Peire wrote: Douglas L wrote: mudlake wrote: Douglas L wrote:
From this morning... You all have a great weekend!
Douglas - excellent use of the Voigtlander 35/1.2!
Thank you very much! I only have the CV 15, 21 f1.4 and the 35 f1.2. The 21 is the most used out of the 3. The 35 is surely fun to shoot at f1.2. .
A few more from yesterday,
Beautiful shots from the Ginko biloba grove,as I call it.I like very much these magnificent,dioecious trees with fan-like leaves.Alas, despite of having many of them around,here and there,sometimes in rows,I haven't heard of any place like this in my region,where a large group of such trees grow together.So autumn walk on the carpet made of fallen,yellow ginko leaves still remains an unattainable dream for me.
Thank you Peire. There are some gingko trees near me too but like yours, there were not grown together like this glove. This gingko glove with over 300 trees is part of a botanical garden in Virginia, about 1.5 hours drive from my house. Some interesting fact: "Dr. Orland E. White, Blandy Experimental Farm’s first Director, wanted to know what proportion of a ginkgo’s seeds will develop into male vs. female trees. To test this question, Dr. White and his students planted an experimental ginkgo orchard at Blandy using seeds collected from a tree on the Grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Because ginkgoes can take 20 years to reach sexual maturity, Dr. White did not live long enough to see the “fruits” of his labor and discover the answer to his question. When the final tally was made in the 1980s, 157 trees were female and 144 were male"
I have seen some amazing photographs from Asia where gingko trees hang over temples, old farm house with smoke coming out of chimneys, so "Zen". It's on my bucket list. Actually in parts of Asia people (including me) eat gingko seeds.
Nov 10, 2024 at 09:15 AM
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