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Snow on Oak Gall

Snow on Oak Gall

Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 21 May 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

From the archives, this gaily colored ball in the snow really threw me for a while until I figured out what it was.

I hope you enjoyed the viewing... Have a great day!

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

nice shot , interesting composition.

21 May 2008 5:29am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

cool shot, very cool

21 May 2008 8:21am

@Alun Lambert: Quite the punster, Alun....

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Nice composition, wonderful colors! Well done, Earnest.

21 May 2008 10:06am

Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

wow!! how you find it ;)

21 May 2008 10:12am

@Arash: As you can see, most everything was brown. This object seemed to be very out of place...

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

Great photo Earnest, but did you notice how that leaf actually looks like a baseball glove holding the ball?

21 May 2008 10:44am

@Observing: You may have a point there, Mike... You haven't been in the pub have you?

Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom

Unusual but effective, lovely contrast

21 May 2008 2:39pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Nice detail of the the layered frost. Good framing of the items.

21 May 2008 4:11pm

Persian King from Tehran, Iran

Wow, what is that thing, berry of some kind? Fascinating

21 May 2008 6:14pm

@Persian King: This is an oak leaf gall that is caused by an insect growing within... probably some type of wasp in this case. It is a hollow growth in the leaf.

Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco

What beautiful are these snow crystals with the colored ball and oak leaves ... very beautiful !

21 May 2008 8:20pm

@Marie-Hélène Ammor: Yes it was a sort of snow/frost mix that caused the layer of ice.

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Fantastic textures in here . . plus the mystery of the 'ball' that looks like an out-of-season fungus!

21 May 2008 10:06pm

paulski from Muncie, IN, United States

nice shot here; the scale is disorienting (i imagined the ball being bigger than it is). lovve the contrast of the bright ball and drab leaves~

22 May 2008 1:21am

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

I've never hear of such a thing... of course, we don't have oak trees here in Alberta, either. Beautiful shot, Earnest! Fantastic details of the ice/frost on those leaves and ball.

22 May 2008 2:38am

Barry from Kingwood, United States

Great shot Earnest!

22 May 2008 11:39am

Anita from West Nottingham, United States

Excellent detail in this lovely photo.

25 May 2008 7:55pm

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from Provo, United States

The detail in the snow/ice is amazing. This is a lovely photo.

26 May 2008 6:50am

@Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life: Thank you!

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