Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: capsule

[best appreciated at full size against black] Yesterday I showed all of you the "Quintet of Cobras", in actuality, the reproductive part of moss, which is called a sporophyte. However, the tips had fallen off, the part called a capsule. This is where the spores are formed, and when mature, the capsule will open and fall off, releasing the spores into the wind. This picture shows what appears to be a very mature sporophyte, just about to burst its cap open! Isn't that cool?! :D To me, this looks like a strange and beautiful, alien serpent! This image was taken in February, 2012.

[best appreciated at full size against black] Don't you just love droplets? They are so magical to me, especially the tiny droplets. Having a macro lens means that I can capture images of droplets that are barely visible. Here we have a moss sporophyte encased in a droplet while another looks on! :) There are some interesting focus, flare and bokeh things going on too...I hope you like this artistic image! :) I've uploaded one other picture today and I hope you'll visit it too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :) NOTE! I have finally updated my profile and I hope you'll take a look to find out a little more about me and how important all of you are to my experience here on Flickr! www.flickr.com/people/sfhipchick/ This image was taken in February, 2012.

[best appreciated at full size against black] How many moss sporophytes does it take to hold up a big droplet of water? One...two...three...FOUR! These four seem to be straining very hard to keep this droplet in the air...or perhaps they are all trying desperately not to find themselves pulled to the ground by the MASSIVE weight of this enormous droplet! Come on guys, you can do it!!! And meanwhile, the other sporophytes are just looking around, enjoying the day, a small dried sporophyte without a capsule stares at them in awe, and another one seems to be looking up to see if another droplet will fall on it! :D What a neat little scene to find, so tiny you need a macro lens to see it! :) This image was taken in February, 2012.