For some snorkeling shots from today, see the first three shots of my flickr…

pomfotos

oh wow, a whole different world down there…

pain master said:

For some snorkeling shots from today, see the first three shots of my flickr…

pomfotos

oooo-aaaa – are those colours real?

Beautiful photos… as always from you…PM

they are so nice PM.

pepe said:

pain master said:

For some snorkeling shots from today, see the first three shots of my flickr…

pomfotos

oooo-aaaa – are those colours real?

yeah… the coral quite often ends up looking all greyish-greenish, but the tide was way out and these were in some very shallow water, so their true colour was easy to capture…

PM I went into a shop today that was selling billums. They ranged from about $30 to a few hundred. The West Papuan ones were the must expensive.

bubba louie said:

PM I went into a shop today that was selling billums. They ranged from about $30 to a few hundred. The West Papuan ones were the must expensive.

West Papuan eh? Tell me more, where these woolen or natural fibres? When I visited West Papua, all of their souvenirs were from the Sepik Province in PNG…

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

PM I went into a shop today that was selling billums. They ranged from about $30 to a few hundred. The West Papuan ones were the must expensive.

West Papuan eh? Tell me more, where these woolen or natural fibres? When I visited West Papua, all of their souvenirs were from the Sepik Province in PNG…

Natural with beads or shells, the older the better. The lady running the gallery used to live in PNG.

pain master said:

bubba louie said:

PM I went into a shop today that was selling billums. They ranged from about $30 to a few hundred. The West Papuan ones were the must expensive.

West Papuan eh? Tell me more, where these woolen or natural fibres? When I visited West Papua, all of their souvenirs were from the Sepik Province in PNG…

If you can get your hands on some really old ones, like before whities arrived you could get over $1000.

If you ever find yourself with time to spare in Bris I’ll take you to the gallery.

I would be keen to visit the shop. Thanks :)

some wood fungus, a clump of white flowers plus a green damselfly await on my photo site…

pomfotos

the fungus is shaped like a sea shell, great colours and patterns on the stamen contrasting with the white petals and that damselfly is unreal up close and in focus.
wished i could focus like that – still its nice to have you doing it for us.

pain master said:

some wood fungus, a clump of white flowers plus a green damselfly await on my photo site…

pomfotos

The damselfly grabbed me. The sunset grabbed me. The Memorial got me.

Lurk. Lurk.

Am I the only one?

pepe said:

the fungus is shaped like a sea shell, great colours and patterns on the stamen contrasting with the white petals and that damselfly is unreal up close and in focus.
wished i could focus like that – still its nice to have you doing it for us.

Thanks pepe, the damselfly helped by sitting on the rock with the most sunshine… considering we were standing in a creekbed in the bottom of a jungle filled valley.

pomolo said:

pain master said:

some wood fungus, a clump of white flowers plus a green damselfly await on my photo site…

pomfotos

The damselfly grabbed me. The sunset grabbed me. The Memorial got me.

Thanks pomolo, It is a tough Memorial to photograph and I recently saw a shot by the regular PNG photographer when Kevin Rudd visited and I noticed that he had used a very wide angle lens with a very short focal length… When I got my 8mm fisheye, the Memorial was one of the first places I headed.

ok… instead of dropping the shots into the flickr and getting you guys to go there… I’d thought I’d go Old School again and plonk the shots into the p’bucket and then HTML them here, all for your viewing pleasure…

The first group of shots were all taken near the village of Isurava, this village is stuck on the Kokoda Track and was the scene of some fairly brutal and bloody fighting over a 4 day period in August of 1942. I was lucky enough to spend some time with the locals up there and eat some of their local wildlife…

But here are the flowers that they grow to beautify their village…

14 shots first up.

between Deniki and Isurava, there was once a bushfire, the indigenous scrub failed to reclaim the burnt out land but Choko vines prevailed. The locals eat the leaves and the last 30cm of the tendril/leader, well tasty. Only recently have they started to eat the fruit…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/painmaster/Papua%20New%20Guinea/chokofields.jpg

pain master said:

ok… instead of dropping the shots into the flickr and getting you guys to go there… I’d thought I’d go Old School again and plonk the shots into the p’bucket and then HTML them here, all for your viewing pleasure…

