Sweetgum Monkeyball
The other day, a coworker gave me these monkeyballs from the sweetgum tree as a challenge to make an interesting photo with. The weather and lighting weren’t right for the first couple of days. However, this evening, the light was cooperating and I was able to take the shots I was envisioning. The texture and shadow works good here. I think I fulfilled the challenge nicely 
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Yes, you did.
I have a whole bucketful of these (didn’t know they were called ‘monkeyballs’) and have tried to photograph them in a similar manner. I didn’t even think of putting them in b/w (!), which probably would have made the images I took appeal to me (as they never saw the light of day).
Hmmm, now just where did I put those things??
April 6, 2010 at 6:31 am
I really like these photos. Black and white just emphasizes the texture of the balls. Well done! and Milkayphoto, you can send some of your bucketful of seedpods my way.
October 27, 2011 at 9:52 am