On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:43 -0400, "Ann Sanfedele" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well they certainly dont bore me, Brian... > Lots of beauties here - > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Banksias/slides/931211z5.html > > Beautifully done... and excellent for a useful field guide, too.... > Have you explored that area? >
It's interesting that you specifically picked out "Wheel of Light". That was one I'd just about given up on. It was originally a slide but the scan was very ordinary to say the least. I came across it again when I was putting the gallery together and decided to give it one last try by darkening the background and trying to restore the vibrancy of the colour in the original. It worked much better than I'd hoped or expected. A Field Guide? No, not really although a lot of my images are used on an Australian Plants website. Not exactly a field guide - unless you have a wireless enabled Netbook or iPad. :=)> Thanks for looking and commenting, Ann. > > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > >G'day all > > > >If plant photos bore you to tears, then please look no further.... > > > >Banksias are a group of Australian plants - in fact they are my > >favourite Australian plants. A Banksia would have been Australia's > >national flower had I been making the decision. But I wasn't asked. > > > >Anyway... > > > >I've been photographing Banksias since the mid 1970s so I thought a > >small gallery was overdue. Most are from the digital era - you'll be > >able to pick the scanned ones because they tend to be a bit soft. > > > >Why a 'battery' of bansias? Collective nouns such as "Bunch" and > >"Bouquet" are simply too insipid for such a dramatic group of plants. > >Hope you enjoy: > > > >http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Banksias/index.html > > > > > > > >Cheers > > > >Brian > > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Brian Walters > >Western Sydney Australia > >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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.
