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[Bend The Light]

This caught my eye...strange, eh?

 

[LaFoto]

(Pssst!

Dust specs on your sensor - not cloned out)

Do you think this bug got into that seed pod (or whatever it is?) by accident?

Good find ... now do you light your macro subjects?

 

[PhotoSteve]

This reminds me of something that happened to me a few years back.

I had read one winter that nasturtium plants have edible flowers that can be put in salads for both adornment and flavor. They are said to taste peppery with a bit of a zing. The following spring I popped a bunch of nasturtium seeds in a flower patch in front of my house, envisioning the multi-colored flowers in a nice summer salad!

A few months had passed and I was watering the flower patch late one afternoon as my wife drove up. I had not told her that the nasturtiums were edible and thought I'd play a trick on her. As she walked up the drive, I reached down, plucked a flower and brought it up to my mouth. She was shocked when I ate it!

I, in turn, was shocked at the flavor. It was peppery to say the least - in fact - it had an unexpected crunchiness and a lot of heat. When I reached down to get another, I made a horrifying discovery. Every single nasturtium flower had an earwig (the bug in your picture) burried in the middle.

So if anyone ever asks you what a nasturtium tastes like, tell them that they're crunchy and hot.

Yuck!

 

[Bend The Light]

LaFoto - see other thread for lighting.

Spotted the dust - on lens not sensor, I think. At least, cleaned the lenses, no more dust. Macro must show the lens dirt up more than using lens normally.

Photosteve - lovely story! uke:

Thanks for the "likes"

 

[muskokagirl]

Unique, I like it

 

[Bend The Light]

Found the dust again, bit of a clean done, better, but not completely clean. Waiting for myu proper cleaning stuff to arrive...

cheers

 

[DanFinePhotography]

this is pretty cool, good find and nice pic :thumbup:

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

This reminds me of something that happened to me a few years back.

I had read one winter that nasturtium plants have edible flowers that can be put in salads for both adornment and flavor. They are said to taste peppery with a bit of a zing. The following spring I popped a bunch of nasturtium seeds in a flower patch in front of my house, envisioning the multi-colored flowers in a nice summer salad!

A few months had passed and I was watering the flower patch late one afternoon as my wife drove up. I had not told her that the nasturtiums were edible and thought I'd play a trick on her. As she walked up the drive, I reached down, plucked a flower and brought it up to my mouth. She was shocked when I ate it!

I, in turn, was shocked at the flavor. It was peppery to say the least - in fact - it had an unexpected crunchiness and a lot of heat. When I reached down to get another, I made a horrifying discovery. Every single nasturtium flower had an earwig (the bug in your picture) burried in the middle.

So if anyone ever asks you what a nasturtium tastes like, tell them that they're crunchy and hot.

Yuck!

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

What a crazy picture, lol. Good eye!