This month's Picture This! assignment was Patterns in Nature. Readers
responded with a glorious selection of design, form, and color derived from
plants, rocks, and animals. While the debate over so-called "Intelligent
Design" and evolution may stir some to emotional rhetoric, there's
some respite in simply marveling at and enjoying the visual pleasures offered
in the world around us. The photos sent in were many and varied and this assignment
proved to be one of the most difficult to edit to the images you see on these
pages, if only because we received so many beautiful shots.
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Nature's Perfect Stitching: Vinh Luu's perfectly exposed
and delicately composed photo was made with a Nikon D70 and Nikkor
18-70mm AF-S DX lens. Exposure was f/4.2 at 1/60 sec on ISO 800
setting.
© 2005, Vinh Luu, All Rights Reserved
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Minimal Zebra: Bill Reuter told us that his challenge was to photograph
the "minimal amount of the animal" while conveying
"zebra" to the viewer. We think he succeeded. He worked
with a Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and Canon 100-400mm f/5.6 L IS lens
at f/5.6 at 1/100 sec.
© 2005, Bill Reuter, All Rights Reserved
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Spirals: Michael Kern wrote, "Spirals can be found throughout
nature...the double helix of our DNA, the shape of galaxies,
seashells, and the tail of this resting Panther Chameleo."
He made this shot with a Nikon D70 and Nikkor 105mm Macro lens
with a ring flash; exposure was f/32 at 1/60 sec.
© 2005, Michael Kern, All Rights Reserved
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Fallen Red Cedar With Seedling: David Ahlgren found this wonderful
pattern on Vancouver Island and photographed with a Nikon FM2
and 55mm Micro-Nikkor lens on Kodachrome 64.
© 2005, David Ahlgren, All Rights Reserved
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Clover
After Rain: Catherine Terroni's photo combines the beauty
of the leaves with droplet jewelry using a Nikon FM with a 55mm
Micro-Nikkor lens and Nikon 2x tele-converter on Fujicolor Superia
X-TRA 400 film.
© 2005, Catherine Terroni, All Rights Reserved
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Regal Moth: These incredible markings of a moth were photographed
by Mary Westhoff with a Nikon D70 and Micro-Nikkor 105mm lens
using an exposure of f/14 at 1/40 sec.
© 2005, Mary Westhoff, All Rights Reserved
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Fern Mirror: Jock Goodman made the original shot with a Nikon
Coolpix 5700 camera with an exposure of f/5.4 at 1/230 sec and
then created a composite mirror image.
© 2005, Jock Goodman, All Rights Reserved
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Drying
Mud Nautilus: Mark Rafter wrote, "I toyed with death as
I chose to spend the week of Valentine's Day tromping around
Death Valley without my wife." A brave man indeed, he made
this photo with a Canon EOS-1v HS and Canon 28-135mm IS lens on
Fujichrome Velvia 50 film.
© 2005, Mark Rafter, All Rights Reserved
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Moonflower:
The elegant simplicity of this flower was captured by Dr. Robert
Alan Harris with a Nikon D100 camera, with the image converted
to black and white in Photoshop.
© 2005, Dr. Robert Alan Harris, All Rights Reserved
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Peacock's Backside: This unusual view of one of the most
magical birds was made by David L. Harris with a Canon EOS Digital
Rebel XT and Canon 75-300mm lens. Exposure was f/5 at 1/400 sec
with the camera set at ISO 400.
© 2005, David L. Harris, All Rights Reserved
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Please Note
We receive hundreds of submissions for Picture This! each month and
want to be sure we properly identify each image we publish. Please be sure to
attach your name and image information to the back of each submission.
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