Author Topic: Please post some pond pictures for us in deprived zones! (Read 9867 times)

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #60 on:** April 18, 2007, 02:26:42 AM »

Jonna-
Your yard and pond are so pretty! The fish ARE jewels!
I'm afraid I may have lost every one of my roses in the Michigan cold. I had a gorgeous hedge of ballerina going, they were FINALLY getting to a mature height after 3 years and now the stems are totally black. I am giving them some time now that the weather is warming, but I'm afraid they are goners.

barb · « **Reply #61 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:50:57 AM »

Debbie and Jonna,what stunning pictures!!

happyoutsidegirl · « **Reply #62 on:** April 18, 2007, 10:29:22 AM »

Jonna, Things are looking good there. I'll just bet that those bubbles mean kiss kiss, please feed me. Thanks Barb!

Jonna · « **Reply #63 on:** April 18, 2007, 12:45:04 PM »

Have any of you noticed that fish are really hard to photograph?

I chased one of our favorite Wakin, Hotlips Hoolihan, around the pond this morning. I finally got a couple pics of her without her zooming off as I pushed the button or one of her siblings zooming in front of her. She's all white now except for the circle on her tail and her hot, red lipstick. Her caudal flash is silver and large, almost like a corset. That didn't come out in the pics though.

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Here's the pond as it is looking today.

Some of you may be interested in another way to hide a skippy. We weren't trying to make the pond look natural so this was an easy solution. It's a 3.5 sided wall of concrete blocks with tiles on top and plaster painted like adobe.

I checked the water temp today, it's 65*. Still too cold for me to get in it when it is only in the 80's outside. I'm guessing the water temp is why there aren't any buds coming up from the lilies.

Jonna (at the pond in Cathedral City, California - zone 10, I think

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #64 on:** April 18, 2007, 03:37:18 PM »

Debbie-
Thought about your slope again.....How about Russian sage?

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #65 on:** April 18, 2007, 03:40:42 PM »

Jonna-
I love that pond with the decking around it! That looks so neat and clean. Pond looks so good. The skippy idea is a really good one, you would never know it's in there.

I have a hard time photographing my fish too. I have to throw food in and snap FAST! They never come out like the beautiful pics I see on the boards.
Angle of the sun causes me trouble too. I;ll ge t fish in the frame great and when I load it in the computer i find it' all reflections and glare.

happyoutsidegirl · « **Reply #66 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:54:25 PM »

Jonna, I love hot lips, I'll bet it wasent hard to come up with that name. Yes they are hard to get good pix of. I find it more difficult than the hummers.Your pond is lovly.

marla · « **Reply #67 on:** April 19, 2007, 07:06:49 AM »

setting the camera to sport/motion mode helps a lot. Everyones pics are so nice, Debbie once you are finished and it's filled in you'll have a magazine setting it's already stunning. Still hoping for some color here, most of the daffodils froze out with the last cold snap, glad my tulips don't bloom till May. Here is a pic. from last may, I have it on my desktop to keep me feeling sunny. And a couple of my favorite May photos from last year, that keep me hoping for warm days

happyoutsidegirl · « **Reply #68 on:** April 19, 2007, 04:26:46 PM »

Thank you Marla, I love your tulip fields with the grass and the trees. And I love those shots of the little guy. Isn't he your grandson? He's so cute.

Jonna · « **Reply #69 on:** April 19, 2007, 06:11:42 PM »

Those are spectacular pictures. and yes, the little guy is really cute.

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #70 on:** April 20, 2007, 04:37:42 AM »

Marla-
You have a GORGEOUS yard and pond! But that picture of the boy and the frog! OMG! HOW CUTE IS THAT?!

marla · « **Reply #71 on:** April 21, 2007, 05:29:51 AM »

Thanks, took a walk in the woods yesterday, and I don't think it will look as nice this year a lot of the tulips and all the daffodils got nipped by our late cold and snow fall. But the wild flowers should be good. This is my "secret garden" It is for the two grandkids that never made it into this beautiful world. Yes Debbie that is my Grandson, I still need to get those pictures framed, gave them to my daughter but have not yet gotten them done for myself.

barb · « **Reply #72 on:** April 21, 2007, 11:47:08 AM »

Jonna and Marla, what gorgeous pics!!

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #73 on:** April 21, 2007, 04:49:45 PM »

FINALLY got a nice shot to share! Not much is growing yet, but here's the waterall and a few daffodils inthe distance

happyoutsidegirl · « **Reply #74 on:** April 21, 2007, 05:07:47 PM »

What a teaser Kathy, It's nice but show me more!!!!!!!! Please!

marla · « **Reply #75 on:** April 21, 2007, 06:15:52 PM »

Wow, your falls looks so nice and CLEAN!!!

barb · « **Reply #76 on:** April 22, 2007, 04:23:44 AM »

That looks really pretty, I too would love to see more.

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #77 on:** April 22, 2007, 09:20:29 AM »

it's not letting me post anymore pics, keeps saying file is too large. Even though I resized them. Maybe there is a glitch going on. I will try again later.

Timgod · « **Reply #78 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:01:23 AM »

Kathy,
It looks like there is not much compression on your jpg. For a small pic it is a pretty large file size. Try a little more compression when you create the jpg. You should be able to get much bigger shots posted, you just have to mess with the compression settings sometimes.

If you are the one of the ones who is using the resize option in window explorer I realize this is not an option.

You need to understand that the darker or less colors used in an image then that means the smaller the size will be in a jpg. If you can't get one below the 200 Kb size threshold for the pond board, look at cropping it to make it smaller before you resize it or crop out extraneous areas of the shot. If none of this makes sense to you, don't worry, just let me know what photo viewing or editing software you have on your computer and I will help you work it out. In a worst case scenario you can even crop and save as a jpg in Microsoft Paint.
Tim

El Jefe · « **Reply #79 on:** April 22, 2007, 10:48:43 AM »

Okay here it is, my small pond it needs a little work and to add my fish back in. Dang raccoons and snakes managed to wipe them and my tadpoles out. made me pretty mad

I love all my ponds!

Andy

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #80 on:** April 23, 2007, 07:33:53 AM »

Well, here's the new falls.....what do you think?

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #81 on:** April 23, 2007, 07:34:40 AM »

ooops! HERE's the new falls......

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #82 on:** April 23, 2007, 07:36:09 AM »

Tim- Thanks! I think I had to crop them smaller. I have the kodak program that gives a Best for the web selection. that seems to usually work.

El Jefe-
Love that tipped urn spilling water! Your pond is great!!

happyoutsidegirl · « **Reply #83 on:** April 23, 2007, 09:42:19 AM »

Andy your little pond is adorable!
Kathe that is wonderful. Think you could get a shot of all of it including the pond?

marla · « **Reply #84 on:** April 23, 2007, 10:38:17 AM »

That's what I want to do in one corner of the new lily pond, just have to find the right size and shape, saw one today but way to pricey. I'll keep looking.

barb · « **Reply #85 on:** April 24, 2007, 09:32:30 AM »

Andy, what a pretty pond!

And those falls are stunning, Kathy!

perplexed ponder · « **Reply #86 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:37:15 AM »

Barb-
It's actually a falls built at a car wash last summer. Pretty spectacular huh? Can't help but wonder how many GPH pump they're running!!

barb · « **Reply #87 on:** April 25, 2007, 04:42:05 AM »

Okay, I thought it was a little grandiose for most pond owners. But since I don't know you very well I didn't want to say anything.