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From: Paul Furman on 4 Jul 2010 11:24
Allen wrote:
> Ray Fischer wrote:
>> Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:18 +0200, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> : On 02/07/2010 19:20, ray wrote:
>>> : > Totally untouched photo of a thistle (canadian thistle, I think)
>>> I shot
>>> : > near Cauldron Linn on the Snake River a couple of days ago.
>>> : >
>>> : > http://www.rcarter.net/region/thistle.jpg
>>> : >
>>> : : The bee looks weird. Too much sharpening?
>>>
>>> Aren't there two bees?
>>
>> Nope. It has pollen on its hind leg.
>>
> That's what I thought when I first saw it. It never even entered my mind
> that it might be two bees. Incidentally, since it's out gathering
> pollen, it's a worker, not a drone (servant of the queen).

Doesn't look like a European honeybee though, so some kind of native,
perhaps solitary bee. It is a bee though, not a fly.
From: George Kerby on 4 Jul 2010 12:25



On 7/4/10 10:00 AM, in article
X_2dnUIe2oS7P63RnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d(a)giganews.com, "Allen"
<allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Ray Fischer wrote:
>> Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:18 +0200, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net> wrote:
>>> : On 02/07/2010 19:20, ray wrote:
>>> : > Totally untouched photo of a thistle (canadian thistle, I think) I shot
>>> : > near Cauldron Linn on the Snake River a couple of days ago.
>>> : >
>>> : > http://www.rcarter.net/region/thistle.jpg
>>> : >
>>> :
>>> : The bee looks weird. Too much sharpening?
>>>
>>> Aren't there two bees?
>>
>> Nope. It has pollen on its hind leg.
>>
> That's what I thought when I first saw it. It never even entered my mind
> that it might be two bees. Incidentally, since it's out gathering
> pollen, it's a worker, not a drone (servant of the queen).
> Allen

Just like humans...

From: Peter on 4 Jul 2010 18:37
"George Kerby" <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:C8556528.49226%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com...
>
>
>
> On 7/3/10 9:56 PM, in article
> 4c2ff86b$1$5512$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com, "Peter"
> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote:
>
>> "George Kerby" <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:C8556052.49216%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/3/10 9:23 PM, in article
>>> 4c2ff0c4$0$5494$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com, "Peter"
>>> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Allen" <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:77Wdnb_Srf6Z7rLRnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>>>> Robert Coe wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:18 +0200, Ofnuts <o.f.n.u.t.s(a)la.poste.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> : On 02/07/2010 19:20, ray wrote:
>>>>>> : > Totally untouched photo of a thistle (canadian thistle, I think)
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> shot
>>>>>> : > near Cauldron Linn on the Snake River a couple of days ago.
>>>>>> : >
>>>>>> : > http://www.rcarter.net/region/thistle.jpg
>>>>>> : >
>>>>>> : : The bee looks weird. Too much sharpening?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aren't there two bees?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob
>>>>> Or not two bees. That is the question. Actually, if there is a second
>>>>> bee
>>>>> in there, then it really does look weird.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well they are both sons of bees.
>>>>
>>>> If you really want to save money
>>>> Have swarms of bees fly in and out of your gas tank.
>>>> It will then become filled with bee pee
>>>>
>>> NOTHING can save British Petroleum. Forget it...
>>>
>>
>>
>> But regulating BP is socialism. You have said as much, yourself. Wattsa
>> matta, you don't think there should be any regulation of business.
>
> You REALLY take yourself too seriously. Take a breath, Einstein. It was a
> fuckin word play joke. Jeezus..
>


NSDT


--
Peter

From: Irwell on 4 Jul 2010 22:21
On 2 Jul 2010 17:20:58 GMT, ray wrote:

> Totally untouched photo of a thistle (canadian thistle, I think) I shot
> near Cauldron Linn on the Snake River a couple of days ago.
>
> http://www.rcarter.net/region/thistle.jpg

Nic picture, here is my version taken with a
Panasonic G1, Roumania 2009.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&message=35722526
From: John Navas on 4 Jul 2010 22:47
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 19:21:14 -0700, in
<1l603wvcx996p$.x10wyt5znh7h$.dlg(a)40tude.net>, Irwell <hook(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:

>On 2 Jul 2010 17:20:58 GMT, ray wrote:
>
>> Totally untouched photo of a thistle (canadian thistle, I think) I shot
>> near Cauldron Linn on the Snake River a couple of days ago.
>>
>> http://www.rcarter.net/region/thistle.jpg
>
>Nic picture, here is my version taken with a
>Panasonic G1, Roumania 2009.
>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&message=35722526

Would have been even nicer in my opinion it was framed a bit lower.

--
Best regards,
John

Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer,
it makes you a dSLR owner.
"The single most important component of a camera
is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
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