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wholly sheath

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saw some sun shining on some sheaths yesterday afternoon

Thamnocalamus crassinodus
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Love the pictures, and love how you played with words :)
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another flavor;

summer mornings Jiuzhaigou 1

slowly fading spring sheaths blend with deep dark summer sheaths
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beneath a gentle canopy
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Sensational shots, sensational bamboo!
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harsh light encourages
premature aging
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Just keeps getting better!
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second hottest day of the year yesterday 84˚

originally went out to shoot some of the late season shoots but the dry harsh dappled light captivated me
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after a night full of rain, grungy sheaths take precedence
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in the continuing cacophony of color
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though with subdued light, a tranquil ambience prevails
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Following up on my resolution to clean up my photo library I came upon a pic from fall that had a similar perspective as a summer shot earlier in thread highlighting seasonal color transitions…
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a look back at the spring of crassinodus and the fall of ‘Jiuzhaigou 1’ as this thread has run its course…
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jiu GenF
shifting shades of sheath

Oct
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Yushania maculata
sheaths display delightful mix of color and form
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wild orange sheaths of ‘Pingwu’ I think :happy3:

2015 it’s first year in the ground the orange was overwhelming as there was no competition
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though 2016 was intense up close mixing with yellow/green leaves and chocolate/purple culms
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spring 2017 shows Feb. shoots with the orange spreading up the culms
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I bet it's hard to pull yourself away from staring at those great plants!
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needmore wrote:I bet it's hard to pull yourself away from staring at those great plants!
At my age I only see details on a computer screen
See not what I shoot when I shoot
Luckily, walking away from a computer is easy :happy4:
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