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Being different is beautiful

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Eloine
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Freak of nature or just a survivor?

I have a stand of cattails growing beside my garden that I have blogged about in the past. They are just getting ready to blow their seeds and yesterday I noticed one really irregular looking cattail. As I came in for a closer look I realized it was one cattail that had split at the base and had somehow managed to join back together at the top. I can’t really figure out how this happened but in the process it now has three seed heads! To me it looks kinda like a cinnamon twist and was so beautiful I just had to try and preserve it and photograph it.

Being different can be beautiful!
split cattail
Split cattail makes three

Comments

11 responses to “Being different is beautiful”

  1. Rich Avatar
    Rich

    Just WOW! Again, I am in awe of you ability to find, compose, and capture such wonderful images!

  2. Steve t Avatar
    Steve t

    That’s bizarre! Very neat looking. Maybe the seeds from it will be a new mutation and always split into multiple sections?

  3. Jack Avatar
    Jack

    How unique! That’s a neat find. Great lighting on it.

  4. Brenda Avatar
    Brenda

    I have never seen a cattail like that before. It does remind me of a cinnamon twist. Wonder if it’s genetics or something physical that caused it to do that

  5. Ed Duverger Avatar
    Ed Duverger

    Exceptional!

  6. Laura Milholland Avatar
    Laura Milholland

    Very amazing, and your photos are superb! Glad you preserved it in this way.

  7. Vern Avatar
    Vern

    Wow, wonderful images! Terrific lighting

  8. Paul M Avatar
    Paul M

    Neat that you were able to preserve a record of its accomplishment.

  9. Aaron M Avatar
    Aaron M

    This came out great! Love the light on these. I’m curious, how do you get the black background? Photoshop? was it dark behind? Or do you use some kind of lightbox? Other?

  10. Eloine Avatar
    Eloine

    It was a black backdrop and then I used the iphone to light it. Since this post I discovered 5 other ones with all different shapes and swirls. Hmm……

  11. Dario Avatar
    Dario

    Interesting.

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