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Keywords and Search Terms: vascular system,
microbe,
tree,
pattern,
cellulose,
leaves,
systems,
cottonwood tree,
vein,
leaf,
leaf skeleton,
royce bair,
venation,
textures,
network,
plants,
veins,
microbes,
lignin,
networks,
skeletons,
nature,
tissue,
veination,
patterns,
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Back Lighted Leaf Skeleton Network Photographs, Photos, Pictures
Artist: Royce Bair
Description:
Back-Lighted Leaf Skeleton Black and White Close-up
A detailed, photo close-up of a cottonwood tree leaf skeleton. (After a leaf falls to the ground, microbes in the soil consume the leaf's soft tissue and leave only the cellulose and lignin skeleton.) The leaf's vascular network can now easily be seen. This is a back-lighted version of photo #0038-0408-0317-3815, that is cropped even tighter to show detail.
The leaves (see the 'similars' below) I've photographed here were skeletonized through natural decay, and were hand-picked from tens of thousands of leaves. Here's an article on how this process works along with links to how you can artificially skeletonize new leaves by boiling them in alcohol, followed by a soaking in NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide or lye). Here's a similar skeletonizing technique, and a third skeletonizing method.
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When I searched for "Cottonwood" I found 255 images at Acclaim Images.com.
They are one of my favorite places to browse around for photos and some great original clipart. Fred Voetsch built and runs this site himself, so everything is hand picked from a select group of artists and photographers. You can also order prints and posters through them.
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