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Comment by i-Berg posted on K-5 Press Release at 20/09/2010 - 12:49
Thanks everyone for the comments. I will have another go at adjusting the crop.
Gareth - the colour of the trunks was uniformly so, pretty much the way you see them here. And the shafts of light were what brought the car to a sudden halt!
As for the stand of trees - I took a 'new' short cut between Apollo Bay and a village aptly named Forrest. 13 miles of windy, steep dirt track, and the family were turning the colour of the foliage. Not happy. These trees were beside the track.
Gwyn - Needless to say, any further shots there will be done on my own, I have been reliably informed.
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Gareth - the colour of the trunks was uniformly so, pretty much the way you see them here. And the shafts of light were what brought the car to a sudden halt!
As for the stand of trees - I took a 'new' short cut between Apollo Bay and a village aptly named Forrest. 13 miles of windy, steep dirt track, and the family were turning the colour of the foliage. Not happy. These trees were beside the track.
Gwyn - Needless to say, any further shots there will be done on my own, I have been reliably informed.
Alan and Tim - here's another stand of Redwood that I just happened to have prepared earlier!
Comment by i-Berg posted on Redwood rays at 20/09/2010 - 11:06
The hoverfly and the portrait for me too Sam.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Some more pics (4) at 20/09/2010 - 10:01
flossie wrote:
The higher the alcohol content, the better it "tastes" to the average consumer at first glance. It also makes them ridiculously heavy, they don't mature over time, and you get pissed and pass out far too quickly.
Oggy wrote:
Red wine seems to be getting stronger. I am sure a few years ago there was little above 11%.
Its an arms-race between wine-makers sadly, mostly driven by mass-market american & australian tastes (which says it all, really...).Red wine seems to be getting stronger. I am sure a few years ago there was little above 11%.
The higher the alcohol content, the better it "tastes" to the average consumer at first glance. It also makes them ridiculously heavy, they don't mature over time, and you get pissed and pass out far too quickly.
I think I resemble that remark Flossie!
You're right though - levels have crept up. That article you linked to summarises it nicely.
I've just done a spot audit of the reds cellar at Chez i-Berg, and noted that every bottle I checked has levels at 14, 14.5 or 15% alcohol
Mind you, I'd rather have an elegant, lower alcohol content red than a poxy one that has stratospheric levels.
It would have been noteworthy a decade or three ago (a la some of the old Hunter Valley reds - now they were ballsy) - now it's almost universal here.
Anyway, here's to yours!
Comment by i-Berg posted on Another pointless thread at 20/09/2010 - 09:13
A stand of Californian Redwood, planted in the Otway Ranges in the 1930s. I stumbled across them by accident.
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C&C welcome as always (including preferences, if any).
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C&C welcome as always (including preferences, if any).
Comment by i-Berg posted on Redwood rays at 20/09/2010 - 07:53
Cheers Gary.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Storm's Harvest at 20/09/2010 - 07:50
Congratulations and well done, Amin. That's a quality image.
Comment by i-Berg posted on Photo in the magazine at 20/09/2010 - 07:28
DrOrloff wrote:
Harsh, uncomfortable viewing, almost newsprint like. I guess that's the point? I can't say I like them, but I guess that's the point too. In which case they deliver the intended message?
That was the thrust of it Doc.Harsh, uncomfortable viewing, almost newsprint like. I guess that's the point? I can't say I like them, but I guess that's the point too. In which case they deliver the intended message?
Thanks to Lidy and Tim for your comments also.
mowog wrote:
I like these. The last, especially... But carnage?. A few bits of wood and a feather!. - Blimey! You ought to take a walk along Southend beach and see some of the things that get washed up there. Not to mention the sewage outlet, from which much of London's sh*t gets pumped into the sea. You don't know how lucky you are.
I guess we're just spoiled! But I do know how lucky we are, and would like to keep it that way. The beaches there are usually pristine in every sense. What got me was the sheer quantity of stuff, coupled to the loss of beach by virtue of sand having been washed away.I like these. The last, especially... But carnage?. A few bits of wood and a feather!. - Blimey! You ought to take a walk along Southend beach and see some of the things that get washed up there. Not to mention the sewage outlet, from which much of London's sh*t gets pumped into the sea. You don't know how lucky you are.
Thanks for the comments
Comment by i-Berg posted on Storm's Harvest at 20/09/2010 - 01:11
Thanks George, Gwyn and Kris. There was plenty of interest on the beach this time.
Comment by i-Berg posted on The Cruel Sea at 20/09/2010 - 01:07
Attachment of copyright credits on recorded images