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Pond Chat / Re: New multi petal Tropical Hybrid

« on: June 29, 2007, 04:15:15 PM »

GREAT*** Hybrid Lou.
If and when you name it and propagate it I would like to be the 1st in line to buy one.
Any chance it is a vip to speed up the process???
Once again... beautiful.
Tim

hello Tim, no its not a vip, that would be nice.

i am going to try to get it to have offspring. will keep everyone posted.

lou

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Pond Chat / New multi petal Tropical Hybrid

« on: June 28, 2007, 06:24:45 PM »

Most of my new hybrids for this year were lunch for some deer.
Some I had inside the greenhouse and those are saved.

Here is one that is rather nice. i counted 41 petals. the pads are mottled maroon on green. plant is big, pads are about 13 inches long and the bloom is about 5 - 6 inches wide. this is a first day bloom.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Photo of the day

« on: June 28, 2007, 10:47:39 AM »

excellent photo.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Strange Fish Behavior and other photos.

« on: June 27, 2007, 02:42:03 PM »

Hi Cliff or Joan

gold fish will live a long time. i bought 2 adult goldies over ten years ago and at that time the fish person told me that they were over 10 years old. that makes my goldie over 20 years old. they were bright orange when i brought them home in 1996,  one turned a pure white and the other is a ragged looking orange and white. I lost the female (white) last year to an unknown problem, and the male is still with me. he is around 20 inches long and very fat.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: N. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

« on: June 26, 2007, 11:46:18 AM »

Hi Everyone,

thanks for your compassion. its fun living in the country. i just went out to the pond to take some photos and i found 3 dead fish with their heads missing. could be a raccoon or weasel. time to dust off the old Remington



lou

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Pond Chat / N. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

« on: June 25, 2007, 05:58:51 PM »

Now i have transferred that song to your heads so i can clear mine.

Sorry I have not been posting any photos this year. I have had a battle with Mother Nature.

First of all its been very cold for June, the coldest on record. last night it went down to 42 F.

then I have been attacked by all sorts of creatures, big and small. before i had a chance to put my waterblaster up, I had a deer attack and they destroyed most of this years new hybrids and some of my old established plants.

Then a few weeks back, a small black bear made its way into my larger pond looking for something and wrecked most of the plants. they will come back, but it will take time.

Then there are the neighbors from the big city and their dogs. They feel that its a God given right for dogs to run loose in the country, gonna get a cattle prod, not for the dogs, for the neighbors from hell.

Nevertheless, here is one of my favorite plants, Its called Aquarius, I believe created by Patrick Nutt. Its a stunning plant.

I will try to post more, maybe one of me attacking the neighbors

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Albert Greenberg tropical

« on: June 16, 2007, 07:09:24 PM »

hello kat,
wonderful photos, color on my monitor is dead on.

great job

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: starting to get lots of blooms.

« on: June 10, 2007, 07:25:10 PM »

Wow, Gary, major envy here.

absolutely stunning.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Longwood puts me to shame

« on: June 08, 2007, 06:28:39 PM »

hi gary,
i love longwood. i will be going there in about a month. great shots.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: My BEST frog pictures...EVER!! Now with Side view for Tim

« on: June 02, 2007, 07:46:55 PM »

OMG, he is smiling. he is a happy frog. neat images.

lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: First blooming new tropical hybrid

« on: June 02, 2007, 06:13:54 AM »

I wish there were not so many topics on the board...i haven't been this way yet!  I think that is a really good hybrid from Flower shape and color...you should enter it for this years IWGS judging!!!

Gary

thanks gary,
i have some other hybrids that are showing promise for this year. i will post some photos soon.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: The Deer have left one for me...

« on: May 29, 2007, 05:13:20 PM »

Hey Lou:

 I agree it's a war, i.e. just when you think you've one they attack with a vegence!  My copper trellis and netting seems to work on the major ponds and some containers.  However, they occassionally pull the net off the containers and get a lily or 2. 


I'm tempted to pay my neighbors kids to shoot them with their paint balls...at least I would know which deer is eating all of my flowers!

thats a clever idea, what then??

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Lilies are finally in bloom ---ahh!

« on: May 29, 2007, 05:12:24 PM »

Hey Louis:

 Dallas is more pink, but the sun reflected the color more peachy.  Here is Leydekeri Fulgens in its deer retention net!

wow, those are nice. those darn deers 

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Lilies are finally in bloom ---ahh!

« on: May 29, 2007, 04:48:47 PM »

Thanks everyone!

Louis, I feel your pain, the hardies are blooming 3-4 weeks later than usual so I suspect you are in a similar boat.  I hoped in this weekend and it was just starting to warm up.  My Perry's Fire Opal, Mayla and atopurpta are all showing cold with their damaged leaves from the cold nights we have had! 

Here is a new lily for me called Dallas.  Not sure if I like or not yet.

Gary

hi gary,
thats a very nice plant. looks a lot like colorado. i was in the pond today and the three hardies that i have, texas dawn, perry slocum and colorado and doing good with buds coming up.  water is still around 70

lou

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Re: Attention Joyce!

« on: May 28, 2007, 07:13:07 PM »

OMG, that poor lady. she has been through hell. i wish her the best.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: The Deer have left one for me...

