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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Dahlias & Mums in HDR
As I look out to my garden I feel a sense of pride. It really is a lovely room Except it is outside. If only this...
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Pipes
Macro Mum – a 7-image stack of this striking chrysanthemum! ...
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Purple Dahlia
From white to pink to purple; sharpening all areas of the darker flowers in the forefront required only 3 stacked shots. ...
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Tulip Tree Flower
A macro stack of 16 images. A member of the magnolia family, the tulip tree‘s dark green leaves are smooth on both sides, and it produces this tulip-shaped, light greenish-yellow and...
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Forbidden Planet
Seriously, Forbidden Planet, 1956 sci-fi movie, in color no less, starring a serious Leslie Nielsen (way before his meteoric rise to comedic fame), Anne Francis (of “Honey West”...
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Scarlet Spire
aka: Salvia, Mexican Sage, red sage, scarlet sage… ...
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Not a Care in Her World
A low key day. With a bottle of water, some snacks and fruit, camera, tripod & shutter release, I planted myself at the Bog Garden and took...
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A Cardinal Attracted to a Birdhouse?
Not a chance! Factoid: Northern Cardinals build open-cup nests; they are not “cavity nesters”. ...
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Tubular Bells
Spoiler alert – not the theme song from “The Exorcist”! The flower of the fast-growing Empress Tree (aka paulownia tomentosa) is native to China, but in North...
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What a Ray of Sunlight Revealed
Six distinct poses of the male barred owl: A moment of repose, personal grooming, an “ET” neck stretch, the warmth of the sun on his face, a sideways...
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Barred Owl in the Bog
Extraordinary!! The pair return every year like clockwork, and there’s an owlet again… somewhere… ...
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On Time Arrival
Comings and goings on at the Bog Garden… ...
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Cobra Dance
After googling many a description of this flower in order to get its name, I gave up and dubbed it the “Medusa Flower”. ...
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Watercolor
Flipping a reflection. ...
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