[Leica] IMG: Tulip Poplar Bloom with Visitor

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Beautiful!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> They are unusual looking, but a part of the life of the tree, called
> variously the Tulip Poplar, Tupelo Poplar or Tupelo Gum, the state tree of
> Tennessee.  When the settlers first came to this area, there were forests
> of these large trees which provided timber for many of the early homes.
>
> Here is a shot from 1 year ago, made with the Olympus E-1, with the Kodak
> CCD sensor, and the Leica-R 60 Macro lens.  With only 5MP, it still
> provided wonderful colors.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Tulip+Poplar+Bloom.TIFF.html
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 5/2/2017 9:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>> Unusual looking. Is this normal?
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> After striking my head while mowing, I trimmed a few lower branches on the
>>> two Tulip Poplars, and noticed that there are blooms in the same area
>>> again
>>> this year.  Despite the breeze, I set out to get a decent image.  View
>>> LARGE if you like.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170502-DSCF1914.JPG.html
>>>
>>> The ant was a bonus.  I didn't see him until I opened it in Lightroom.
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>
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