[Leica] IMG: Tulip Poplar Bloom

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Douglas.  The castle sounds like an interesting place to visit.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/4/2016 10:32 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Nice looking flower, Jim. Never seen one of those before. I looked 
> them up
> over here and it turns out there are a few of them here in Ireland.
>
> My wife is the horticulturist in this house and I see there's a 
> specimen tulip tree,
> Liriodendron tulipifera, at a height of 24m and girth of 5.68m in the 
> grounds of Lough Rynn Castle Hotel at Mohill in Co. Leitrim. Perhaps 
> we'll sally forth as the place not only has an interesting garden but 
> was the home of one of the most notorious landlords in Ireland
> See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Rynn_Castle
>
> Douglas
>
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>> 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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