The first group of shots were all taken near the village of Isurava, this village is stuck on the Kokoda Track and was the scene of some fairly brutal and bloody fighting over a 4 day period in August of 1942. I was lucky enough to spend some time with the locals up there and eat some of their local wildlife…

But here are the flowers that they grow to beautify their village…

14 shots first up.

sweet:D

between Deniki and Isurava, there was once a bushfire, the indigenous scrub failed to reclaim the burnt out land but Choko vines prevailed. The locals eat the leaves and the last 30cm of the tendril/leader, well tasty. Only recently have they started to eat the fruit…

lets try again…

Here is a plant I first saw in Townsville, and there is a nice mauve version… The plant suffers when flowering and should be deadheaded at all opportunities. Related to mint, it doesn’t mind a cut back every now and then…

Orthosiphon stamineus

Here is some Angel’s Trumpets… Brugmansia x candida

I’ll be back with more later, photos are a bit large…. sorry :(

>photos are a bit large

Irfanview is a free program that will resize photos and do much more too..

You might find it useful.

cheers Colliewa, I have never had a problem with massive photos before, I was just trying a new technique to see if I could get clearer images to the audiences. I have a few more tricks up my sleeve…

One question though, can the program you mention orientate pictures in individual degrees, as opposed to 90 or 180 or 270 degree orientation??? I would love a program where you can just shift the horizon a few degrees of level…

>an the program you mention orientate pictures in individual degrees, as opposed to 90 or 180 or 270 degree orientation???

I don’t know.. But the cost is zero, the download small.. You can also get a set of plugins to extend its capabilitiies and this is only ~5MB..

I don’t usually use windows so I don’t use it. But hear it is a Good Thing.

http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/gimp_tutorial/rotate_crop.html

One available on Linux is Gimp. You can rotate to any angle with it.

There is a windows version I think.

Yes, HERE it is.. It is a bigger download than irfanview though, gimp is about 18MB.

http://world.std.com/~mmcirvin/gimp_tutorial/rotate_crop.html

One available on Linux is Gimp. You can rotate to any angle with it.

There is a windows version I think.

Yes, HERE it is.. It is a bigger download than irfanview though, gimp is about 18MB.

Thanks Colliewa :)

Here is a purple flower that I do not know the name of :(

let’s see what this size is like…

Size is pretty good…dowloaded in a trice on broadband…

…and the flower was nice an clear, too…

Beautiful and a good size photo too:) Pretty blue flower

here is a wee floribunda growing up in the mountains…

Dinetta said:

Size is pretty good…dowloaded in a trice on broadband…

Aye, they’re quite small in size, just a bit large in image… I still need to think of those like myself on dial up.

and here is a Pentas.

pain master said:

here is a wee floribunda growing up in the mountains…

goodness, what is it doing there?

Dinetta said:

pain master said:

here is a wee floribunda growing up in the mountains…

goodness, what is it doing there?

There’s a few Roses growing up in the Highlands of Niugini, Isurava however is found at 1400mASL so not unlike the weather up in the Atherton Tablelands and higher… they would never see severe frosts up there though…

and here is a perty Lantana…

There’s a few Roses growing up in the Highlands of Niugini, Isurava however is found at 1400mASL so not unlike the weather up in the Atherton Tablelands and higher… they would never see severe frosts up there though
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I have heard it is very cool up there…I’ve also heard that some parts of Niugini they have heaters in the pianos to stop the soundboard from warping in the humidity…are these roses in a garden or have they “escaped”?

and here is a perty Lantana…
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I love lantana (don’t tell Bubba Louie)…but they can be a pest …sometimes I think “they” should outlaw the importation of ALL south african (and south american?) plants…

Dinetta said:

There’s a few Roses growing up in the Highlands of Niugini, Isurava however is found at 1400mASL so not unlike the weather up in the Atherton Tablelands and higher… they would never see severe frosts up there though
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I have heard it is very cool up there…I’ve also heard that some parts of Niugini they have heaters in the pianos to stop the soundboard from warping in the humidity…are these roses in a garden or have they “escaped”?

It is interesting, but Village horticulture is very aggressive, things only grow where they are meant to. In some areas, where feet have polished the clay for generations, nothing grows, and vegetables grow in vegetable patches.

