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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Pokeweed
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 20:04:06 -0400
References: <bfe004d6-385d-bc35-f5f1-00d09c94d1db@lighttube.net>

Very nicely captured.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 5:07 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> If one reads the stories  of the American pioneers heading west, one
> will find frequent mentions of Pokeweed.  The berries are poisonous, but
> the leaves were eaten for their vitamin content.
>
> In my yard it is a nuisance, cropping up in many border areas. But, if
> caught in the sunlight, it sort of glows.  As the berries ripen, they
> turn a purplish black, and are quickly snatched by the birds.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20180810-DSCF9218.JPG.html
>
> X-T2 and 55mm Takumar, with CU lens and monopod.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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