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Milkweed seedpod macrophotography at the UC Davis Arboretum (California, USA) using an off camera speedlight

I show how I photograph milkweed seed pods with the help of a speed light.

Swamp Milkweed seed pods – the engineer’s approach

Alessandra has recently posted a couple of examples of very artistic images of Swamp milkweed seeds and that reminded me of a walk I made around a small lake in Northern Virginia way back in 2013, and I was amazed to see these large pods on the ground which, when opened, showed a dramatic arrayContinue reading “Swamp Milkweed seed pods – the engineer’s approach”