Yes, this is Belgrade! These alien creatures sprouted on one of my potatoes before I could cook it, so I decided to capture them with my new macro lens. Much produce sold by farmers here on the green market has not been sprayed, or at least sprayed to inhibit or prevent sprouting. You can even find apples with actual spots on them, rather than the picture-perfect ones often sold in chain grocery stores. Last summer in the US I bought a sweet potato to sprout the lovely vines I remembered as a child, but it sat and rotted on my daughter's sill; I imagine it had been sprayed not to sprout.In any case, though I didn't cook this potato, I still put it to good use in this photo!
21 comments:
that is some seriously bad looking fungus/spores...
and... a fab photo op for your new lens :)
Now I've seen potatoe sprouts before, and had to squeeze them of, but I've seen ones that looked like that. Is that normal?
Ain't it just a rotten root? It looks like a potato root, only infected. Not edible of course.
Now that is Digusting!
LOL @ Clueless' remark!
This is so fun to see. Which lens did you go with for a macro? I've been saving for a macro, but now am droooling over the Carl Ziess Canon mount for the plannar-t 85mm. I think the hardward/techie acquisitions must never end. . .Whatever it is, its a wonderful shot!
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo
Hi! Actually, these disgusting little guys have now blossomed into beautiful green shoots. (I couldn't part with my potato...not yet anyway!)
Kim--this was taken with a Sigma 60mm macro lens; not so expensive, and quite satisfactory for me.
What fun! Perhaps not so much from a culinary point of view, but artistically? Heaven!
BTW, when you come to Seattle we have a date at Cafe Revo!
they look like a cluster of black mice with pink noses...a very cool shot.
That is a potato!!! Wow it is wonky! My boys will love this picture!
Hi Bibi,
Ooh I'm jealous about the macro lens. I've got a sigma super wide angle at the top of my wishlist, though.
And I agree with the others, that is scary-looking!
Have fun w/the new lens.
This is what photographers do- put things of waste to good use. Disgusting when you know what it actually is but artistically a splendid catch.
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Greetings from a yankee in Croatia;)
That sure makes you think twice about potatoes doesn't it? =)I need to get myself a macro lense - how many times I've wanted to take close-ups like this! Nicely done.
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Christina Klas
Tillicum (Almost) Daily Photo
help these are scary!
DId you put the sweet potato half way down in water? And the right end too? HA I always rooted them in my classroom and had fines that were sometimes 3 f eet long or longer! This photo was a little creepy but I like the purple color!
Yay! An excellent macro shot. You and that new lens are made for each other!
I must say that I like the shot better than the "nature" of the shot!!!
Now THIS is the potato you should have planted. :)
You're coming to Seattle? I'd like to meet you too!
This picture is very interesting and disgusting at the same time. I've never seen anything like this before!! Molds and funguses must be totally different on the other side of the world!
Oh that's great! Macro photos give me a whole new world to photography. Alien worlds and all!
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