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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
08-08-2020, 03:06 PM
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My first bonsai, last year.
 Bonsai by Racer, on Flickr
This spring I finally moved it to a proper bonsai planter. It appears to have died. I may have been to careless with the root pruning. It was four years old last year and was doing very well.
*sigh*
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-10-2019, 04:17 PM
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A colorful tree contrasting against the darker green of the conifers, at Yosemite.
 Yosemite Tree by Racer, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-09-2019, 10:39 AM
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Thanks for the comment Walt.
It was difficult to get a decent shot, a the dunes were quite busy that morning. Add to that the myriad footprints of the human trespassers on the otherwise pristine desert floor, and my reluctance to venture too far into the desert for a better opportunity.
But yes, I was quite satisfied with the result.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-02-2019, 04:18 PM
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I used to have a Norfolk Island pine in a pot, as a Christmas tree. Used it for many years.
 Merry Christmas by Racer, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-02-2019, 03:24 PM
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They look like conifers, but the one on the left is quite unusual, having huge needles.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-27-2019, 09:20 AM
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I have shot many trees on and around my riverfront property over the years, some multiple times. Like this one, first shot on Christmas day 11 years ago:
 Snow On The Stilly by Racer, on Flickr
Pentax K10D, DA 18-55 WR.
I shot the same scene yesterday.
 Looking North by Racer, on Flickr
Pentax K-1, Pentax A28mm f2.8.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-27-2019, 09:15 AM
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A maple on the riverbank, in full autumn color.
 Maple Tree by Racer, on Flickr
Pentax K-1, Pentax A28mm f2.8.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-28-2019, 03:26 PM
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Did you serve in Southeast Asia?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-28-2019, 01:21 PM
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Or tied with yellow ribbons.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-26-2019, 08:36 AM
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What are those round things hanging from the trees Steve?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-25-2019, 01:04 PM
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Very nice.
A huge thumbs up!
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-05-2019, 04:32 AM
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Y’all got some mighty big ferns too.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
03-03-2019, 11:06 AM
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Reminds me of this.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-01-2019, 06:38 PM
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Remember the canvas water bags people hung in front of the grille on their cars while driving across the deserts? I sort of reminds me of those.
Or one of those fabric bags we hung across the door of the barn where the cows walked in and out, that dusted them against fleas.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-01-2019, 05:56 PM
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What is that hanging on the doorknob Walt?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-31-2018, 07:05 PM
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Little cones on the junipers look like monkey's fists.
 Juniper Cones by Racer, on Flickr
Pentax K5IIs, Sigma 28mm f2.8 Mini Wide.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-28-2018, 05:26 AM
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I made some more exposures of my maple seedling yesterday.
 Young Maple by Racer, on Flickr
The colors have changed dramatically.
K5IIs, Vivitar 90-230mm Close Focus lens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-21-2018, 04:38 PM
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This was my Christmas tree for many years back in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
 Merry Christmas by Racer, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-29-2018, 08:40 AM
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A couple I know who have been very longtime friends have a maple tree in their yard that has several different varieties of Japanese Maple growing from a common root and trunk. It is quite old, and drops copious seeds every year. They have started numerous seedlings and gave me one last year.
When leaves first emerge, this tree has bright green leaves with red around the edges. As they mature the red edges go away.
This is the end of the first full year in a starter pot. I placed it on one of my upstairs porches, to nurse it and help it get going. Part way through the summer I decided I might try to make a Bonsai from it. I've been reading quite a bit about the art and practice of Bonsai, and I might just pull it off. It is just becoming root bound, so come spring I will re-pot it and begin the journey of Bonsai.
We will see.
Oh, and the tree had a second spurt of growth in late August, sending out a long spike (about 8" long), and adding branch buds just about everywhere.
Pentax K5IIs, Pentax A50 f1.7.
 Young Maple by Racer, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
09-29-2018, 08:38 AM
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The first one is especially nice Des. Those ferns look huge.
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