PESO 2020 - 226 - GDG

This 2020 year of miseries and pandemic continues to grind along in its odd "hardly moving but speeding past" way. And the holidays approach ... Some folks are getting their homes decorated for the first of the annual Fall-Winter holidays, Halloween! https://flic.kr/p/2jNTNsm :: Ghost - San Jos

Re: PESO - Victorian Shadows

Brilliant image - beautiful houses. Alan C On 02-Oct-20 05:03 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >From a walk a couple of weeks ago. I love the shadows at this time of year. https://photos.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Neighborhood-2020/Shadows/i-zFC5Qtd/0/5abf0113/X3/Victorian%20Shadows-X3.jpg (K-5, DA 17-70)

Re: Summer Quarter faves

You documented the period well. The first & last images are fitting "covers". The tragedy of the fires will pass & life will go on. Alan C On 01-Oct-20 09:33 AM, Larry Colen wrote: This album is much bigger than my last couple quarterly best of albums which I think speaks more to it being a m

Re: PESO: Hangin' On

Well done Dan & all the other "Monarch Whisperers" as Paul says. Alan C On 03-Oct-20 08:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A closer view of the newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly. The black oval on the lower wing is a scent gland, found only on the male, that produces pheromones for attracting

Re: PESO: Hangin' On

Thanks, Bruce! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 4:32 PM Bruce Walker wrote: > That's beautiful, Dan! Very nice shot. > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 2:42 PM Daniel J. Matyola > wrote: > > > > A closer view of the

Re: PESO: Hangin' On

That's beautiful, Dan! Very nice shot. On Sat, Oct 3, 2020 at 2:42 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > A closer view of the newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly. The black oval > on the lower wing is a scent gland, found only on the male, that produces > pheromones for attracting a mate. > > http:/

Re: PESO: Hangin' On

I try. Actually, there are quite a few folks working to help the Monarchs survive. They are magnificent creatures, and their numbers have declined drastically in the past 20 years. Fewer and fewer are making the long migration to Mexico each fall. It would be a tragedy to lose them from our bac

Re: PESO: Hangin' On

Fascinating. You are the Monarch whisperer! Paul > On Oct 3, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > A closer view of the newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly. The black oval > on the lower wing is a scent gland, found only on the male, that produces > pheromones for attracting a mate.

PESO: Hangin' On

A closer view of the newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly. The black oval on the lower wing is a scent gland, found only on the male, that produces pheromones for attracting a mate. http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/10/3/emergent F-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 limited

PESO: Emerging Monarch

It's pretty much the end of the season for the Monarch butterflies. I have finished tagging ones that I recently released or captured, and am submitting my data to Monarch Watch. Here is one of the recent butterflies to emerge from its chrysalis. The newly emerged male is still hanging from rema

Re: OT: Why are cars getting bigger?

I remember some tall guys who raced Mini-Coopers in days of yore - they drove with their heads cocked over to one side! Alan C On 03-Oct-20 07:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Just a few days ago I watched a bit of a hoonigan video where someone upwards of 6'4" got into and drove a 1966 MG midget. I

Re: OT: Why are cars getting bigger?

> On Oct 3, 2020, at 9:59 AM, John wrote: > > On 10/2/2020 20:25:08, l...@red4est.com wrote: >> On October 2, 2020 5:09:55 PM PDT, John Francis wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 02:58:03AM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Boris Liberman Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:32:55 -0700

Re: OT: Why are cars getting bigger?

On 10/2/2020 20:25:08, l...@red4est.com wrote: On October 2, 2020 5:09:55 PM PDT, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 02:58:03AM -0400, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Boris Liberman Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:32:55 -0700 wrote: My late father was 172 cm tall and considered himself an average he

Re: PESO - Victorian Shadows

autumn light as well as winter light are my faves too... nice shot, RIck ann On 10/2/2020 11:03 AM, Rick Womer wrote: >From a walk a couple of weeks ago. I love the shadows at this time of year. https://photos.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Neighborhood-2020/Shadows/i-zFC5Qtd/0/5abf0113/X3/Victorian%2

Re: Summer Quarter faves

Paul  I commented on that one also but not by number just by position .. I agree.. terrific shot, Larry. I dare not type frame numbers - the chances of my getting a sequence in order are slim to none. ann On 10/1/2020 11:02 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Very nice series of images ranging from the be

Re: Summer Quarter faves

Best gallery you've made IMHO..  a couple of my very faves and some ones I had not seen before I love.. the very last photo makes us forget all the troubles california has had recently.. looks like there is air there.. and makes me want to travel that road.. glad you are safe too ann On 10/1/

Re: PESO: grizzled pintail

I just realized I said great Geography instead of great geology... well, both I guess ! LOL ann just Waking up On 10/2/2020 12:42 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: another small dragonfly endemic to asia: https://something-feathered.in/2020/10/02/grizzled-pintail/ k3ii+ FA 100/3.5 comments appreciate

Re: PESO: grizzled pintail

wonderful shot! great geography and cute critter.. ann On 10/2/2020 12:42 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: another small dragonfly endemic to asia: https://something-feathered.in/2020/10/02/grizzled-pintail/ k3ii+ FA 100/3.5 comments appreciated... -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugm