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Garmachi · Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: Irises

I spent the morning laying on my belly in the side yard. Starting at 9:30 this morning I began taking pictures every three minutes as the irises bloomed in the sun. I noticed them yesterday morning, and had (incorrectly) estimated that it would take roughly an hour for them to open up. It actually took two and a half hours. For me to be driven nuts by the three-minute timer I kept setting for myself, that is. It was like Chinese water torture. I'm glad I did it though. It was very relaxing to lie there in the sun listening to the birds chirp and the bees buzz.

Here are some of my favorites.

I took 55 frames over 2.5 hours. I apologize for the shaky-cam, instead of using a tripod, I duct taped the camera to an upside down pie plate.

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Magnum · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 423 Location: Ravenna, OH

Well worth the wait!! Don't you just love the country!!
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Boogieman · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1479

That's pretty damn cool pal.
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psychicmidget · Joined: 15 Aug 2008 Posts: 309

Wait a minute...wait just a damn minute here...you mean to tell me, that while you could have been spending your time doing something useful, like making a stack of heating firewood, as in BTU's, or weeding the garden to assure your ability to eat, or even racking cider, which makes for a damn fine trade good....you were laying down, flat in the yard, doing nothing but photographing the "opening" of some, non-descript flowering weed that springs up in yards all across America...and you were engaged in this for HOURS...

Why....I never!

Garmachi · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:

We had some fog here again on Saturday morning. The hill behind the house was pocked with dew covered spider webs. I got some closeups of one.

This one was hanging on our grape trellis. Thanks to Turtle for finding it!

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dirt_wave · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 121 Location: Asheville, NC

This is a spiderweb post summer rainfall about two years ago...

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Boogieman · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1479

I'm really liking your current photo submissions Gary. I think you're developing a much keener eye for the "sweet shots" in scenery and close ups.

Go on with yo bad self!
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Garmachi · Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 8:14 am Post subject:

Awwww TANKS!

It helps that there's a lot of cool stuff to photograph around here... That and I crop (and delete) a TON...
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