Nature’s ‘SuperBall’? by rhoing

Nature’s ‘SuperBall’?

Remember Wham-O’s “SuperBall” from the mid-60s? That’s what comes to mind when I see peony buds before they open. As large as the fully-bloomed flower becomes, it’s hard to imagine how all that is packed so tightly in a bud that is as small as this one is now. No macro lens; just a +4 close-up filter…

A year ago (“Now, now, kids!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-04-01

Wikipedia’s SuperBall page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ball
Find one at amazon, too!
Good focus very interesting color.
April 2nd, 2012  
Gorgeous focus and colors! Just lovely Thom!
April 2nd, 2012  
Kim
Beautiful! And you are right, it is amazing how it all got packed so beautifully in that tiny bud! Mine are just coming up now.
April 2nd, 2012  
Beautiful clear focus, Thom - love your DOF!
April 2nd, 2012  
@348darlima @definitelydeb @kdei @sparkleplenty1 Thank you, all! The DOF comes from being in its face — well, so to speak — with a close-up filter (or a macro would do the same, but the close-up filter is a poor-man’s macro lens!)…
April 2nd, 2012  
man! that focus!
April 2nd, 2012  
Yes, as kids we had several sizes, and all the wild colors
April 2nd, 2012  
Great detail on this! I'm a graduate of Sountheastern Massachusetts University. I did skip my Economics class fairly often. Hope you weren't the professor! Lol
April 2nd, 2012  
@karens68 Thank you!
Uh, there's a bit of an age difference, I'm guessing. By the time you went to college, I was already back in the midwest, so it wouldn't have been my classes you were skipping!
April 2nd, 2012  
I was in the class of 1990. :)
April 2nd, 2012  
@karens68 That's what I would have guessed from your 365 id! With a bachelor's degree in math, I have been known to do some arithmetic from time to time! Even correctly!
April 2nd, 2012  
NIce macro.
April 3rd, 2012  
Lovely as well!
April 5th, 2012  
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