Getting Closer

In my ongoing attempt to get closer and closer to the structure of plants, I've  come to the conclusion a new lens for the camera is vital. It's moved form the "want list" to the "need /have to have list" so spent time talking with a friend, Jeff Bierk [see his work HERE], who is an amazing photographer, about options. So things are getting clearer unlike the photo below which is so enlarged that it has as soft and dreamy look. It's the clingy tendrils of a hops vine that grows in some of the more wild places in the garden and given its nature, is out to conquer/cover the world.

Hops