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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Bill De Jager on February 26, 2017, 22:47:35

Title: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Bill De Jager on February 26, 2017, 22:47:35

D810, Voigtlander 180mm f/4


(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/637/33134031855_84e06d39f5_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/StWzii)Plum Blossoms #4 (https://flic.kr/p/StWzii) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/629/33134030815_8bda086a61_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/StWyZn)Plum Blossoms #3 (https://flic.kr/p/StWyZn) by Bill de Jager (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99349448@N06/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Randy Stout on February 26, 2017, 23:35:16

Bill:

I like them both, and find the blue and pinks very complimentary in the first image.

If this is current, you must live in a warm clime!

Cheers

Randy

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on February 27, 2017, 07:40:03

In my neighborhood (San Francisco Bay Area) the plums bloom in the first week of February. Cherry trees blossom over a month later. Sadly I spent the weekend with a chainsaw taking down the flowering plum in my back yard as it died over winter due to root damage from some construction my neighbors did. It had been stressed by several years of drought as well.

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Randy Stout on February 27, 2017, 14:13:07

Jack:

Sorry to hear about your tree. Always a very sad thing. 

Randy

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Bill De Jager on March 13, 2017, 02:18:11

Randy, thanks for your comments.  Yes, I live in coastal northern California where the plums bloom in late February and frost is rare this time of the year.  Yet 250 km to the east the snow lies 3 to 6 meters deep on the ground up in the high mountains.

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Jack Dahlgren on March 15, 2017, 16:33:33

Some from a week or two back.
Nikkor 400 f/5.6 PC Auto

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3841/32642755763_ebb7260e27_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/RJwE2R)DFJ_3577 (https://flic.kr/p/RJwE2R) by Jack Dahlgren (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-d/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: elsa hoffmann on March 15, 2017, 16:47:41

One of the most beautiful sights in spring.

Title: Re: Plum Blossoms
Post by: Ron Scubadiver on March 15, 2017, 20:00:46

Reminds me of Japan.