DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2008-2009

[Maggi Young]

2.7 is a superb plant - but I can smell it from here!

Yes, Diane, I thought it was the dog 
Polemoniums are rather on the stinky side ....pity really 

[Diane Clement]

Yes, Diane, I thought it was the dog 
Polemoniums are rather on the stinky side ....pity really   

I can put up with it, for that show of flowers.  I keep losing mine. 

[Anthony Darby]

Fantastic pics. 2.11 looks like Cypripedium montanum, which is notoriously difficult in the garden?

[Lesley Cox]

That is an amazing Polemonium. I've just ordered seed from Ron Ratko. I can bear it if it smalls like the dog. After all, I can bear the dog smelling like the dog.

I'm inclined to agree that the pictures with a lot of habitat/background are the best, according to schedule, as it were.

What is the plant in 2-19 please?

[fermi de Sousa]

What is the plant in 2-19 please?

It looks suspiciously like winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans
But perhaps it's another less invasive species?
cheers
fermi

[ranunculus]

Fantastic pics. 2.11 looks like Cypripedium montanum, which is notoriously difficult in the garden?

It is extremely difficult, Anthony, though it is only fair to point out that this class is for images captured in the wild. (In this case; the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon).

[ranunculus]

What is the plant in 2-19 please?

It looks suspiciously like winter heliotrope, Petasites fragrans
But perhaps it's another less invasive species?
cheers
fermi

This exhibit was untitled, but is certainly a petasites species (possibly fragrans) ... from the same contributor who exhibited the Ismene in Class One.

[Diane Clement]

That is an amazing Polemonium. I've just ordered seed from Ron Ratko. I can bear it if it smalls like the dog. After all, I can bear the dog smelling like the dog.  

I've just sown it (P viscosum) from Ratko, as I have the last few years.  It germinates fine, grows on fine, but never any flowers? I've once seen a good pot in cultivation - probably Alan Furness, although it wasn't as tight as the wild specimen.   

[Anthony Darby]

Fantastic pics. 2.11 looks like Cypripedium montanum, which is notoriously difficult in the garden?

It is extremely difficult, Anthony, though it is only fair to point out that this class is for images captured in the wild. (In this case; the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon).

They are all beautifully taken. Thanks Cliff, as I think it extremely useful to see what makes a good picture.

[ian mcenery]

2.14, it's nice to guess who's been where on their holidays

2.2 looks familiar to me

[ranunculus]

2.14, it's nice to guess who's been where on their holidays

2.2 looks familiar to me

It probably will again in late June, Ian ... especially if you hire a car while you are there?   

[ranunculus]

RESULTS FROM CLASS TWO

FIRST           16       Congratulations JohnnyD!!!
SECOND=     10
SECOND=     14
THIRD=        A FEW EXHIBITS
       

[ranunculus]

CLASS THREE    For a digital image close-up or macro shot of an alpine plant

TWENTY SEVEN ENTRIES

[ranunculus]

CLASS THREE continued ...

[ranunculus]

CLASS THREE continued ...