summer

[kialua]

Just to prove that summer does come to the northwoods. Razr phone shot ;)

[big pix]

good colour........ I would also like to see a closeup of 1flower.... just thinking aloud

[kialua]

I dont' think my little Razr phone can do that. When I take a close up the picture turns out to be only 1" big, haven't figured out why. Miss my "real" 124G mat camera. I'll have to try with my Olympus D390, but my little card only holds 4 hi rez shots so that frustrates me. Time to upgrade :-)

Tonight I'm going down to St. Paul, MN to see the old magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral lit up for the first time in history. There is supposed to be a "Blue Moon" with it too. I'll be with other photographers with good cameras and if anything turns out I'll post it.

[kialua]

This is another vine, the other one is spent now. As close as I can get unfortunately.

[big pix]

very nice...... well composed and good color....... was this also shot with your phone.......

[kialua]

No this is my other cheap camera, Olypus D-390. But this is as close as that lets me get too.

[The Repro Kid]

No this is my other cheap camera, Olypus D-390. But this is as close as that lets me get too.
I was going to say that your camera phone is better than my Fuji.

Well it's not Summer here yet, but it is spring, not a really beautiful one, but things are really growing at my house despite the dry year. This shot is from last weekend. The upper left are yellow peaches, the top right are black plums and the lower left are apples, Braeburn, I think. I really only have watered a few times since the trees bloomed, its' unusual for me to get the peach and the plums so full in the same year. The lower left is a squirrel up in the cactus overlooking the fruit. He also knows the fruit will all be coming in this year and I think he also likes the water when I trickle-water the trees, I know the birds like it.

I have a vine thats looks similar to yours and it gives some flowers some times, it might something similar, but it's a big nuisance and I've been trying to get of it.

[The Repro Kid]

I came out to shoot pictures of this squirrel even though he was pretty high up I probably would not get a good shot. He seemed to be checking out yard in general and the fruit trees especially, I've seem around lately. I began taking photos of him but he looked kind of nervous so I began taking shots of the fruit trees instead. Then he seemed more interested in watching what I was doing than in being nervous, and so it became easy to get some shots of him.

[kialua]

What tree is the squirrel in? The century plant? cute.

My vines are not a nuisance I suppose because they only grow a few months then die off. If they grew all year you would have to train them and clip them on a trellis. I have about 5 different ones. I love the look they have when the flowers are spent. Olympus D390