It is the seed pod of an American Lotus. they first have a large beautiful flower before this pod forms. I enjoyed photographing them during spring and summer of 2010 but we had a prolonged flood in 2011 that killed all of them.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful photography with us.
Loved them all but especially like the way you treated the tendril on the vine on number one.
Wonderful shots. Makes me want to throw mine in the trash.
First was an Argus A2 and then an Argus C3 but my first camera after I really caught the bug was a Minolta SRT 101 which I purchased entirely with coupons from my job.
I sometimes like to use my Minolta Maxxum 7000i just for fun but mostly shoot digital.