Images of the arty kind

[TheOnionMan]

Mark, Maggi,

I saw examples of this cultivar in Cornwall last Easter and it struck me as a particularly good one.

Paddy

It has become a fairly popular cultivar here, carried by a number of Japanese Maple growers in the US.  It goes through a rich color progression, opening a veined yellow and orange, turning a bright orange soon after, then changing to butter yellow, and eventually chartreuse in summer with new foliage tips showing deep reddish orange, and then all yellow-gold in autumn.  Spring color is best.  The pale foliage in summer is prone to burning, so is best situated in open half sun/shade.

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark.

Reading your post above I noted that you are in USDA zone 5 which strikes me as tough conditions for Acer palmatum cultivars. Here, and in the UK, harsh winds are the enemy of the acers. I haven't come across this cultivar for sale here in Ireland but it certainly is one I will purchase when the occasion arises.

Have you any photographs of it in autumn colour?

Paddy

[TheOnionMan]

Reading your post above I noted that you are in USDA zone 5 which strikes me as tough conditions for Acer palmatum cultivars. Here, and in the UK, harsh winds are the enemy of the acers. I haven't come across this cultivar for sale here in Ireland but it certainly is one I will purchase when the occasion arises. Have you any photographs of it in autumn colour?

Paddy

USDA Zone 5 can be tough for some Japanese maples, mostly because hybridizers in milder climates like Oregon are not breeding for hardiness, producing lots of cultivars really only suited to USDA Zone 6.  That said, there are many palmatum cultivars and small maple species that are perfectly hardy here.  The better Japanese maple nurseries do indicate hardiness in their listings.  This url goes right to 'Orange Dream' (scroll down), which shows the summer color of yellowish green with brilliant orange-yellow new leaves.
http://www.japanesemaples.com/catalog/index.php?id=2&page=8

The autumn color on 'Orange Dream' is negligible compared to most palmatums, perhaps the reason I haven't specifically taken any photos of the fall color.  Spring and summer color is why you buy this one. I did find a photo of my Acer griseum tree (glorious red), and to the left is a small tree of Orange Dream, just starting to color up yellow-gold in the upper part of the tree... it is a rather short-lived show.

[Paddy Tobin]

Looking good.

Paddy

[t00lie]

Just wish i had the room to plant a few Acers .

The following original pic i took recently is of Celmisia philocremna --- from a different view.

Cheers dave.

[ranunculus]

That is a stunning image Dave ... congratulations - and many happy returns.


A few images captured on New Year's Eve and today in snowy Lancashire.

[Paddy Tobin]

Cliff,

Image BB above is outstanding. I love the composition, great depth of field, perfect lead-in lines,  nice foreground interest, good tonal range and as sharp as a pin.

Yea, you got it.

Paddy

Post Scriptum: Cliff, I have taken a liberty. I have taken the image, converted to greyscale, increased the contrast overall and then more so in the sky. There wasn't much colour to begin with so it suited conversion to greyscale.

Upping the contrast has made more obvious that you have a few spots on either your lens or on your sensor.

[t00lie]

A couple from my trip into Fiordland today.

Ranunculus lyallii from a different point of view.

(i'll head over now to post a yummy pic in the New Zealand field trips Jan 2010).

Cheers dave.

[ranunculus]

Cliff,

Image BB above is outstanding. I love the composition, great depth of field, perfect lead-in lines,  nice foreground interest, good tonal range and as sharp as a pin.

Yea, you got it.

Paddy

Upping the contrast has made more obvious that you have a few spots on either your lens or on your sensor.

Thanks Paddy ... the spots were on the lens, it was damn cold that day and too chilly to clean everything prior to shooting.

[ranunculus]

That leaf is amazing, Dave!

[Ragged Robin]

Studying a leaf with the sun behind it brings a whole new understanding to 'greenery' - fabulous Dave...i'm off to NZ field trips Jan 2010 after that teaser 

[TheOnionMan]

Three impressions of Magnolia 'Forrest Pink' fall & winter 2008.

[Maggi Young]

Great photos, John edit: SORRY,McMARK !!.... there wasn't much of the tree surviving after the ice storm though, was there?  

[Paddy Tobin]

Mark,

That's an incredible amount of damage. Thankfully, we don't get anything like that here.

Paddy

[TheOnionMan]

Great photos, John.... there wasn't much of the tree surviving after the ice storm though, was there? 

John    I looked back at the last 2 screens on this thread to make sure I wasn't getting "off the mark" again

Two more photos after the sun came out later in the day, for a surreal experience.  No snow, just ice.  We were without power for one week, some areas for 2 weeks or more, lost all the food in our refrigerator and freezer.  Managed to find a hotel about 35 miles away closer to Boston where they had only rain or minimal freezing rain.  The damage was unbelievable, never have seen anything like it my whole life.  Spent every weekend throughout the winter and spring clearing debris.

At least half the limbs on Magnolia 'Forrest Pink' were demolished.  In spring I cut the remaining limbs back to stubs propertionate with the remaining profile of the tree... surprisingly it leafed out thickly, but many of these "water shoots" will not be good in the long run.