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John Geerts

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #90 on: April 14, 2017, 23:02:13 »
Sunny sunday. Magnolia in the park.

Bill De Jager

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #91 on: April 15, 2017, 05:08:11 »
Wild oat flowers.  Yes, grasses have flowers; they develop seeds inside later but the appearance doesn't that change much.

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Akira

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #92 on: April 15, 2017, 05:25:54 »
Bill, this is nice.  Sensitive and nice composition including the blurred flowers on the left.
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Re: April 2017
« Reply #93 on: April 15, 2017, 08:51:01 »
All vascular plants have flowers. However, not every flower is conspicuous ....

Grasses are notoriously difficult to take good photos of for a number of reasons that become very evident once you try. A longer than normal lens, a large aperture, fast shutter speed, and directional light often are required steps to ensure the plant stands out against its background. The wild oats picture is a good example of successful grass photography.

John Geerts

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #94 on: April 15, 2017, 08:56:32 »
Great shot, Bill !

Close to the railway-track, in the middle of town, the Purple dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) shows its colour

Fons Baerken

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #95 on: April 15, 2017, 14:37:36 »
April 15



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Bill Mellen

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #96 on: April 15, 2017, 16:19:43 »
Everything gets better as we grow younger and thinner

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #97 on: April 15, 2017, 16:39:12 »
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Fantastic Fons! The second doorway with the second bush are great. I wish I had shot this.

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #98 on: April 15, 2017, 16:40:31 »
Bitingly cold weather today. D1H + 200/2VR2 + TC-17E II = 340mm @ f/4.

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Re: April 2017
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Re: April 2017
« Reply #100 on: April 15, 2017, 18:07:19 »
Bitingly cold weather today. D1H + 200/2VR2 + TC-17E II = 340mm @ f/4.

20170415-DSC_1728c by foppa2011, on Flickr

We will have a severe drop in temperatures right after Easter.

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #101 on: April 15, 2017, 19:44:54 »
Sunset time near the sea

Chuck Clark

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #102 on: April 15, 2017, 21:06:23 »
The usual treatment for a pilot's first solo. Claude picked a fairly warm Good Friday but the water in Ottawa is still at about 48 F. Bracing.

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #103 on: April 15, 2017, 21:11:30 »
That's great, I wonder who did it? We have an "Ike's fly through diner" in this neck of the woods and it's been renovated at least once. I hope this one gets reworked after it's been weathered a couple of years!

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Re: April 2017
« Reply #104 on: April 16, 2017, 02:01:16 »
Everything gets better as we grow younger and thinner