Thankyou for your comment on "May Flowers". If that is indeed Dame's Rocket I'm going to have to tell the Greenhouse manager to get out there and rip it up!
Hi Chris, and thanks for your comment on "Strata". I'm no geologist, but I'd say these are veins of quartz running through a rock - I just liked "Strata" as a title... Thanks for your interest :-)
Hi, Chris, nice to meet you! I´m pleased to see you liked an icy pic like Winter again 19, the icicles in blue. I don´t know what the weather is like in Wisconsin but I´m a bit bored about the winter weather here right now.. --- Arne ---
Weird but true: An armed robber attempted to hold up a packed gun shop. Minutes later, the hapless robber was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The subsequent autopsy revealed 23 gunshot wounds and ballistics identified rounds from seven different weapons.
Thanks for the intrest on Norte Dame. I didn't have to sneak it. I took lots of pictures and no one cared. I can't remember if anyone saw me doing it or not, but it was durring the day when it was open for the public to walk around and look around, so i don't think they would have minded.
"A piece of toast with butter always lands butter side down, and a cat always lands on its feet. What happens if a piece of toast is tied butter side down to the back of a cat? Does it perpetually hover above the ground in indecision when dropped?"
Chris, thanks for your comment on Bumblebee on Swamp Milkweed. Macro FUN? Well, yeah, but man it is also a lot of work, and sometimes (like this photo) you also just gotta be lucky!
"It is important to remember that these things, the machinery of photography, are no more than a means to an end. It is easy enough - and a blind alley - to mistake those means for the end itself." - Charlie Waite
Hi Chris, nice to meet you ! Thanks for your appreciative words on the Idea Butterfly image. I don´t think the milkweed plant comes from Malaysia. The shot is taken in a Butterfly House in Stockholm, Sweden but most of the plants and flowers there are imported from all over the world, so I can´t tell you were it comes from. The white color of the flower was very bright - I had to decrease the brightness a bit afterwards. -- Arne --
Thanks for you comments on 'Dead Tree', and Meadow. I don't know if it is reed canary grass, as it was actually just on one side of a field that I happened to be in!
Thanks Chris for the kind comments on "Pools of Liquid Gold".
Light, that magical phenomenon that allows us to enjoy the sights of the physical world, is the property that grants me the ability to interpret and record the beauties of that which is so vital to me: my physical environment. Each of us sees and interprets the world a little differently and I am happy to share my interpretive vision of it with you.
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Hi Chris, and thanks for your comment re "A peaceful place". You're right, "pampas grass" isn't native here, but it's widely grown as an ornamental. Although the tussocks can grow quite large, it's not really invasive, and doesn't pose anything like the threat that Japanese Knotweed does, for instance, or even the "killer rhododendrons" that are increasingly prevalent. Thanks for your concern :-)
Hi there Chris ! Thanks so much for stopping by " You Are Here " & leaving a commrnt. I really appreciate you taking the time to look at that image. & I'm so glad you liked it !
Lauren
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." Bertrand Russell
Thanks Chris for taking time to comment on "Powder Blue" I was trying to shoot wildlife and was drawn to the unusal color. I changed to the macro lens and shot this picture then cropped out the ugly stuff in PhotoShop.
Thanks for your comments on my pic. Yes it was a shock to see them. They are very rare this far north since they are usually found only in Mexico and the southernmost tip of the U.S. They came every morning for about 3 weeks and stayed for 30 minutes or so. I took a lot of pictures of them. They swam like regular ducks but also perched on tree limbs and fence rails. Since they were from Mexico we named them Jose and Hose B. --- Irv
Chris,
thank you for your nice comment on "dreaming green". Yes, it is protected area, and very beautiful, habitat to many kind of species. I'm glad you like the picture.
Thank you Chris for your comments on "Fine Alto." Thanks for adding a positive comment about the focus. As you guessed it wasn't my intention to make the photo clear.
Thanks for your comments on Over the Rainbow. I'm glad you like it! Yes, I agree they can be cheeky bits of rubber lol! I lost two today infact when I decided to let them all bounce at once from the bowl!!
Thanks for your comments, and info on "Wildflowers"! This woodlot has been decimated in the last few years with logging, and then Ash Borers causing the government to cut down whatever was left. I guess the garlic mustard you speak about is the least of the worries for this little area (about 2 1/2 acres). It used to be a nice place to walk in, but now is just a mass of brambles and scrub trees.
Thanks for comenting on "Floral Emblem". And thanks for the name of the plant growing there with it. This woodlot is about 30 acres big, and the only maintenence is the occasional logging, so I doubt anyone will concern themselves over this plant, but it is good to know.
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Thanks Chris for your visit to my "Jetlag Jaguar". I appreciate your kind words. Animals can strike the funniest poses and give us the best photo ops! Have a great day! -- Lindy :)
Thanks for your comments on "Flower Tasting". You're right about the bit of sharpening to the image, but the real manip is that it is two images. The hummer is from a mediocre image near a feeder. Flowers taken the same day at the same time. I decided I would make a better image out of the two.
Chris, I visited your gallery after seeing a comment at another artists' work. Your work is very nice! And go Badgers! I know what you mean about the Wis woods; I grew up there. - Patty
Hello Chris,
Thanks for visiting my picture “Again” ... I’m glad you like it.
This nature park lies near Arnhem and is the largest nature park of our country. In the middle of the photograph lies a sand path, it only seems on river.
In august the heath is it flowering time on this spot.
Lien.
Thanks for your comments on "Queen Anne's Lace - closeup." I appreciate your time. Yes, I know both Queen Anne's Lace and Purple Loosestrife are very invasive, but they were SO beautiful in this area. Enjoy your day!
I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is.
Albert Camus
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I've gotten way behind in my comments. I want to thank you for commenting on an image from my Gallery. I appreciate your support. The fair photos were shot at f11 iso50 at 6 seconds. The people just happened to stand in my photo long enough to be interesting.
Russ
Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.
Edward Weston
Hi Chris...i am a lillt le late getting back to you but thanks for comments left at posting Late Bloom...you identified it as Chickory weed that gows by roadside. This plant was growing alongside roadside...gerry