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Subject: Re: [OM] Chuck's "Spring done sprung" up on TOPE2
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 10:31:55 -0400
The trees are spruce and have square needles.  I've just learned how to 
differentiate pine, spruce and fir from here 
<http://video.about.com/forestry/How-to-Identify-Spruce-Trees.htm>

Chuck Norcutt

On 5/12/2013 9:08 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Thanks, but I don't think I've in any way outdone your E-3 shots.  I was
> blessed here with soft light and wet foliage.
>
> I'd be happy to show you a female cone if I had the slightest idea how
> to tell them apart.  In general, I can't tell pines from spruce or fir
> except for a few specific trees (like the very obvious blue spruce).
> Maybe if I showed the whole tree you could tell or maybe I can look it
> up on line so I know what to take a picture of.
>
> You can see the row of trees in this shot.
> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/2712%20Columbia%20Drive/img_5541e.htm> They
> run along the back fence line.  I suspect they're almost as old as the
> house (1958) and are not in particularly good health... lots of dead
> lower branches.  You can judge from the height of the 4' fence how tall
> the trees are.
>
> I'll try some googling on female cones.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 5/12/2013 7:20 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
>> Chuck wrote:
>>>
>>> I posted a few photos the other day from the yard where blossoms were
>>> not
>>> yet open.  Well, time has moved on and spring has done sprung.
>>>
>>> I was actually going to title this "Macro without a macro" because I was
>>> very impressed with the m.Zuiko 14-150 as a macro lens when set to
>>> 150mm.
>>> I don't shoot much macro and hadn't tried this lens up close but...
>>> it can
>>> get pretty close for a 150mm lens even without tubes (which I don't have
>>> yet).  Check 'em out.  Shot around the yard after an overnight rain.
>>>
>>> A dozen shots here: <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5260>
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Were it not for that I'm not one who gives up easily; and if I did
>> what then
>> would I do with myself  ...  ?
>>
>> Those shots with the OM-D have amazing detail and colour.
>>
>> I thought I did OK with the E-3 a couple of weeks ago - until these.
>>
>> BTW, the baby pine cones are certainly baby cones - male pollen cones;
>> but
>> on a pine they are not, It's either a spruce or a fir. I'd be
>> interested to see
>> what the female cones look like...
>>
>> Brian Swale
>>
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