Just replaced the light seals on this little guy. Can’t wait to try it out.
Rafflesia Arnoldii
Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest flower having a diameter of about one meter and weighing up to ten kilograms. It is a rare flower and not easily located. It grows only once a year and blooms for around five days. According to researches in discovery news, this flower that looks and smells like rotting flesh is related to flimsy flowers like violets, poinsettias and passionflowers. Hence it also called as “meat flower” or “corpse flower”. The flower is pollinated by flies and carrion beetles attracted by its vile smell. It contains about 27 species and found in Indonesian rain forests of southeastern Asia and Philippines. Rafflesia is an official state flower of Indonesia, Surat Thani Province in Thailand and Sabah state in Malaysia.
Holy crap!
“1550 Chairs Stacked Between Two City Buildings” location based installation by artist Doris Salcedo for the Istanbul Biennial
Photo Inspiration of the Day, #36.
Just goes to show a perfectly exposed, well composed, photograph can be stunning, even if it’s of some of the most boring things. No color tricks, no “happy accidents”, no excess grain, no gimmicks. Just pure Photography. Light, lines and composition. (Taken with a Minolta Dynax 7, 35mm film camera with Minolta 85mm f/1.4 G lens and Fuji 160s film.)
