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Horsetail


Horsetail
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Copyright: Jose Rodriguez (jmp) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-14
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Fuji Finepix S9500
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/84 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-19 12:33
Viewed: 851
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This flower is very uncommon for me. I saw it in my childhood and I like it because you can take to pieces the stem very easily. The stem is hollow inside.
A few days ago, I found a very big group of them, so I went to take a shot with the morning light.

The Horsetails are plants of a single living genus, Equisetum, and of the single family Equisetaceae of the single order Equisetales and the single classis Sphenopsida. This would be a good opportunity to take a look at the Tree of Life, although the horsetails are not implemented till now. These curious plants are the relicts of an ancient family known through fossils from as early as 325 million years ago, the geological period (Upper Carboniferous) when the remains of plants became the vast coal deposits that we use today. (Taken from Wonderful World of Equisetum)

The one in the photo is Equisetum ramosissimum. I can find the species with the kind help of cosmln

I hope you like it. Have a happy week end!
José M.
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hi Jose,

the plans is some kind of Equisetum (don't know the exact species, the iberic flora is not familiar to me) but maybe this will help you to make a more exact determination.
TFS
cosmln

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  • valy67 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1880 W: 59 N: 2915] (8733)
  • [2006-05-20 15:26]

Nice shot, I love the composition very much, with all these vertical horsetails. Good colors too, with so much different greens. This is a very common plant in France too. Well done !
Valérie.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2233 W: 188 N: 1929] (8127)
  • [2006-05-20 20:25]

Hello Jose,
very nice POV and wonderful details, the more I look the more interesting things I find on this shot. Very nice composition.
TFS..Sky

Olá,
uma macro muito colorida!
Bonita perspectiva, luz e composição!
Thanks Ana:)

We have horsetails that grow here all along the roadsides, but they're not as tall as this variety, so this is nice to see to compare. Very interesting note, I love the blurry background and the drops of rain on the leaves. Well done.

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
  • [2006-07-05 17:11]
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thank you for your notes, Jose.
Thanks to the note you left on Ori's site I was able to backtrack and get the information I needed from you :)
A+ for your notes once again
Best regards
Silke

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