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Photograph of a branch of a pine tree with male gamete or pollen cones, the male pollination reproductive part of a pine tree. This part of the tree is really not a cone, but is correctly identified as microsporangiate strobili. The pollen from the male gamete is spread to the female pine cone buy the wind. Now you know more about pine tree reproduction than you ever wanted to know. The original closeup photograph was processed with a heavy digital post-process to create an vivid colorful impressionistic nature image.

I was born and raised in Montana, a lover of everything outdoors. I have been taking high-quality landscape, street, and abstract photographs since the 1970's when I purchased my first 35mm SLR camera. In 2000, my wife and I made a drastic move from Billings, Montana to North Kingstown, Rhode Island. In the mid-2000's I switched from the film/transparency media to digital photography after purchasing my first dSLR. A major change in my art came after attending a photography seminar in New York City, in 2009. At that seminar, I was introduced to the emerging world of digital post-processing. That training changed my focus, and completely recharged the creative side of my photography. I retired from the IT Industry in 2011. In August of...