Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2023-03-09 Thread ann sanfedele
That's a lovely capture. - so nice for it to bloom twice for you too ann On 3/8/2023 11:20 PM, mike wilson wrote: They don't like being moved or otherwise disturbed once in bloom. Even watering can cause bud fall. I had a gigantic one until it was repotted about 20 years ago. Never really

Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2023-03-08 Thread Bill
I like that picture. We have one that is just going into bud, so I accept your challenge. When ours blooms I will post my response bill On 3/8/2023 8:51 PM, Rick Womer wrote: This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves

Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2023-03-08 Thread mike wilson
They don't like being moved or otherwise disturbed once in bloom. Even watering can cause bud fall. I had a gigantic one until it was repotted about 20 years ago. Never really recovered from that > On 09/03/2023 02:51 Rick Womer wrote: > > > This is just a modest potted cactus until

PESO - Christmas Cactus

2023-03-08 Thread Rick Womer
This is just a modest potted cactus until mid-December, when bright red flowers grow from the tips of its leaves (though many don’t make it past the bud stage). This year our plant bloomed twice, in December and again late last month.

Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2021-12-22 Thread ann sanfedele
that's lovely, Rick  .. I like the point of focus.. ann On 12/22/2021 7:58 PM, Rick Womer wrote: We have a Christmas cactus plant on our kitchen table, next to the windows. This year it is giving us quite a show. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/December-2021/December-2021/i-zJPPVhJ/A

PESO - Christmas Cactus

2021-12-22 Thread Rick Womer
We have a Christmas cactus plant on our kitchen table, next to the windows. This year it is giving us quite a show. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/December-2021/December-2021/i-zJPPVhJ/A (K-5, FA 50/2.8 macro) Comments always appreciated, with best holiday wishes. Rick -- %(real_name)s

RE: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-30 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bill wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/new_photos/cacti1.html Beautiful. Just beautiful. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Bill, A very nice image (with the caveats pointed out by Bruce)! I probably wouldn't have recognized the plant by the flour: it is so threatenly big! (The leaves fragments could've been a giveaway). BTW, in Russia, this very popular plant is called "Decembrist", - for the same reason why it

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Bill
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Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Bill
On 10/29/2016 12:38 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Oh yeah. Can reach out and touch that. Nice, Bill. Thanks Bruce. The Fuji is a really nice lens for this sort of thing. The 90 is the longest Fuji lens I have, but I also have a crap load of El-Nikkors, I'm pretty sure I have a 150mm floating

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Jack Davis
Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Peso: Christmas Cactus >> >> Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. >> >> Shot with the K1 using a Bellows K and a Fujinon EX 90mm f/5.6 enlarging >> lens at f/11. >> This is a 24 shot fo

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice capture. Well composed and healthy looking subject. Color seems a little flat to me. -Original Message- >From: Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> >Subject: Peso: Christmas Cactus > >Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. > >Shot with

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great close-up of one of y favorite indoor flowering plants. A really strong image, to my eye. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Bill wrote: > Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. > >

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Oh yeah. Can reach out and touch that. Nice, Bill. fyi: focus stack glitch on petal at bottom center. A few other places near petal edges, too. But aside from that, fabulous looking. On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Bill wrote: > Our Christmas Cactus runs a few

Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Bill
Our Christmas Cactus runs a few months fast as a rule. Shot with the K1 using a Bellows K and a Fujinon EX 90mm f/5.6 enlarging lens at f/11. This is a 24 shot focus stack using pixel shift. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/new_photos/cacti1.html Enjoy bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail