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When I went looking at the areas of flooding, I noticed this plant with these curls and this portion was laying on a concrete wall.....I thought the tight curls were rather interesting.

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A leaf in my yard

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dandelion like plants on the Winchester traveling trail

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I asked this orb weaver spider what it thought of my photography and like Charlotte told Wilbur, I think it was going with the "M" for "magnificent" but maybe it was just "mmmmm, hmmmm", or "much ado over nothing". Ha!

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Great shots - love the colours - the leaf is so bright and love the spider & web

Thanks for sharing

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Interesting group of shots, Patrick. I love your dandelion shot and how the rea and green of the unopened bloom match the red and green of your background.
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Thanks Fishy and Mike in your comments and once again different shots catch your interests
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Hi Patrick - these are awesome photos ... very interesting
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Wow brilliant shots. I like the springy look of the plant in the first one and the colour of that leaf is gorgeous. The white of the dandelion stands out brilliantly against the soft colours in the foreground and background.
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Hi Patrick, I'm intrigued by the curling leaves. Maybe that's because I spent years trying to get my hair to curl--bobby pins, curlers and curling irons. Current solution is short hair but I still am drawn to your photo of curls with the tug of an old longing.
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Brilliant set, Patrick.
It is always amazing how you find the "beauty" angle to almost anithing you shoot at.
Here I find examples of interestingness, contrast, delicate nature, and mistery.
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Great shots Patrick - on first look number 2 was my pick but as I looked at the others hard now to say what is the best as they are all first class. Well done. Cheers, Bernz
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Fantastic. I love the curly Q! Very interesting. I see fall has found your area. We are still waiting. It was 100 degrees today so it is coming kind of slow. But the weather is supposed to cool down a bit this week, so maybe soon. I love the vivid red in that leaf, I would love to see it floating in a puddle. That spider is fabulous. They give me the creeps and better you then me to be so close but what a great find with the web and all. Really fun set!
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