Nothing artistic -- just a remarkable bit of nature that we normally don't get to see.
Stamen tube and stigma of Lobelia gibbosa - Tall Lobelia (dissected specimen).
(Total framed width here (slight crop) represents about 8 mm in life.)
Canon EOS 10D 1/200s f/18.0 at 105.0mm iso100 with Flash
Sigma 105 mm EX Macro with 36 mm extension tube
full exif