As a break from iris photography, I elected to document the lowly maple seed. Here's one propped on some magnolia leaves for a contrasting background. Maple seeds are truly unique in that they form almost a perfect auto-rotating helicopter as they descend from their perch high in the tree. The ground here is littered with them.
As a diversion, here here are some links about maple seeds:
How to Make an Auto-rotating Maple Seed from Paper: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Maple_Seed.html
Exploring Science and Design with a Maple Seed: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~jwmills/EDUCATION.NOTEBOOK/maple/maple.html
The Journal of Maple Seed Science: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~jwmills/EDUCATION.NOTEBOOK/journal/journal.html
Probably more than you needed to know about maple seeds!
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