]

Beautifully captured...great dof

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Beautiful!

[Monique]

Beautiful

[Jacquie]

Very attractive indeed

[Granny7(Denise)]

Stunning!

[sarah]

Wonderful

[haskar]

Lovely spring capture.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...Fav.

[Nina Ganci]

Outstanding
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