Little Shop of Horrors
This wet poppy bud reminds me of the ominivorous plant Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. (“Feed me! Feed me now!”) A little more pruriently, as gladygirlca on Flickr delicately puts it, “I cannot look at this without seeing something else.”
It rained over night. This morning early it was calm and still. I went out while the light was still indirect, before the sun was brash. Water drops on the flowers were great.
This Icelandic Poppy was in “Julian’s garden,” a patch in our backyard that our eight year old designed. It was hard fitting my tripod in the cramped space with other plants nearby; thanks to my wonderful Gitzo tripod that I can use almost anywhere I managed it.
ISO 200, 3 seconds at f/36, 105mm macro lens with 36mm of extension tubes.
February 3rd, 2006 at 1:11 pm
[...] , innocent, child-like flower, with its raindrop for an eye, as part of the same series as this far more adult wet poppy:
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February 5th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Bonjour,
vos photos sont à couper le souffle. il y a beaucoup de tendresse, des couleurs généreuses et profondes, de la sensibilité… j’aime le commentaire concernant le petit qui attend 1 heure 30 pour faire autre chose.
à bientôt
February 9th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
[...] s ranunculus, found in Julian’s garden, reminds me of a face. Another example: this wet poppy bud seems to remind many people of an anatomical part (you can decide for yourself what they [...]
February 12th, 2006 at 11:35 pm
[...] larger. The poppy has a short life span. It starts by emerging from a small pod… …opening like lucious velvet: [...]
November 19th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
[...] I was able to get the low-to-the-ground looking up at the flower angle using my Low Pad. This image and these images also show poppies and their pods.
This entry [...]
February 12th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
[...] hotos/harold_davis/92795394/” title=”Photo Sharing”> View this poppy larger. Read the original story featuring this image. View my poppy set on Flickr.
This en [...]
March 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
[...] ent bokeh (smooth and pleasing background blur in a photo). Related links: Wet Poppy Bud, Little Shop of Horrors, my Poppy set on Flickr.
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December 15th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Dionaea Papaver cross?
Is this the result of a weird cross species polination of Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) and Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)? Or is it a strange mutation of either species which has created this bizaare Audrey’ish mutation?
The truth is t…
May 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am
[...] stories: Little Shop of Horrors; Poppy Emerging; Papaver Birth; Wet Poppy Bud; Being Born; my Poppy set on [...]