So the rose would have been carried in, maybe a cutting from another village, or another province?

and a yellow and white Lantana…

So the rose would have been carried in, maybe a cutting from another village, or another province?
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but it is not native to Niugini, is it? Are you saying even the Niuginians are enamoured of roses and cultivate them?

and a yellow and white Lantana…
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what a pretty shade of colour

Dinetta said:

and here is a perty Lantana…
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I love lantana (don’t tell Bubba Louie)…but they can be a pest …sometimes I think “they” should outlaw the importation of ALL south african (and south american?) plants…

How true, there are many plants up here that the locals will tell me adamantly that the plant is a local, and I do sometimes try to tell them that the South American’s are to blame, and to those Portugese and Spanish Traders who visited the South American ports on route around the globe…..

this Ginger was awesome! The flower was on a stalk about 6ft tall and woody as! Then large leaves loomed overhead!

this Ginger was awesome!
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you said it!

all the different colours came up with a nice amount of depth to them (well at least I think so)

going for sure now

:)

So the rose would have been carried in, maybe a cutting from another village, or another province?
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but it is not native to Niugini, is it? Are you saying even the Niuginians are enamoured of roses and cultivate them?
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Indeed, the Papuans as they are called in Isurava decorated everything, and flowers and hedges of Duranta and Codeaiums are prevalent. There are two reasons why a Papuan would grow something in their garden, food or beautification.

Whilst wandering these parts of the mountains, the local crew would sometimes find the bright red soil and they would often paint themselves or you, and they would say that it would beautify you. The same if you drove your car over a big red muddy puddle, you were beautifying your car. They’re a vane mob and imitating Birds of Paradise is their Nivana, the yellow clay of Ambua and the red clay of Sogeri is currency and traded amongst coastal people for shells and plumes. Quite often Fern leaves are just rolled up and placed on your head for extra decoration….

I have some welcome signs from another village to show later.

this looked like a cross between a Malva and a Daisy. For a flower which always seemed to hang its head, it was very pretty…

and here is a delicate little flower that was almost too soft to focus on… no idea what it is.

here’s a nice mauve flower that made me think of Salvias…

but here is a Salvia :)

between Deniki and Isurava, there was once a bushfire, the indigenous scrub failed to reclaim the burnt out land but Choko vines prevailed. The locals eat the leaves and the last 30cm of the tendril/leader, well tasty. Only recently have they started to eat the fruit…lets try again…
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luv that one – if thats choko i’ve never seen choko before – great use of fisheye too.

Your photos once again are outstanding PM:)

pepe said:

between Deniki and Isurava, there was once a bushfire, the indigenous scrub failed to reclaim the burnt out land but Choko vines prevailed. The locals eat the leaves and the last 30cm of the tendril/leader, well tasty. Only recently have they started to eat the fruit…lets try again…
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luv that one – if thats choko i’ve never seen choko before – great use of fisheye too.

It is Choko and it smothers all, as you walk in this area, you will come across acres of the stuff, you walk for 10-15minutes in each patch… the locals harvest what is on the edge of the track, they do not need to venture into the middle of a patch!

Lucky1 said:

Your photos once again are outstanding PM:)

Thanks Lucky :)

Lucky1 said:

Your photos once again are outstanding PM:)

Thanks Lucky :)

pain master said:

One question though, can the program you mention orientate pictures in individual degrees, as opposed to 90 or 180 or 270 degree orientation??? I would love a program where you can just shift the horizon a few degrees of level…

ACDSee can do that… the latest version you pay for, but you can download earlier versions for free (just google “free acdsee”)

bluegreen said:

pain master said:

One question though, can the program you mention orientate pictures in individual degrees, as opposed to 90 or 180 or 270 degree orientation??? I would love a program where you can just shift the horizon a few degrees of level…

ACDSee can do that… the latest version you pay for, but you can download earlier versions for free (just google “free acdsee”)

I have finally downloaded the GIMP and it appears you can orientate shots, not quite fine tuned the process yet…..

if you need any help with GIMP let me know PM…i’ve used it for general graphics and some photo work for many moons. Now that i’ve got a Mac though i don’t use GIMP for photos, just use iPhoto. If you take loads of shots, then a Mac + Aperture (photography Mac program) is a professional workflow in pre-production. Take a tour of Aperture at Apple website if you’re interested to see. It’s miles ahead of any competition.

aquarium said:

if you need any help with GIMP let me know PM…i’ve used it for general graphics and some photo work for many moons. Now that i’ve got a Mac though i don’t use GIMP for photos, just use iPhoto. If you take loads of shots, then a Mac + Aperture (photography Mac program) is a professional workflow in pre-production. Take a tour of Aperture at Apple website if you’re interested to see. It’s miles ahead of any competition.