« on: May 28, 2007, 07:05:22 PM »

hi gary, as soon as my day lilies show growth, i spread lots of Milorganite around and the deer will not come and visit.

its a battle, i tell ya

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Lilies are finally in bloom ---ahh!

« on: May 28, 2007, 06:58:48 PM »

hello gary, you are not that far from me and you have blooms. not fair. can i blame the global warming, the democrats or the republicans.  i guess they all contribute in one way or another.]

nevertheless, great plants and equally great photos, good detail

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Large Mouth Bass..Blue Gill..Perch types???

« on: May 15, 2007, 05:56:01 PM »

I live on a lake, and my pond is about 50 feet from the lake, visualize that. every so often i have to draw down my pond to catch alien fish that somehow get into my goldfish/waterlily ponds. i assume some eggs come in via the water that i use to top off my ponds. i pulled a 9 inch small mouth bass out of the pond last summer when i noticed that a lot of small fish were missing.

alien fish in a gold fish pond is a disaster, imho.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: I think these pics of Gonnere are better but I still prettier in person/

« on: May 15, 2007, 05:44:12 PM »

first of all i must say that the photos are outstanding. its difficult to photograph white and get good details in the whites.
and secondly, the flowers are super.
nice job.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: I have a hard time taking pics of white flowers

« on: May 11, 2007, 06:39:59 PM »

The two most difficult colors to photograph are blue and white. digital cameras will always inject some red into blue plants. to get the most accurate blue, you must use your graphic program to eliminate the red.

as for the white, most difficult. you must underexpose by at least 1 + 1/2 stops. white fools the cameras exposure meter and automatically sets the camera to over expose. if you use a polarizer to eliminate the water glare, it must be a circular polarizer for a digital camera.

now on the camera settings, use manual if you are familiar with it or set the camera to aperture priority. set the aperture as high as it can go and still give you a fast enough shutter speed as to not cause blur. a f-stop of f-11 or greater will give you most depth of field and hence a sharper image

have i confused you?

lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: Moptop Fodder

« on: May 11, 2007, 06:31:36 PM »

I agree, i really like the autumn colored plant. very unusual.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: May I offer a photo of Peace

« on: May 10, 2007, 06:29:09 PM »

hi Louis:

 Terrific photos, some of the pictures of Clinton make me believe he is sincere and honest and of course he did not have sex!!  Aretha's and Willie's photos are excellent.  I especially like the black & white contrast.  However, some of BB King photos are really grand!!!

Thanks for sharing...are these going into mags?

Gary

hi gary,
some have gone into magazines but they are mostly for the theaters portfolio and of course my web site.
its truly a blast to meet and photograph these icons.

and clinton was the nicest, most polite person that i have met in a long time. he was dripping with charm.

thanks for the comment.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: May I offer a photo of Peace

« on: May 10, 2007, 06:13:27 AM »

Amazing photos.I remember your pictures from the old water garden, they were great then and even now,just amazing. The church photo should be on the cover of a magazine,they are really good. It is a peaceful scene. Thanks for sharing. Got any more?

hi lorraine,
 i do have more and will post them from time to time. i dont want to change the subject matter of the forum.

thanks,

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: May I offer a photo of Peace

« on: May 09, 2007, 07:05:33 PM »

Really cool photo Louis!  Now do you have any more photos of BB King!!!!

Gary

Hi Gary, strange you should ask. i found a compact flash in my camera bag from the time last year I photographed Mr. King. I have about 30 more un published photos that i am working on.

here is a link to my palace web site where you can see more of BB and also some of the other performers that i have had the privilege to meet and photograph.

let me know what you think of the photos.

lou

http://www.palacewaterbury.com/shows_1.htm

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Pond Chat / Re: May I offer a photo of Peace

« on: May 09, 2007, 06:33:13 PM »

Hi Everyone, thanks for all the nice words. Photoshop is my graphic program of choice, but all i did in Photoshop was to resize and crop, it was as you see it. most of my processing takes place in a program called Capture One, where i actually "develop" the raw image

thanks,

lou

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Pond Chat / May I offer a photo of Peace

« on: May 09, 2007, 12:28:55 PM »

I am glad the forum is getting back in order, thank you Sean for staying and thank you Jerry for your patience.

I was commissioned by the church congregation to take an unusual photo of their newly restored church. the church was built in the middle 1770's. its a beauty. it just went through a total restoration. the steeple was in danger of falling.
I hope you like it.

lou

Peace.

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Pond Chat / Re: Tammie you are AWESOME!

« on: April 26, 2007, 06:09:28 PM »

Tammie is the best and a very kind and considerate person.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Spring Fling

« on: April 26, 2007, 06:32:57 AM »

Very nice, Craig. like them both.

lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: First blooming new tropical hybrid

« on: April 24, 2007, 10:55:31 AM »

Hi Lou,

It is beautiful. I like the color!

You said, "as soon as the sun came out the temps went to the high 90's." Is that the air temperature or water temperature?


Thanks,

hello dave, the air temps went to the high 90's and the water is steady at 90 degrees F. the lilies love that.

lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: First blooming new tropical hybrid

« on: April 24, 2007, 10:54:22 AM »

Wow! I love the color and shape. 

hi kay,

thanks.

lou