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Steve H

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Spring is on the way
« on: March 11, 2009, 09:21:58 PM »
We have a magnolia bush at our house and it is blooming. Took these on Tuesday with the 80 degree weather to practice a little macro work.





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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 03:41:12 PM »
Shore r purdy posies thar!
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 04:39:15 PM »
Is that a magnolia  or is it a Tulip Tree, we have one just about like it at our house in full bloom
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 05:59:51 PM »
It's gonna freeze tonight. Did you use the beercan?
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 08:15:50 PM »
Quote from: Mike Anderson on March 12, 2009, 05:59:51 PM
It's gonna freeze tonight. Did you use the beercan?

Yeah, I am glad I got the pics.  I used my Minolta 50mm macro. That lens is sweet. I really need to get a flash, I think the last two would have been better with more light fill.
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 08:20:39 PM »
Quote from: Leo deMonbreun on March 12, 2009, 04:39:15 PM
Is that a magnolia  or is it a Tulip Tree, we have one just about like it at our house in full bloom

Leo, mine is a Magnolia. My Mom wants to take some for her yard and I had done research last year and found them here: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7226273.

Soon our weeping Japanese Cherry will bud and bloom!
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2009, 01:13:33 PM »
It's a magnolia - just not the tall southern magnolia of Gone With the Wind fame - commonly called a Tulip Magnolia - one of the shrubby deciduous kinds - along with the Star Magnolia.  I won't bore you with the botanical references. 

The Tulip Tree of Tennessee fame is our state tree - Tulip Poplar or Yellow Poplar, or Tulip Tree.  It is distantly related to the Magnolias.
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2009, 01:34:14 PM »
BTW - my fav pic is the first - artistic!
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Re: Spring is on the way
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2009, 01:46:37 PM »
Quote from: Mike Hill on March 13, 2009, 01:34:14 PM
BTW - my fav pic is the first - artistic!

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