I think I have already convinced myself that a Mac will be purchased when I return. The photography components of a Mac just rocks.

Can we see some of your photography one day Aqua?

Dinetta said:

and here is a perty Lantana…
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I love lantana (don’t tell Bubba Louie)…but they can be a pest …sometimes I think “they” should outlaw the importation of ALL south african (and south american?) plants…

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lalalala not listening.

Orthosiphon stamineus
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Cat’s Whiskers. Lovely delicate colour.

pain master said:

Lucky1 said:

Your photos once again are outstanding PM:)

Thanks Lucky :)

I second that statement. Very enjoyable PM. Thanks again :)

pain master said:

here is a wee floribunda growing up in the mountains…

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?
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soil, water and sunshine;)

Indeed, the Papuans as they are called in Isurava decorated everything, and flowers and hedges of Duranta and Codeaiums are prevalent. There are two reasons why a Papuan would grow something in their garden, food or beautification.

Whilst wandering these parts of the mountains, the local crew would sometimes find the bright red soil and they would often paint themselves or you, and they would say that it would beautify you. The same if you drove your car over a big red muddy puddle, you were beautifying your car. They’re a vane mob and imitating Birds of Paradise is their Nivana, the yellow clay of Ambua and the red clay of Sogeri is currency and traded amongst coastal people for shells and plumes. Quite often Fern leaves are just rolled up and placed on your head for extra decoration….

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I love it. That’s real beauty.

pain master said:

and here is a delicate little flower that was almost too soft to focus on… no idea what it is.

Looks like a Christmas decoration.

pain master said:

here’s a nice mauve flower that made me think of Salvias…

Leaves look like Salvia. So do you know what it is?

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?
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soil, water and sunshine;)

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Gets very cold up in the mountains Pom..

I lived in a town called Mendi (5,500ft), but we had stuff up at Hydes which was between 10-11,000 ft… Damn cold up there I’ve heard, though I never went there.

Lucky1 said:

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?
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soil, water and sunshine;)

I thank you for your imput Lucky1. We don’t have to try anywhere else for gardening advice while your around do we? LOL

colliewa said:

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?
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soil, water and sunshine;)

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Gets very cold up in the mountains Pom..

I lived in a town called Mendi (5,500ft), but we had stuff up at Hydes which was between 10-11,000 ft… Damn cold up there I’ve heard, though I never went there.

Cold air therefore dry? I was thinking of jungle humidity which roses don’t like. I’ve lived a sheltered life you know. lol.

pomolo said:

Lucky1 said:

How do roses grow up in the mountains of New Guinea I’d like to know?
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soil, water and sunshine;)

I thank you for your imput Lucky1. We don’t have to try anywhere else for gardening advice while your around do we? LOL

You are most welcome:) And you thought I only knew how to grow vegies;)

Thanks for your compliments Pomolo. I have only spent small periods of time in the Highlands of PNG, most of my wanderings have been coastal, but in regards to the weather up there… I spent some time at 10,000ft and the air was wet with the clouds either being below you or on you, the temps were between 16-22 whilst I was there, but it was wet… but rain up there just disappears into creeks and disappears, the soil doesn’t seem to get waterlogged, but clay patches will be at saturation point.

It has allegedly snowed a couple of times in Hagen and Goroka, but it never stays on the ground.

The roses are always poorly pruned and they are often left to ramble, and they are not fed like we feed our plants.

created flicker account etc….so here’s the link to my flickr animals set
some may not be as sharp as should be…as i forgot about adjusting diopter. still have lots of learning to do…still beats any photos i’ve ever taken with a compact :)

aquarium said:

created flicker account etc….so here’s the link to my flickr animals set
some may not be as sharp as should be…as i forgot about adjusting diopter. still have lots of learning to do…still beats any photos i’ve ever taken with a compact :)

They are great pic’s aquarium !
I have a panasonic lumix 12 x optical zoom 35 mm and can’t get shot’s that clear, but it’s the operater not the camera…
I need to look up where about’s I can do a basic photography course , I’ve read everything one can, but it’s different in the classroom.

