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From: Twibil on 26 Apr 2010 15:53 Was riding my bike back home from Tehachapi yesterday afternoon and almost ran off the road as I crested the saddle leading down into the Antelope Valley: the entire twenty-some miles of hillside stretching between Palmdale/Lancaster and Gorman was painted with huge orange swaths of color. (And this was from 30 miles away, mind you.) I'd seen the California Poppy Reserve in bloom before, but this year the flowers absolutely outdid themselves. So I continued due south until I ended up on a tiny winding dirt road surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming Poppies, and parked the bike long enough to take a couple of snaps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553183353/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553799196/sizes/l/ Something that I couldn't photograph but wanted to: a pair of Basset Hounds who were taking turns chasing each other around through the flowers at their best speed. Why no photos? Because when Basset Hounds are running around through fields of Poppies, all you can see are two madly wagging tails zig-zagging back and forth among the blooms. Short legs. ~Pete
From: Ofnuts on 26 Apr 2010 16:12 On 26/04/2010 21:53, Twibil wrote: > I'd seen the California Poppy Reserve in bloom before, but this year > the flowers absolutely outdid themselves. > > So I continued due south until I ended up on a tiny winding dirt road > surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming Poppies, and parked > the bike long enough to take a couple of snaps: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553183353/sizes/o/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553799196/sizes/l/ These aren't a picture of flowers but pictures of your bike. -- Bertrand
From: tnom on 26 Apr 2010 16:45 On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:12:44 +0200, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net> wrote: >On 26/04/2010 21:53, Twibil wrote: > >> I'd seen the California Poppy Reserve in bloom before, but this year >> the flowers absolutely outdid themselves. >> >> So I continued due south until I ended up on a tiny winding dirt road >> surrounded by several thousand acres of blooming Poppies, and parked >> the bike long enough to take a couple of snaps: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553183353/sizes/o/ >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/33885727(a)N03/4553799196/sizes/l/ > >These aren't a picture of flowers but pictures of your bike. He's confused. My guess is he took the pics after a spot of poppy seed tea.
From: Twibil on 26 Apr 2010 18:16 On Apr 26, 1:12 pm, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u....(a)la.poste.net> wrote: > > > These aren't a picture of flowers but pictures of your bike. Hmmm, I detect two problems here: 1. You don't count very well, and therefore lack a sense of proportion. There are several million flowers but only one bike in the field of view. A singular motorcycle is hardly impressive, but a poppy bloom extending to the horizon *is*; motorcycle or no. 2. You've somehow failed to detect that this is RPD, where we share things about digital photography (Occasionally even pictures!), and you seem to be operating under the impression that this is rec.it's- all-about-Bertrand. Alas, this is not the case.
From: Twibil on 26 Apr 2010 18:19
On Apr 26, 1:45 pm, t...(a)mucks.net wrote: > > > >These aren't a picture of flowers but pictures of your bike. > > He's confused. I am? Tell me; when did RPD switch over and begin operating under your personal set of rules? |