[Leica] Spidy

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Sonny,

Your capture is much better than mine.  Did you trim away the unwanted 
shafts, or do yours grow all alone?

Thanks for sharing.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:16 AM
Subject: [Leica] Spidy


> There's a bunch of kinds of Spider Lily, but in these parts, *Lycoris
> radiata *is the main one.  I photograph them every year, because they are 
> so
> hard to shoot, I never seem to get the perfect shot of them.
>
> I understand they are called the Hurricane Lily in Florida, because they
> bloom at the height of hurricane season.  That makes sense, because they
> seem to bloom right after heavy rains.  The flowers have no seeds, and 
> grow
> from bulbs; they're just here to be pretty. They grow across the South, (I
> see they do pretty well in Tennessee,)  and are originally native to 
> Japan.
>
> Here's my first try of the fall.   http://www.sonc.com/spidy_2008.htm
>
> For a view of them at the Wells-Tauzan house,  the oldest house in
> Natchitoches, click here:
> http://www.sonc.com/lily.htm
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
>
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