Looking Back

[aster]

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Sury, thank you.

These three that you uploaded are great but especially the 1st is a charmer with even light diffusion, details and wonderful colors.
The second is great in details of the pollen and creased, creamy petal details but the dark shadow across the fine petals are intrusive.
The 3rd suffers a little from being cut short from a full display because of tight cropping and the -out-of-focus - leaf at the top but is a beautiful flower.

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you and as always, you are right on the money with your observation.

Sury

With Kiron 80-200 MD lens. Kiron is another of my favorite lenses.Circa 2009

[aster]

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Nice shots, Sury.

One more Agapanthus in buds from 2020, June 27th - 11:13 am

Yildiz

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Agapanthus in Bud -27 June 2020 - 11.13 am.jpg (127.7 KiB) Viewed 9820 times

[sury]

Thank you Yildiz. I love the bokeh on those buds.

A900 + Tamron 60f2 Circa 2010

[aster]

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Nice set of roses, Sury;
The first and the third roses are very delicately shaped and the color range stand out...

Thanks for sharing.
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I'll go for life cycle of orange Oriental lilies that I shot in 2019, June 27th, 10:22 am
Sony a100 and Tamron 90 mm.

Yildiz

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Orange Oriental Lilies-Life cycle

Lifecycle of a Flower - From Left to Right.jpg (165.31 KiB) Viewed 9780 times

[sury]

Nice composition. "Yesterday, today and tomorrow".
I like the vibrancy of the those oranges.

Sury

June 21, 2012. Alaska. On the way to Arctic circle on Dalton Highway.
On the right as you see it is Trans Alaskan Pipeline. The contraption at left is called a PIG (Pipeline Inspection Gauge).
If you notice the pipeline with its brackets rests on concrete platform and is not fixed. This allows for the pipeline to move
sideways in case of earthquake. The towers next to pipeline are heat shields that are dug up to permafrost level and filled with
Sodium. The oil flowing through the pipe generated heat due to friction and the Sodium takes the heat out of permafrost and dissipates
into air and thus preventing the permafrost from melting.


Fairbanks, Alaska.


On Dalton Highway

[ValeryD]

Yildiz, Sury!
Nice shots!

[aster]

Yildiz, Sury!
Nice shots!

Thanks, Valery.

Nice set of photos, Sury.
The white lilac is so lovely ...

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[aster]

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Lily from 2020, June 12th, 12:17 hrs.
A6000 & Tamron 90 mm.

Yildiz
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Golden brown 12 June 2020 -12.17 hrs. - a6000 - Tamron 90mm.jpg (83.13 KiB) Viewed 9672 times

[aster]

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Tulip - the best of last year's ... because it was the one that survived the longest among others ... persevered ...
May 2, 2020 - 07:54am

Yildiz

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Tulip-02 May 2020 -07.54 am-a6000.jpg (132.79 KiB) Viewed 9658 times

[sury]

Love the bokeh on that Tamron, Yildiz. Nice set.

Sury

[ValeryD]

Nice shots!

[sury]

On a midnight Sun tour to Arctic circle and further north.
Enter Olnes city, population 1. What happens if the town mayor lost the election. Don't laugh. I often argue with myself and lose the argument.


Dalton Highway. Fairbanks, Alaska to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It is covered in ice during winter. Initial series of TV show, Ice Road Trucking was shot on this highway. They moved the location in later parts to Winnipeg.

[ValeryD]

Quet commen road for Manitoba north.
Good shots.

[the_hefay]

Interesting place Sury. I have long-desired to make a trip north of the arctic circle. Thanks for sharing these shots.