Things Unseen

                                  
                                                  
Wait for Me

                                                  
                                                     
I'll wait for you.
If I should fall behind,
wait for me.

--Bruce Springsteen
                                           
                                          

Gems of the Sea

                                   
                                            
Fan Tube Worm

                             
                                   
Tube worms are filter feeders, and that's the purpose of these colorful feathery fans. The body of the tube worm remains hidden inside its tube. Coral polyps form the background.

This photo was taken with a Nickonos II underwater camera with extension tube.
                                 
                

Things Unseen

                                        
                                               
Beyond Ideas

                                        
                                                
Out beyond ideas
of wrong doing and right doing
There is a field.
I'll meet you there.
--Rumi
                                           
                                                

Flower Power

                                      
                                                     
Turn Me Loose

                                             
                                                     
Recently, the Google+ international community of photographers learned that one of our number has been diagnosed with lung cancer. As a self-employed, free lance photographer, she has no medical insurance. The G+ photographers community is raising money for her medical bills, both by donating funds directly and by donating images to be sold, with all proceeds from print sales to go to her medical expenses. This is my contribution. Should you like to own a print of this image, go to http://plusonemagazine.smugmug.com/Pages/Charity/23262973_4Sgv4t . The Google + international community of photographers does this kind of thing.

By the way, this is a "macro" photo of the poppy mallow, which grows everywhere in Louisiana. I never noticed the beautiful stages of development of the stamen until I got up close and personal with my camera.