Spoonflower

[Bill Dix]

While on a quest for the elusive Harpy Eagle in the remote jungles of eastern Panama, I came across this unique flower along the banks of the Rio Tuira. The botanist in our group identified it as the rare Roseatia spooniana. Its name in the local Embera dialect translates into "Spoonflower". For some strange reason, it reminded me of the day I spent on the Hooptie Deux in January, so I thought it might be of interest to the folks on this forum. A detail of the blossom is on the next pane.

[Bill Dix]

Spoonflower detail

D7000, 500f4, ISO 2500, 1/1000s @ f/5.6 manual, tripod

[Ofer Levy]

Very pretty! (both of them...)

[gail bisson]

Good one Bill! Happy April Fool's day to you too! Excellent PP work. Very nice spoonie image too. Love the wing position,
Gail

[jack williamson]

Pretty cool Bill. I like them both.

Jack

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Very creative, like it very much. Happy April Fools to you too.

As for the second image, very good sharpness, details and exposure. The feet look a bit over sharpen so might tone that done a bit.

[Dave Leroy]

Good one Bill, both the photos and the sense of humour.

[Melissa Groo]

What a wonderful whimsical print, Bill! Looks like an antique botanical print with a touch of fantasy! Thanks for posting! Great spoonie shot by the way.

[arash_hazeghi]

haha this is cool!!!

[Lorant Voros]

Great one-:). Very funny.

[Jack Breakfast]

That is fun, and funny! The r.s. shot is appealing also.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

thx for this, Bill. Very creative.