So you know how I always go on about the joys of discovering new detail when doing close-up photography? Well, proof is in the pudding.

Look at the insert. Doesn’t that look just like some pre-historic fish? I didn’t notice the little ”eye” when I was taking this picture. In fact, I had trouble noticing anything at all but just relied on auto-focus. It was a mosquito hell and I was wearing a mosquito net, so I was only able to judge the composition but not much more. Anyway, when I downloaded the pictures to my computer and had a closer look, I immediately saw the flower in a whole different way. The common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense) will never be common to me again…