Sunday, July 5, 2009

Beauty or BEAST....


Nikon D-3, 105mm f/2.8 Micro Lens, 1/20 sec @ f/45, -1.67 EV, ISO 200

This flower is a Beauty!
Next to my house at Bear Lake is a home that people seldom reside.  The natural growth is abundant.  The plant that this flower resides is about six feet tall.  Incredibly green leaves, a rose colored flower like never seen before.  It's a natural.  God gave this plant to us.  No mortal planted it where it resides at Bear Lake today.  Unlike the rose this baby is a weed.  I mean the king of weeds.  The top of the list to get even to Adam and Eve weed list.  A man eater.  A weed wacker killer.  A crime stopper.  More thorns, needles and razor blades per square foot on this monster than any plant alive.  Probably can live on sunshine alone.  
There is beauty to this beast.  From a distance.  Not sure if killing or cutting down this weed is appropriate.  Luckily it's on the neighbors property.  
After a long day of work at the house this plant gave me what suits my relax time best.   Something to investigate, study, watch and PHOTOGRAPH!

1 comment:

Alea said...

That's quite the weed you found! I love the texture and colors on it so both the b&w version and the color version work for me. Love them!