Snow Cone

Gallery: FloraPosted December 25, 2016224 views6 comments

Image taken two weeks ago (12/11) at the local public gardens. It is some type of hybrid pine with needles that turn yellow in winter, but I now can't recall the name. D600, 150 f2.8 sigma macro, f22, iso 200, 1/10.

Merry Christmas and a very safe and happy New Year to all the flora photogs at NPN. crying

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6 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 25, 2016 at 1:44 PM

Cool pine needles- have never seen any yellow ones. I especially like the ones that are striped green and yellow.
Nice little snowscape -
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 25, 2016 at 7:29 PM

A cool image, Scott. Nice dof and I like the way the cone pops out of the image.

devil

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on December 25, 2016 at 11:17 PM

Scott, nice composition and beautiful pine needles. An excellent holiday feel to this. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you as well. crying

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 26, 2016 at 2:27 PM

Scott: Great find aptly titled and superbly captured. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and thanks for being such an important part of the finest Flora gallery on the planet. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 26, 2016 at 9:13 PM

Scott, let me know if you find what kind of pine this is. Some pines will have a yellowing and drop needles during the fall. This is often a disease called needle cast. I do not know this one. It's not Eastern White Pine, which has needles in fascicles of five needles, while this has two. The cone would fit a number of Northern pines. But I am curious.

Nice Christmas scene! Just needs a red Cardinal to complete the scene.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on January 1, 2017 at 7:17 AM

Great artistic feel to this
one Scott. Certainly stands out.
Seasons best
JohnR

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