Macro and Flora Image of the Week for the week ending June 6th, 2014: Ron Conlon - bittersweet nightshade
Congratulations Ron!
I like the complementary colors and dramatic shape of the flowers of this wild nightshade (Solanaceae). The flowers typically come in bunches larger than this, I picked one with fewer blossoms to keep it simple. Wikipedia gives many common names for it, my mother always called it deadly nightshade, which it is not. The berries are poisonous, so close enough for her parents I imagine.
My mother has fond memories of eating salads of dandelion greens in spring on the farm as a child, so they ate what the wilds provided. When I was young she would collect dandelions from the edges of fields and wild leek (ramps) from woodlands to bring home. I don't have fond memories of that, food-like-substances that came in cereal boxes were more interesting to me then. But now I forage for ramps and dandelions myself, since they charge a premium for them at Whole Foods.
In a white box with background and remote flash, tripod, D5100 200mm 1/200s f/14
Macro and Flora Image of the Week for the week ending June 6th, 2014: Ron Conlon - bittersweet nightshade
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