Great works, everyone! Some shots from a local garden yesterday, I love spring time even though I have allergy problems when the plants come back to life.
On our last day in Santa Fe, we took a drive out Anderson Overlook near Los Alamos. The view is beautiful but even more so when the conditions are right. I was fortunate to have clouds roll in and a break in them for the sun to light up the cliffs.
MedicineMan404 wrote:
Samuli, the black growth on the right side of the tree. It sure looks like Chaga Conch/Inonotus obliquus. You do know the value of this? Powerful medicine
MedicineMan, Inonotus obliquus it is - I don't know what is Chaga Conch. It's common enough in Finland to not have high monetary value; if you have your own forest, you can just go and get it, if not you can buy it, I think the price is something like 10-20EUR/100g. It's "natural medicine" and people these days are very suspicious of medicines, which are not made in laboratory. For centuries it has been grounded, dried and then people make "tea" from it [other usage methods also exist, but this is most common].
Is Inotus obliquus also used in USA?
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Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25 FE @ f/2.8, 1/500s, Sony A7r mkII @ ISO 100
Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25 FE @ f/2.8, 1/50s, Sony A7r mkII @ ISO 100
Zeiss Loxia 2.4/25 FE @ f/2.8, 1/400s, Sony A7r mkII @ ISO 100
Went out for a little Milky Way action last night at the Connecticut shore. This was taken in Old Say Brook, Connecticut looking out across the Long Island Sound. The land and lights across the water are the Northern Fork of Long Island, NY. The big bright star in the Galactic Center is the planet Jupiter. Also less prominent but in the Galactic center is Saturn as well.
Two shots blended in PS;
Foreground: 16mm, f/4, 300 second exposure, ISO 800
Chuck Coyne wrote:
Went out for a little Milky Way action last night at the Connecticut shore. This was taken in Old Say Brook, Connecticut looking out across the Long Island Sound. The land and lights across the water are the Northern Fork of Long Island, NY. The big bright star in the Galactic Center is the planet Jupiter. Also less prominent but in the Galactic center is Saturn as well.
Two shots blended in PS;
Foreground: 16mm, f/4, 300 second exposure, ISO 800
Sky: 16mm, f/2.8, 120 second exposure, ISO 800
FE 16-35 GM, iOptron Skytracker
Beautiful Chuck. I was hoping to do the same but it's been cloudy all weekend . . .
