Around the Garden
Ten photographs from the editor’s garden and four ways to handle them. Slide down a flower stalk, turn up the light on a leaf with only its veins left, drag a magnifying glass across two mushrooms, step in close.
Low Density vs High Density Fun.
Two photographs of decomposing roots, one week apart, both taken in borrowed minutes. The difference between them isn't skill. It's whether the minute was spent in contact with the material or spent somewhere else.
The Corpse Is a Workshop
A flower is what the plant looks like while it makes the seed. A corpse is what it looks like while the seed does the work.
The 1:4 Rule
A Costa Rican epiphyte arrived in the tent already flowering. Its leaves follow one rule, its flowers follow another, and the genus holding both is younger than the compact disc.