2012, Day 38 - Beginnings

A fews days ago I was walking past a stand of grass as the sun was sinking towards the western horizon and I noticed a golden mass out of the corner of my eye.  Upon investigation I discovered a mass of seeds with tufts of hair to act as umbrellas to help them disperse in the chill winter breezes.  I like how gnarled they look twisting one way and then the other to form a haphazard mass that will spawn the growth of new grasses come spring.

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 100/f2.8L IS
100mm, f8, 1/1250 sec @ 500 ISO