Infinate Spiral
I found this unique looking plant at a park in San Francisco (Golden Gate Park, to be exact). I love not only the symmetry but the geometry of this plant and it’s uniqueness because I’ve never seen anything else like this. This photo was asked to be used in as the cover of a children’s science book in South America.
I didn’t use any Photoshop at all on this image. Just a tiny bit of Picasa! The plant is the same color as it appears in real life.
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louise
UNREAL KELLY!!
I THOUGH THE SHAPE WAS DIGITALLY MANIPULATED…
WELL SEEN…
momleeb
Agree. Very well spotted. And I like the fact that you had the subject off centred a bit. Great work!!
PennyEdwardes
Beautiful shot Kelly… do you know what sort of plant it was? ( I want one for my garden!)
Terrific work in your folio… keep it up!
Kelly Griffin
All I remember from the tiny sign is that it was some sort of aloe plant. It was near the entrance to Golden Gate Park – but when I go back I’ll be sure to look for it again!
Craig Watson
Natures own fractal image… what a find! Brilliant shot!
Craig Watson
PS… Welcome to the Bubble!
Sharon Hammond
What a fantastic find. It makes a wonderful image
DennisK
very cool
Tiffany Dryburgh
Fantastic plant, fantastic find!
Mel Brackstone
How very Phi!
John Pacifico
This is a great capture. What an amazing plant. great job kelly.
Greg Nicolson
Hi Kelly, the plant is an Aloe, Aloe polyphylla (meaning many leaved) from Lesotho. It is only found above 2000m. The local seSotho name for the plant Lekhala kharatsa which means ‘the aloe that is spiralled or coiled’. A truly amazing plant, i hope to see it one day in its natural habitat, great photo!!!
Empress
oh wow. i can just see those centre leaves parting on teeth that drag you further in
HelenSewell
Unreal, that’s amazing!
Hien Nguyen
This plant is so cool.. lol !
Trisha Lamoreaux
this grabbed my attention right away
Clayton Turner
Just unbelievable!
Vicky Brago-Mi...
A real-life fractal, how amazing!
Panteli Pyroma...
Wow, what a gorgeous shot, like how it’s slightly off centre.
Leo Brown
Great shot, it looks like the plant is unraveling before your eyes
geosgurl
wow..cool!
linaji
This is simply an amazing shot, really good eye for the shot,, you brought mystery out of this plant.
Craig Shadbolt
Wow – this really blows me away Kelly! Straight to my favs. You must have been bloody thrilled to get asked if they could use this on the science book!
Alistair Wilson
oh wow, im coming over to san francisco from aus in june :) this looks cool as
Luke Brannon
Very beautiful. The framing accentuates the pattern.
Maria Moro
This is wonderful!!!!!
please consider one of your artworks for our Spiral Shapes Challenge
Grove Wiley
Succulent! (I live in SF too and spend lots of time in Golden Gate Park…)
areid
This would be great for Spectacular Spirals