Make_My_Day

[cactiphile]

Heres a non cacti one i took at a new botanical gardens near us.
(Eden project, anyone in the UK, it is worth a visit)


Cactiphile

 

[batter]

Desert Amazon

i love the red flower. it is very unique

i dont know what i did. i went to post a pic and it said it was too large. so i re-took everything with the camera at low resolution and when i went to post them, i got the same notice. i went in and cropped the pics and now i still cant post them cause it says they are still too large. gggggrrrrrrrr!!! aint technology just freaking grand!!

 

[cactiphile]

And this little ugly flower here
is the Bat flower - Tacca Integrigolia.

One good bat deserves another

cactifile

 

[ShyOlderGuy]

I think this is....

a "Cornflower"???

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[Make_My_Day]

Re: Desert Amazon

i love the red flower. it is very unique

i dont know what i did. i went to post a pic and it said it was too large. so i re-took everything with the camera at low resolution and when i went to post them, i got the same notice. i went in and cropped the pics and now i still cant post them cause it says they are still too large. gggggrrrrrrrr!!! aint technology just freaking grand!!

Hey batter sweetie!
Your pic.. If you have any kind of editing programm, you should be able to downsize your image. Also look at the size (not the kb's). It should be something like 300 pixels wide. You can otherwise send to me (Yes.. the offer still stands.. ).

I really love all the colourfull pics!! Sharp pics too.. the best part: It's got my name on it
I'm so honoured..
LOL!

 

[batter]

lets see if this works
these are delphiniums. i planted them last year. they are white or pale blue and mauve or deep purple with navy varigated colors

 

[Make_My_Day]

YEY!

Very nice! and very proud of you batter!! You did it!
Now, let's see more then

 

[batter]

these are delphiniums as well. these are mauve with white centers. i also have some opening now which are deep purple with white centers.

 

[batter]

woohoo!!

YEY!

Very nice! and very proud of you batter!! You did it!
Now, let's see more then

i got lucky huh? LOL
determined arent i (stubborn ?)

 

[batter]

lets see if this one works... this (i hope) is a dwarf orange day lilly

 

[batter]

hhhhmmmmmm

why can i crop some photos and they post fine and others i crop and shrink and they are still too big to post?
when you compare sizes on the BB, it just does not make sense to me

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[cactiphile]

Shyolderguy: I always thought cornflowers are blue.

Batter: The file size is not only dependent on the picture size,
but also whats in the picture, a picture with acres of the same
colour will be small in K than one with lots of different colours
and details. If you are saving as JPG you can also
alter the ratio that it compacts at , when you do a 'save as'
look for an options box to see if you can change this. But dont save over your original image because you will lose some quality doing this.

Dessert Orchid: Yep bats are needed but they are still flying rats if u ask me. I've never had any of my nightflowering cacti flower
:-( But then mine is only a window still collection (about 150 cacti)
and some dont like to flower in pots anyway.

Now i can't remember what ive posted b4 or not.
Heres a nice foxglove from a walk the other day.

cactiphile

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[cactiphile]

Yep, they are rats with wings Cactiphile!

The foxglove reminds me of the flower...I think it's called a Bluebell, though it is much larger of course! Very pretty!

Hmm The bluebells we have over here are totally different
in shape to fox gloves, I do have a picture taken recently but
it looked crummy when i reduced it...
instead a different flower i took recently, dunno what it is though.


C.

 

[Closet Desire]

Sheesh...

...I never photograph flowers but I took two last week...one in Galveston and this one in Oklahoma...

 

[Closet Desire]

Now...

...I've exhausted my creative talent on flowers. Just no stamina for it I guess...or is that stamins?

This was on the beach in Galveston last week. I have no idea what they are.

About converting images for the web...it seems a lot of hit or miss, but having switched to digital I've gotten some practice at it. If you want to standardise try this (I use photoshop elements). After you've cropped, coloured, or whatever, resize it to 72 dpi; contrain proportions, and set the image size as you want. It will be accurate for standard VGA and will appear smaller on super VGA. If you want to format for super VGA only then choose 90 dpi. Save as JPEG with the quality in the middle and you should get a reasonably compact file.

Thanks for letting me post my photos...

 

[batter]

Closet Desire

those were nice pics.
thanks for posting them and sharing.

also nice to meet you.

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[cactiphile]

Closet Desire:Liked the pink one best , very good
if u don't normally snap at them.

Dessert: The white flower is excellent. But personally
I usually flick the bugs off first Hehe but im fussy.

Buttercups >>>

 

[batter]

Desert Amazon

Good Morning Batter!!! How are you?

good morning DA.. lovely pics on this thread. i like seeing differnt flowers and plants when they bloom.

hope you have a great day.

 

[Closet Desire]

What a nice way...

...to end the day! Thanks!

Normally snap people and often in a studio, but sometimes something else really graps me. Surprisingly, it was a rose with dew drops that hooked me on 35mm SLRs when I was 13. Just had to have one...never thought I'd go digital.

Old dogs...new tricks.

I'll keep visiting and admiring!

 

[batter]

wishing

i had a digital camera earlier in the season.
some of the flowers have already blossomed and died off and i will have to wait until next spring to get their pics.
i am also seriously thinking of expanding my perennial gardens again...i just doubled it last spring and am thinking of expanding it again, but i have to wait and see if i will be expanding the back of the house first and see if i will have enough money for a fence first.

these are very beautiful pics on here. i hope others will post some pics of their flower gardens and stuff on here. it is nice to see such a variety of flowers from all over the globe.