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Missourian Regular Member

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You all are killing me with fantastic outdoor/plant/flower photos....Stop, please stop...

Nah. :)

After looking for over a year, I finally found a pale jewelweed (Impatiens pallida):

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This was growing with the much more common spotted jewelweed (orange things in the background).

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squali Regular Member

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A thunderstorm rolled through this afternoon. Here's the view from my SC backyard afterwards.

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Nice one snolly it appears to be pointing to my pot of gold at USC. ; - )

It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.

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You all are killing me with fantastic outdoor/plant/flower photos....Stop, please stop...Well maybe not just yet! :P

I've got some chores tomorrow but maybe we'll take a 15 minute ride down the road aways and take some photos...Enjoy the long holiday weekend everyone.

Regards, Chris

Plantguy, I'm sure you know but for everyone else; don't be afraid to get close and use you macro mode on your camera. Many of my Flower photos are taken without direct viewing of the Flower in the view finder because of position or closeness to the ground. Hold your lens close to the subject, let your camera auto focus than click the photo. Check your pic and take 4 or 5 more and some will be perfect. It is easy to delete the bad ones and adjust the balance in your photo editor. I will show some photos that I did this way. Back and knee problems sometimes keep people from getting in a good position for many photos.

A friend I found at Pipe creek Jr. Quarry

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Other photos I have taken without seeing in viewfinder.

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snolly50 Regular Member

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Nice one snolly it appears to be pointing to my pot of gold at USC. ; - )

Jeff, LOL. The arc's terminus does appear to fall in the direction of USC. I could not tell from your message, if the gold you referenced was that which flowed from your pocket to USC or the golden experience your daughter gained!?!

Mine from USC to VCU - she completed her graduate degree this spring and is now ensconced in a gig in NYC! It's great to watch them fly.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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:DYes to both my good man. Though I was also referring to the gem that is my baby.

Good luck to yours in NYC. You gotta see it to know it. ;)

It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators.

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Plantguy Regular Member

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Nah. :)

After looking for over a year, I finally found a pale jewelweed (Impatiens pallida):

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This was growing with the much more common spotted jewelweed (orange things in the background).

Very nice, it does have that impatiens petal arrangement doesnt it...Congrats! I didnt see any flowers today when I went exploring in the creek. This aint the greatest photo but when I was out today there was the standard plethora of palm, spanish moss with some barbed wire, and the usual mosquitos, deer flies and some wonderful spider webs thrown in just to make it fun. Heard some wonderful owl and hawk calls but never saw them.

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In spite of those insect nuisances it was a great day!

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Plantguy, I'm sure you know but for everyone else; don't be afraid to get close and use you macro mode on your camera. Many of my Flower photos are taken without direct viewing of the Flower in the view finder because of position or closeness to the ground. Hold your lens close to the subject, let your camera auto focus than click the photo. Check your pic and take 4 or 5 more and some will be perfect. It is easy to delete the bad ones and adjust the balance in your photo editor. I will show some photos that I did this way. Back and knee problems sometimes keep people from getting in a good position for many photos.

A friend I found at Pipe creek Jr. Quarry

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Other photos I have taken without seeing in viewfinder.

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Great advice and outstanding photos. I dont use a standard camera anymore..they went on the fritz....just using the Galaxy Phone with camera these days and for the most part she does a fine job! Regards, Chris

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ZiggieCie Regular Member

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As I mentioned about taking photos by feel instead of by seeing, here are a few of my favorites.

Some Gems from NC

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Coco Regular Member

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Hi,

Yes ! I would like to see your mushrooms !

Here are my last ones :

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I have to go on place another time to do pics of more fresh spécimens !

Coco

PS : this species smells ... bad !

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OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici

Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici
Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici
Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici
Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici

Un Greg...

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Missourian Regular Member

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As I mentioned about taking photos by feel instead of by seeing, here are a few of my favorites.

Some Gems from NC

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I'm liking the perspective of these photos. It makes the mushrooms look huge.

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snolly50 Regular Member

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Coco, I have not seen this type before, very interesting. Thanks.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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Coco Regular Member

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Hi,

Snolly, I either I had never seen this species before ! The size can be 15 to 20 cm (6" to 8"...).

Coco

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OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici

Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici
Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici
Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici
Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici

Un Greg...

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snolly50 Regular Member

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In honor of Coco's fabulous fungus here's one from my front yard. It is low to the ground and about two feet at its widest. I don't have a clue as to its identity.

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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Plantguy Regular Member

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Hi Ziggie, Coco and John...that's quite alot of mushrooms!! Coco, those are really wild looking. I'll have to start taking some pictures as well as they are interesting!...I've been ignoring them for the most part but have been yanking them out of flower beds lately. Last one I ran across and photo'd was one of those bird nest varieties from a year or two ago...

Regards, Chris

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Wow. There are so many wonderful photos in this thread. Beautiful. I'll add a few of my own favorites.

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Wow. There are so many wonderful photos in this thread. Beautiful. I'll add a few of my own favorites.

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Very nice. I'm lovin' the hooded frog and the dynamic stance of the butterfly.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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Pargurus, great nature shots. Coco wonderful Mushrooms, never seen any like those here where I live, (northern Ohio, US).

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ZiggieCie, very much enjoyed the perspective on the 'shroom shots. Thanks for earlier revealing your technique. Here's one with interesting color and surface texture.

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Marvelous mushrooms everyone!

I just got back from a camping trip in the Gila Wilderness... I too, found myself fascinated with fungus...

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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While under an Alligator Juniper...

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...I found some others enjoying the shrooms. :D

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins    

 

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Sea oats with palmetto at Litchfield Beach SC

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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See

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Really nice photos folks! Great to see that we don't just spend our time looking at the ground :P

This is one of my favourite snaps- Dickinsonia costata in the wild (Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges).

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