silver maple, samara wing, prince georges county, md

Acer saccharinumDetail along the trailing edge of the samara. To really appreciate this picture you will have to download it and look at it at 100%....lovely interlacings of mysterious plant materials, one would think there would be some interesting physical properties to explore here on how the samara packages itself, how are veins and fibriles interconnected, it appears like felt, but how is it laid down by the plant? Nature, so many questions. Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200, link to a .pdf of our set up is located in our profile