Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-06 Thread David J Brooks
So thats what they are called. I have the odd one pop up here at the house. Great shot Dave On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > The wife tells me it is called "Squill". > > It is some of the first stuff to pop up out of the ground when the weather > warms up here in Minne

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Alastair Robertson
actually I take it back - Scilla is the latin name (not always a good idea to worry about these as Bob points out) but the common name is indeed squill I discover = origin the same - and according to the american heritage dictionary it is 1. noun Any of several bulbous Eurasian and African plan

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread paul stenquist
Nice color and rendering. I might have cheated a bit and cloned out the blossoms at lower right and upper left. But I'm a notorious cloner:-). Paul On Apr 5, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Nice! The lens does not disappoint, it seems. You have done a good > job with this shot. > > I w

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
Nice! The lens does not disappoint, it seems. You have done a good job with this shot. I was thinking Squill sounded like something you drink...though perhaps not very tasty. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:07:24 AM, you wrote: CR> The wife tells me it is called "Squill".

RE: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Bob W
mh/s/squill86.html#med > >> > >> --- On Mon, 4/5/10, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> > >> > >>> From: Charles Robinson > >>> Subject: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name. > >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" &g

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Alastair Robertson
m the truth... > http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/s/squill86.html#med >> >> --- On Mon, 4/5/10, Charles Robinson wrote: >> >> >>> From: Charles Robinson >>> Subject: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name. >>> To: "Penta

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread mike wilson
SO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name. To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:07 AM The wife tells me it is called "Squill". It is some of the first stuff to pop up out of the ground when the weather warms up here in Minnesota. Taken with my "new

Re: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Beautiful! The name "Squill" sounds like something discharged from a wound. :( Jack --- On Mon, 4/5/10, Charles Robinson wrote: > From: Charles Robinson > Subject: PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name. > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monda

PESO: Pretty flower with a silly-sounding name.

2010-04-05 Thread Charles Robinson
The wife tells me it is called "Squill". It is some of the first stuff to pop up out of the ground when the weather warms up here in Minnesota. Taken with my "new to me" Tamron 90mm f2.5 macro lens. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/easter/content/IMGP9270_large.html -Charles -- C