i really implore you to try out a basic dslr HP if you do want to get good photos. it still takes some practice…but you simply can’t take pics like that with a compact digital, no matter how many megapixels it has. I found the book “BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Photography” a great read for starting to take good photos.
i’ve just uploaded a few plant/veg to flickr in plants set

I am interested in this thread too:) Have made prelim enquiries re getting a D-SLR. Cheesed off with Canon though, as all my old lenses are FD and they changed the mount (well I bought my SLR camera (AT-1) in 1978 and gradually built up a nice set of Canon lens for a couple of bodies – now useless. So looking at a Nikon – say a bit up from entry level…Need something better for macro – but mainly will be for my own pleasure – chooks and garden, with plenty of manual override. It irritates the hell out of me that my compact digital Kodak wants to flash when I don’t want it to and that it is hard to get nice separation of subject from background…and I really miss the SLR though not inclined to use (slide) film any more – still have some in the fridge if anyone can use it?

aquarium said:

created flicker account etc….so here’s the link to my flickr animals set
some may not be as sharp as should be…as i forgot about adjusting diopter. still have lots of learning to do…still beats any photos i’ve ever taken with a compact :)

you have some great photos there Aquarium. Particularly like the tiger shot :)

Well – seem to be talking to myself – and really must get some plants potted up so bye for now. BBL I hope…

aquarium said:

i really implore you to try out a basic dslr HP if you do want to get good photos. it still takes some practice…but you simply can’t take pics like that with a compact digital, no matter how many megapixels it has. I found the book “BetterPhoto Guide to Digital Photography” a great read for starting to take good photos.
i’ve just uploaded a few plant/veg to flickr in plants set

But but but…
mines not a compact digital. Pic of it here. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicfz50/
Beautiful camera, crap operator..

Great pic’s again aqua , thanks for sharing :)

nice camera HP….almost but not quite an slr though. lots of features etc….but the sensor is still smaller than an slr, so simply can’t capture as much good image data. good to see it has slr like controls, instead of long-winded menus with tons of useless features. The 12X zoom is partially done in digital = pixelated at max zoom.
how long is the shutter lag on it at max resolution?….with the dslr i don’t get any portrait shots with closed eyes due to shutter lag.
my first camera was a cheap ($350 with batteries and charger and card) compact. then i upgraded to another compact, which cost around $650. most shots still turned out crappy, unless lighting was perfect. i was looking around to extend the lens and found it would cost another $700, with the required converter. so i tried a nikon d40x at shop, bought it, and haven’t looked back since. did get a couple of books to learn some good basics. i spent about $1500 for the d40x kit, which has since already fallen in price, and you get the VR 200mm lens. The VR means that it has a mechanical image stabilisation, so you can take photos at max zoom with 1/30, without getting blur. compacts etc use digital image stabilization, which produces less blur but also less sharp focus….in other words pretty useless.
a professional photographer can take reasonable photos on a compact, with a lot of work. an amateur/beginner (like me) can get descent shots on a dslr without that much work.

aquarium said:

nice camera HP….almost but not quite an slr though. lots of features etc….but the sensor is still smaller than an slr, so simply can’t capture as much good image data. good to see it has slr like controls, instead of long-winded menus with tons of useless features. The 12X zoom is partially done in digital = pixelated at max zoom.
how long is the shutter lag on it at max resolution?….with the dslr i don’t get any portrait shots with closed eyes due to shutter lag.
my first camera was a cheap ($350 with batteries and charger and card) compact. then i upgraded to another compact, which cost around $650. most shots still turned out crappy, unless lighting was perfect. i was looking around to extend the lens and found it would cost another $700, with the required converter. so i tried a nikon d40x at shop, bought it, and haven’t looked back since. did get a couple of books to learn some good basics. i spent about $1500 for the d40x kit, which has since already fallen in price, and you get the VR 200mm lens. The VR means that it has a mechanical image stabilisation, so you can take photos at max zoom with 1/30, without getting blur. compacts etc use digital image stabilization, which produces less blur but also less sharp focus….in other words pretty useless.
a professional photographer can take reasonable photos on a compact, with a lot of work. an amateur/beginner (like me) can get descent shots on a dslr without that much work.

Ok ! ..I definately need to do a photography course then , I don’t understand a lot of that . Shutter lag is great though , I don’t get closed eye’s with this one like my old digital, I just wanted point and shoot, and the one I have is ok for that but I would like to become better at close up’s and learn how to get sharper pic’s.
Thanks for the info , it does help :)

sharper pics =
- make sure subject is in focus. learn to use the camera with focus lock, so you can re-compose the scene, without always having to have the subject dead centre.
- the more you zoom, the faster the shutter speed needs to be. at usual (no zoom setting) to do a portrait photo, you need about 1/60 sec so camera shake doesn’t show up as blurry/unfocused photo. at the 12x setting you probably need about 1/200 or better. tripod helps a lot if you can’t get those times.
- use flash fill-in even during the day, so you can get better speed for shutter, if light is not bright. if you have a setting for this, set it to rear-curtain flash. this makes the background light up more instead of a overbright person and dark background. alternately, set flash to %50 or so.

aquarium said:

created flicker account etc….so here’s the link to my flickr animals set
some may not be as sharp as should be…as i forgot about adjusting diopter. still have lots of learning to do…still beats any photos i’ve ever taken with a compact :)

Water Hens with Autumn leaves gets my vote. Tiger is good too.

thank you Pomolo, and everyone else, for the praise. i’m not a complete failure as an amateur photographer after all :)

aquarium said:

thank you Pomolo, and everyone else, for the praise. i’m not a complete failure as an amateur photographer after all :)

certainly not! lol!

Hi there! BG, Pepe and Aquarium.

aquarium said:

thank you Pomolo, and everyone else, for the praise. i’m not a complete failure as an amateur photographer after all :)

no – that duck one has beautiful colour and lighting and that spinach looks great with the light on the leaves.
however – i’ve got a part time poxy camera and will continue to post out of focus shots just to let you know its more about growing and eating plants than posing them. i think the gardening magazines make us all feel as though your garden has to look like a tourist attraction to be seen. personally i get as much joy from a snap as i do from the more exquisite shots.

never truer words were spoken Pepe.
it’s just a few shots of plants/veg that i haven’t deleted, and posted up.
i absolutely abhor all those gardening books that are more about the photos than anything else.

bluegreen said:

aquarium said:

thank you Pomolo, and everyone else, for the praise. i’m not a complete failure as an amateur photographer after all :)

certainly not! lol!

I thought they were great photos, much enjoyed!

I thought they were great photos, much enjoyed
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Yes – I enjoyed them and have your albums bookmarked for a more leisurely peruse later, thank you :)

here’s a yellow daisy with Spider :)

and here’s a white Storm crocus :)

And here’s a red ginger…

another Red Gerbera.

and I once heard this called a Gallipoli Rose…

and a Canna Lily… Lae used to be famous for these flowers, but sadly they are far and few between now…

and lastly an Allamander… and this concludes a tour of the gardens of Lae.

Pm, has anyone told you this yet. Your good at taking photos. i really enjoy looking at them.

veg gardener said:

Pm, has anyone told you this yet. Your good at taking photos. i really enjoy looking at them.

Thanks Veg, thank you. These last few shots were just taken with the old crusty point and shoot. Not a great camera but I thought it was a nice collection of flowers for you all to look at….

cheers,
pm

It’a nice to see some flowers in winter. I do have a magnolia that is about to burst forth with blooms though.

pain master said:

and lastly an Allamander… and this concludes a tour of the gardens of Lae.

I have a double yellow Allamander. The only one I’ve ever seen. Not that I think it’s rare, just not around like it should be. I am also on the lookout for Allamander ‘four seasons.’ It’s flower is a very deep velvety red, almost black. It’s a beauty.

and a Canna Lily… Lae used to be famous for these flowers, but sadly they are far and few between now…
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luv photos – do you know why the cannas are becoming scarce?

pepe said:

and a Canna Lily… Lae used to be famous for these flowers, but sadly they are far and few between now…
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luv photos – do you know why the cannas are becoming scarce?

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maintenance, there are no longer the gardeners in the local council looking after the public areas. So the flowers suffer :(

and a almost black Allamander? Nice, I used to know of a purplish red one that was cool :)

went for a walk and there were some “ahem” wildflowers…

saw this Dianella :) only had the p’n‘s so the focus is a bit pants….

and this yellow daisy, it was very tiny….

and these purple berries :)

and a Tibouchina.

oh what beautiful colour’s PM :D the berries are stunning !

thanks HP, I just noticed I didn’t resize the Dianella… ooops.

pain master said:

and these purple berries :)

You’re right! They are very purple berries