Sunday, February 10, 2008

CATTAIL EXPLOSION


The cattails in my backyard are literally exploding their seed fluff into the air constantly. There are tufts and puffs of this feathery material on everything.
Be sure to enlarge the picture to see the seed more clearly.
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29 comments:

  1. so fluffy and so unique...........and they look so much like a cat's tail !!!!

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  2. We have cottonwood trees that shed lots of seeds

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  3. amazing shot! Greetings again from TDP!

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  4. Anonymous1:50 AM

    what a shot!!!! well done

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  5. Anonymous3:05 AM

    Nice shot and right on time.

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  6. photo prise au bon moment, bravo, elle est assez impressionnante

    Photo taken at the right time, bravo, it is quite impressive

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  7. wow, this is amazing. Great pic

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  8. Great almost explosive shot. Reminds me of the explosion of cat-hair I have around this place I call Kittyland...

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  9. love it! we had cattails growing all along the edges of the pond on our farm growing up. we used to like playing with the fluff....

    and did you know that just about every part of cattails is edible?

    http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=008nMw

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  10. Aaaaaah-choo. That was an outstanding catch, Sue. However did you snap at exactly the right time?

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  11. WOW that's something. What a fascinating plant and a great pic :)

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  12. Awesome detail in today's picture. Well captured. Lots of those cattails thriving in the swampy areas beside the roads. In UK we used to call them bullrushes.

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  13. WOW!!! Sue, that's a fantasticc shot you have captured! Very cool.

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  14. This photo makes me want to sneeze!
    Great shot!

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  15. That shot is amazing!

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  16. When I was a kid, we used to break up the cattails into a big giant pile of fluff... and wait for the school bus to run over them at the bus stop. The fluff would whirl around out the back window for miles. Great photo.

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  17. Wow…. that really is interesting and very explosive photo! :-)) Really well done and captured right on time.

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  18. Snap. lol. Ive posted one too, but mine didnt burst I had to make mine go pop.
    Great capture, bet you proud of that one.


    Dirty Duck Canal walk continues.

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  19. That is a fantastic shot, really does look better in larger form so detailed.

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  20. Wow, that is a neat picture!!

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  21. what a nice catch!

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  22. Wow, that's a fabulous photograph! Well done.

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  23. Nice shot. Looks like a pillow fight.

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  24. Anonymous9:33 AM

    That's crazy!!

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  25. Wow! It is worth to look at this image in a bigger size. Amazing !

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  26. very nice, you can almost feel the cattail.

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  27. Anonymous7:09 PM

    Now that is one of the coolest shots I have ever seen! Amazing!

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  28. It looks fantastic!!! Great foto ...

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