Thursday 6 June 2013

Conker Beauty

Well, not really any conkers yet, just the flowers. As we passed a young (20-30yr old) Horse Chestnut tree I was struck by the beauty of a flower spike. It was a full 9 inches (23cm) across. The branch holding this spike was below head height and had so far survived the village IQ zeros. That made it so easy to get close for a few photographs and admire the subtle colours I had never noticed before now. Brilliant white, yellow, pale green, brown and pink. Just as pretty as any cultivated garden bloom....

Horse Chestnut Flowers

I wonder how many of these will set to become conkers in the Autumn.

For anyone not used to the new style Flickr yet - photos can be seen larger by clicking on one in my blog, once the Flickr page has loaded right click to bring up the choice of sizes.

8 comments:

  1. A grand blossom.
    The new Flickr works a treat.

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    1. Adrian: Overall I don't like the new layouts in Flickr but that one works easily.

      I keep thinking about installing Magic Lantern software in the 50D. That would add movie facility (silent as the 50D has no mic), intervalometer, motion detection and endless other controls for stills. The latter looks inviting for watching the feeders and waterfall. There is a lot of reading to do to make sure before I mess with the Canon.

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    2. I looked at Magic lantern decided against it. I put it on the 5D II and a week later the shutter broke. A coincidence I'm sure.
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      This chap raves about it. In theory it stays on the memory card so shouldn't cause any trouble.

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    3. Adrian: I think it has to be born in mind that the camera will probably work harder with ML though the shutter problem seems to be a 'feature' of some 5DIIs. It's a pity ML doesn't work with the old 350D as I have a couple of those I don't mind experimenting with.

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  2. They are such a lovely flower John.

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    1. They are Roy, unfortunately usually too high up to appreciate properly.

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  3. really beautiful! reminded me of candy! :)

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