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Tyler Deem

Macro Botany : Elements of Green


Unknown Vine Blossom- Macro Digital Photographs

Vine Blossom (Macro Detail), 2018. Digital.

Miniscule details of a world much smaller than ours, the delicate structure of botanical studies reveal the complexity of even the smallest organisms.

Visible plant cells are illuminated from below in the wide flat leaves that hold the flower's frame while the tentacle like appendages seem to have positions posed of their own individual accord. Each part seems different, yet they compose one united thing?

The central stamen is whimsical and playful, but at mere millimeters in size, has an obviously fragile integrity. Some of the most beautiful things in nature are often the most fragile and temporary. How unfamiliar they can seem when looked at from fresh or different perspectives.

The subtle inherent green hue from the chlorophyll adds to the alien-like appearance, resembling other bizarre flowers such as orchids. Such are some subject matter, small and easily overlooked, but which can provide such great intuitive observation and surprising visual delights.

Vine blossom pair, 2018. Digital.

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