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Nature's Way - Close up abstract of a leaf on a slow moving water feature at the Shaw Nature Reserve
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Coastal Manroot Flower aka Wild Cucumber - From deep in my archives, captured while hiking in Muir Woods circa 2012
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Visual Poetry - Beautiful Tulip macro captured at the Missouri Botanical Garden
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Unique Silky Styles of the Meadow Anemone - aka Pulsatilla Vulgaris captured at the Missouri Botanical Garden
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Budding Kangaroo Paw - Captured at a recent Photographing Spring Flowers workshop at the Missouri Botanical Garden
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Red Pearl - Shaking it up a bit with water drop photography, a fun diversion from the more traditional genres.
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Coneflower Up Close & Personal - Nature in our backyard from this past summer. The color and detail of Coneflowers are spectacular!
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Calendula aka Pot Marigold in B&W - captured in my daughter's garden in Texas
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Fire Barrel Cactus Macro - Withering flora on a Barrel Cactus in the Desert Botanical Garden
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Explosion of Color - Macro of botanicals (Caladium) captured at the Jewel Box in Forest Park, St. Louis
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Barrel Cactus Macro - Colorful desert flora captured at Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix AZ
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My first macro snowflake photo
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Macro of weird tubular seaweed - Yea, I know that is not the official name. Best I can tell, it is Pelvetia Canaliculata.
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Budding Brazilian Plume (Justicia camea) - captured in The Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden
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Bromeliad Ready To Bloom - captured in The Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden