New Growth
2012-06-07
These are two of the numerous new fronds growing out of the top of the cycad in the front yard. They grow fast, and were just little nubs a week ago; now the longest ones are well over a foot long. They kind of look like little snakes. FYI, cycads are 'living fossils' and have been around for a long, long time. They look little palm trees and you see them all over Southern California landscaping, although I'm told they're actually quite rare.
I like the shallow depth of field with these two, and they kind of look like they're interacting somehow. Parent and child, maybe? I also like the blue cast on the fronds, so I exaggerated that through white balance and color adjustments.
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