Sundew enticement.
By Fred Mason
Sweet nectar beyond compare.
Come hither, dear midge.
Philippe Martin revolutionized digital nature photography by “stacking” multiple images of the same subject to create a single, startlingly focused image. The resulting sharpness and brilliance create an almost three-dimensional quality. His book Hyper Nature (Firefly Books, 2015) advances the study of nature’s smallest creatures. The image which inspired this haiku shows a small (3 mm) midge, Anthomyia pluvialus, trapped in a sundew.
About the author:
My name is Fred Mason. I spent 37 years working for IBM Corporation. After retiring, I embarked on several new activities, including the writing of poetry. Most recently, I have written many Hiakus. My approach is to start with an exceptional photo, then to give it a voice of its own. My range of subjects runs the gamut from Comedy Wildlife Animals, to weird and unusual scenes (sculptures, buildings, nature, etc.).
Editor’s note: This is actually the first image featured on The Sciku Project. I very much enjoy Fred’s approach to writing haiku and am so pleased to have been able to feature his poem and the image that inspired it. The image is from Hyper Nature by Philippe Martin, published by Firefly books, you can find more about it here.