Contest 79 : Close Up

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Jens
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Contest 79 : Close Up

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June 2013 - Close Up
Making small things big.
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Prize:
To the winner goes, A $10 gift certificate towards any CoronaCactus.com purchase. (Plants, tools, Pots, labels, etc.)
NOTE: For members outside of the USA non-plant prizes can only be awarded.

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for submissions will be June 20 th at 12 o´clock midnight Central Standard Time

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Good Luck to all!!

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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Okay, I'll break the ice with this photo from my old place in 2008...
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Aloinopsis setifera
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Thelocactus bicolor ssp. commodus.
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Dudleya brittonii between cloud bursts.
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8) Astro Onzuka. Always click pic for better viewing.. :wink:

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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis, 18 months.
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Fockea edulis caudex
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Ferocactus wislizenii var. herrerae, picture from the 10th of June 2013

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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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A struggling Opuntia pad, showing some roots:
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It did not like the winter.
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Spring awakening on a Tacinga inamoena
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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melocactus spine detail
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Sempervivum flower buds
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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Not macro but a quick and close look at something that caught my eye in the greenhouse ... just lurking there in the late afternoon light.

Micranthocereus flaviflorus ssp. densiflorus - seed ex CSSA seed bank as HU221 (flowering out of season and, from the back edges of the cephalium?)

[Edit] name corrected when the poster woke up! attachment name is incorrect. [/Edit]
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Re: Contest 79 : Close Up

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As close as I can get without dedicated macro lenses, from earlier tests it's near 2:1 magnification.
O. microdasys rufida areole up close without crop.
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Just a same the DOF is so shallow that only part of the glochnids ended up in focus and it's darn hard to light properly without a flash.
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