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  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Jos,

    you mean you can’t see my 3D shots or that your photo isn’t Nora?

    Ha ha, both actually - though I must admit I've been too lazy to download the thingy that will let me see the 3D, and I'd hate anyone to get cross-eyed trying 'ocular tricks' over some Ivy Leaf Toadflax : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Chris Waugh, in reply to Islander,

    Well, yes, short sighted and astigmatism and wearing glasses. Didn't know that would stop me getting the 3D effect.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    you don't need a thingy, just look at the large version, let your eyes cross and look at the image that will appear between the other two, I can do it really easily now that I've had a few goes. You need to be about 30-40cm from your screen and try not moving your head around too much

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Jos,

    Maybe my eyes are too close together, cant seem to cross them far enough : )

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

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    It's your brain that does the stitching, you just have to get that third picture in the middle and move to and fro a bit and it should almost snap int focus. I can do it really easily now.
    Here's one from a framing job today, a bunch if introduced beetles and things to control gorse and ragwort and stuff. It was a leaving present for someone. I have to get back about 50cm for this one. I think it depends on how far apart the two photos were taken.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    My Bay tree doing one of it's infrequent flowering. And beetly bug.

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    My Bay tree doing one of it’s infrequent flowering. And beetly bug.

    Spectacular. That little camera does a good job. Well, in your hands of course. ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Venetia King, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    That is such a pretty beetle I had to look it up. It looks like the "Fungus-Eating Ladybird" which is apparently from Australia and likes to eat powdery mildew in vege gardens.

    Which New Zealand Insect? = awesome.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 117 posts Report Reply

  • Cecelia, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    That's beautiful:)

    Hibiscus Coast • Since Apr 2008 • 559 posts Report Reply

  • Cecelia,

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    Hooray! The kowhai are out. Lots of them at the Okura River reserve.

    Hibiscus Coast • Since Apr 2008 • 559 posts Report Reply

  • Cecelia,

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    Kowhai trees sprinkled through the gorgeous bush by the Okura River.

    Hibiscus Coast • Since Apr 2008 • 559 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Cecelia,

    Kowhai trees sprinkled through the gorgeous bush by the Okura River

    I think kowhais are prettiest in bush. Grown as specimen trees they often look straggly and lost. They need their green friends. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Getting close to our blueberries. Apparently we're all having pancakes when they're ripe.

    ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

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    I agree with the kowhai by themselves, they look quite grumpy most of the year

    We had fish and chips at the Heads today

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Cecelia, in reply to Jos,

    I like the seagulls caught mid-flight and mid-squawk.
    I think kowhai are regarded as one of NZ's rare deciduous trees. They do look scrawny over the winter but I'm a great fan of their springtime display in streets and gardens and must-have accessories, the tui.

    Hibiscus Coast • Since Apr 2008 • 559 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Jos,

    Looks luverly. Was a bit wild up here this afternoon for fish n chips.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Cecelia,

    Kowhai arnt deciduous - the kotukutuku -tree fuchsia - is the only tree native that is deciduous (there are some wee groundlings that shed on a seasonal basis,,,)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Islander,

    the kotukutuku -tree fuchsia – is the only tree native that is deciduous

    Some dramatic stands of these on the Otira side of Arthurs Pass. Lovely red trunks in the Winter.

    Aren’t ribbonwoods deciduous too? I guess they’re more shrubs than trees.

    PS will I be seeing you soon?

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Jos,

    What cheeky gulls, Jos!

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Lilith __,

    Yo- Lilith!
    Depends what you mean by a ribbonwood...I hope to be in ChCh area on Wednesday and hope to catch up then ---ack, my life is unreasoning flow but -we go with it-
    a/n/n/I

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Leigh Russell,

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    Today I spread all my compost from last summer, and it is FABULOUS! Masses of lovely dark pink wriggling wormies amidst the beautifully rotted down earth... I found an interesting grub which is an unknown to me. I wonder if any of you clever folk know it?

    Otago • Since Jul 2010 • 208 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Leigh Russell,

    Stand on that thing! Looks like a porina to me-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Lilith __,

    I am getting confused - no ribbonwoods/lacebarks et al drop their leaves on the Coast. The *only* one that does is kotukutuku/fuschia (and during winter, you will see its reddish-brown branches everywhere - but no leaves on it.)

    Incidentally, it's one native tree you shouldnt bother to try & make a fire with...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Islander,

    ribbonwoods

    Not sure where these ones grow. What I think of as ribbonwoods are much smaller...skinny things with branches that grow almost straight up against the trunk.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Lilith __,

    Well..thankyou! From childhood, grew up with what seems to be a myth (kotukutuku the only deciduous etc/etc...) I certainly know that both lacebark & ribbonwood (tree) were used as plaiting/woven material...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

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