Close up (3)

These are close-up images of berries and grasses. Depending on the lenses and other equipment used, they were taken from fractions of an inch to a few feet from the subject.

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Morning sun back-lights the seedhead of Canada wild-rye (elymus canadensis) after a brief rain shower.

Low morning sun lights the seed of unidentified grass after a rare night of rain in August in western Montana.

Low morning sun lights the seed of unidentified grass after a rare night of rain in August in western Montana.

Late summer color in grass seed-heads.

Sunrise lights grass at Montana's Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area on a frigid March morning.

Backlit grass at Montana's Freezeout Lake Wildlife Management Area on a frigid March morning.