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Category Archives: Botanical Dreaming
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Unknown Flower
Regional Parks Botanical Garden, Tilden Park.
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Crocosmia
I first saw this flower in Oregon and added it to my own garden some years later. It grows from corms and self propagates. In New Zealand it is considered an environmental weed. Photographed at a school near my home.
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Mustard & Bee
All day long honeybees worked the mustard behind our tent while we stayed at Montaña de Oro. While it’s fairly easy to get photos of them, it’s harder to get nice ones. All too often, I end up with perfectly … Continue reading
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A very expensive free seminar
JCK_100312_0247 uploaded by admin. Canon EOS 5D Mark II+EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM – f/8@1/125 Last summer, on a visit to the Grand Canyon, I attended a Canon seminar that offered the chance to try out Canon equipment and learn from … Continue reading
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In Bloom
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/320 @ f/8 Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/640 @ f/8 Color is starting to show up in a big way around my neighborhood. The … Continue reading
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Camillia 3
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/80 @ f/11
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Camillia 2
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/160 @ f/11 I really was attracted to the concentric nature of the outer petals.
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Camellia 1
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM, 1/200 @ f/11 Camellias are beginning to flower around here and they have many, many forms. I found three today. All of them were very different from each other.
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Camellia in the rain
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60 @ f/8
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To Infinity and beyond
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/60@f/8
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Last Gasp
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, 1/100 @ f/4 There’s a very large Japanese Maple in the atrium of my building. While the atrium is open to the sky, the tree is protected from most of … Continue reading