On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Bob. I planted it fourteen years ago to commemorate a good > friend's leaving town. It was just a twig then. Now it's spread is > about 20 feet and its trunk is about a foot in diameter.
Same with me.:-) Lovely shots Paul. I don't think i have seen a tree like this in our area. Like the bloom close up. Dave > Paul > > > On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:41 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Paul, > > Spectacular tree! Wish we had one. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Paul Stenquist > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm an avid gardener, and I have hundreds of trees, shrubs and > >> perennials. But my Snowfountain Cherry tree is number one. > >> Unfortunately, there's no real perfect shooting angle. It's in front > >> of the house, so I can either shoot it with the bare trees across the > >> street in the background or with the house in the background. This > >> year I chose the former. So this is more about the tree than the > >> photo. But It's a tree worth seeing. It produces literally thousands > >> of blooms that extend nearly to the ground. (They would extend all > >> the way to the ground save for the fact that the rabbits eat the > >> branches:-). I've also included a tight shot of a bloom cluster. The > >> tree was shot with the DA* 16-50 and flash fill, the branch ( a > >> better shot) with the DA* 50-135. Love the bokeh that lens delivers. > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202288&size=lg > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7202289&size=lg > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
