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Luc

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #210 on: May 23, 2021, 23:32:28 »
Hydrangea.
A very nice combination of subtle colours.

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #211 on: May 23, 2021, 23:35:58 »
Downtown Vancouver from my balcony. Nikon Df, Zeiss Milvus f1.4 50mm at ISO640, 1/125s, f1/4

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #212 on: May 24, 2021, 03:12:39 »
Vancouver looks as beautiful as I remember. Which bridge is that in the background?

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #213 on: May 24, 2021, 03:53:02 »
Here is a noir version of my daughter. Does she remind anyone else of Kirsten Dunst's Claudia in Interview With The Vampire?

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #214 on: May 24, 2021, 04:06:39 »
A very nice combination of subtle colours.

Thank you, Luc!
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Re: May 2021
« Reply #215 on: May 24, 2021, 08:21:04 »
Lovely colour subtility, Akira

Rain is coming...

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #216 on: May 24, 2021, 10:12:17 »
Main square
terraces have started to open
but weather doesnt cooperate


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Re: May 2021
« Reply #217 on: May 24, 2021, 10:58:56 »
Ruth and I went out again to collect more edible wild plants. I directed her to a known site for the Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris, which she found and later added to our dinner. However, this being adjacent to a small wetland, there were unpleasant specimens to be found. Here is the corm of Cowbane Cicuta virosa, which looks harmless enough and even smells delicious of carrot, parsley & celery. However don't be tempted as it is the deadliest plant in the Nordic flora. Even a tiny fragment, if ingested, will cause a violent and unpleasant death.

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #218 on: May 24, 2021, 11:14:11 »
Hemlock ask Socrates.

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #219 on: May 24, 2021, 11:15:40 »
Ruth and I went out again to collect more edible wild plants. I directed her to a known site for the Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris, which she found and later added to our dinner. However, this being adjacent to a small wetland, there were unpleasant specimens to be found. Here is the corm of Cowbane Cicuta virosa, which looks harmless enough and even smells delicious of carrot, parsley & celery. However don't be tempted as it is the deadliest plant in the Nordic flora. Even a tiny fragment, if ingested, will cause a violent and unpleasant death.

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #220 on: May 24, 2021, 12:05:01 »
Poor Socrates got a treatment with Conium maculatum, which is about as bad and unhealthy as that of our native Cicuta. Fortunately, Conium is extremely rare in our flora. Wish the same could be said about the Cicuta.

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #221 on: May 24, 2021, 12:55:17 »
Main square
terraces have started to open
but weather doesnt cooperate

I like this other-worldly rendition.


Ruth and I went out again to collect more edible wild plants. I directed her to a known site for the Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris, which she found and later added to our dinner. However, this being adjacent to a small wetland, there were unpleasant specimens to be found. Here is the corm of Cowbane Cicuta virosa, which looks harmless enough and even smells delicious of carrot, parsley & celery. However don't be tempted as it is the deadliest plant in the Nordic flora. Even a tiny fragment, if ingested, will cause a violent and unpleasant death.

Wow, that looks like toxic enough...
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Re: May 2021
« Reply #222 on: May 24, 2021, 12:57:23 »
The dawn color here in Tokyo today (May 24th) was a bit bizarre.

I posted its pano versions here:

https://nikongear.net/revival/index.php?topic=2816.765
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Re: May 2021
« Reply #223 on: May 24, 2021, 14:39:31 »
The month has almost ended and I haven't been very productive.  No excuses, only a couple of images to show.  First is the domestic symphony with my wife Martha conducting the orchestra.  Next, the edge of a new frond from a sago palm in our yard. 

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Re: May 2021
« Reply #224 on: May 24, 2021, 15:23:47 »
The second one is within context and rather appropiate in this thread ;)