Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Jostein, Mike and Bob: In Russia, where the photo was taken, buckthron is cultivated in private gardens for the berries. I believe the peak of its popularity was in 1980s. The oil (aka "Oleum Hippophaes") and to some extent the juice are used for very broad medicinal purposes, primarily

Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Brian Walters
You had me going there for a while - missed the PS initially :-) Nice contrasting colours there. I agree with alan about DOF. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Tue, Sep 27, 2016, at 03:27 AM, Igor

Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Jostein
The Norwegian name is Tindved. Alledgedly because the particularly hard wood (ved=wood) was well suited for teeth (tind) in rakes. The berries are still (locally) popular for flavouring home made liqours and jams. Jostein Den 26.09.2016 21.45, skrev mike wilson: Major source of vitamin C

Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread mike wilson
Major source of vitamin C for our stone age ancestors, apparently. > On 26 September 2016 at 19:54 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > We get a fair bit of that stuff growing alongside the Thames in winter. Keeps > the birds fed. > > > On 26 Sep 2016, at 18:28, Igor PDML-StR

Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
We get a fair bit of that stuff growing alongside the Thames in winter. Keeps the birds fed. > On 26 Sep 2016, at 18:28, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > [sic!] ;-) > > http://42graphy.org/galleries/2016-08-flowers/_IR34688.html > > All comments, critique, suggestions are

Re: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Alan C
day, September 26, 2016 7:27 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea [sic!] ;-) http://42graphy.org/galleries/2016-08-flowers/_IR34688.html All comments, critique, suggestions are welcome. Every several years, I am attempting to photograph this subject,

PESO: genius hippo-something buckt horny sea

2016-09-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
[sic!] ;-) http://42graphy.org/galleries/2016-08-flowers/_IR34688.html All comments, critique, suggestions are welcome. Every several years, I am attempting to photograph this subject, always having difficulties, despite (or may be due to?) the bright and contrast colors. I am still to get