Future Cedar Trees, Seattle, USA

I was at the Washington Park Arboretum the other day, enjoying the sunshine, playing with a new (used) lens that I have since returned (it couldn't focus past about 60 feet), when I noticed that in macro, these cedar seed pods look like ... vampire bats? ... weird little alien monsters? ... In processing, I desaturated yellow and green to concentrate attention on the seed pods themselves. I didn't have a tripod, so the photo isn't as sharp as I'd like, but it's fun enough for the blog.