[Leica] IMG: Tulip Poplar Bloom

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

It really is pretty, with striking colours.
Cheers
jayanand

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Hi Jayanand,
>
> It is the bloom on a tree that grows to 80 feet tall, and is the Tennessee
> State Tree.  Most of the time they are too high to see. Here is a shot from
> last year, different camera, different lens:
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/DSCF1553+FM_filtered.jpg.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 5/3/2016 9:19 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>> That is an unusual looking flower to my eyes!
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> As Tina pointed out last year, these are usually so high in the tree that
>>> it is impossible to get a close-up.  Today, I noted some petals on the
>>> ground, and found one low enough that I could get a shot.  Wind gusts
>>> made
>>> it a real challenge.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+Bloom.TIFF.html
>>>
>>> Olympus E-1 with Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm, ISO 200, RAW
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
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