Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" > <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera > Discussion" > <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 10:29 PM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Tulip Poplar Bloom > > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >