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 mi

Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2021-12-22 Thread ann sanfedele
that's lovely, RickĀ  .. 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 (K-5

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 dire

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 around

Re: Peso: Christmas Cactus

2016-10-29 Thread Jack Davis
Ideal exposure! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 29, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Very nice capture. Well composed and healthy looking subject. > Color seems a little flat to me. > > > -Original Message- >> From: Bill >> Subject: Peso: Christmas Cactus >> >> Our Christmas

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 >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 enlar

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. > > Shot with the K1 using a Bellow

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 months fast as a rule. > > Shot