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11-JAN-2005 London

11 January

Scientific Name: Big, Red, Beautiful Flowers

The weather in the UK has been horrible, just as it has been in the US and elsewhere. The North
and Scotland had 100mph winds today; it was much better in the South where I live, but the winds
were still very gusty and I got drenched at lunchtime.

So, we have another flower photo. I am not much of a flower fancier ... I do like to look at them,
but I wouldn't know one variety from another, and they usually die whenever I come near them. The Wife
(who is feeling better) tells me that the big, red, beautiful blossoms in the kitchen are amaryllis.
I don't know what they are, but the colour is superb (i.e. I did not play with Photoshop this time).

I hope the weather will allow me to take an outdoor photo tomorrow.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/60s f/11.0 at 62.0mm iso640 with Flash full exif

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Lori Rolfe12-Jan-2005 23:22
beautiful color and the light looks like you could have been outdoors.... super nice
Guest 12-Jan-2005 14:23
amaryllisisisisises always cheer me up in the winter time. ;)
Guest 12-Jan-2005 12:02
A nice bright image to cheer us up in this miserable weather!
Guest 12-Jan-2005 05:22
Nice shot Jim!
Karen Leaf12-Jan-2005 05:11
Make sure you put your name after the new scientific name, or you'll lose your patent :)

This cheered me up like you won't believe. Thank you!
Susanne12-Jan-2005 01:39
I like those bright colors after a gray day. Very nice captured, though to be honest I still have your yesterday's image in my mind which is probably the nicest flower shot I have ever seen.
SP Merrill12-Jan-2005 01:32
Excellent scientific name, ditto the capture!
Herb 11-Jan-2005 23:44
Great colors
Guest 11-Jan-2005 23:14
Vibrant and beautiful! Good job :)
Guest 11-Jan-2005 23:08
Gorgeous color!!!
Coleen Perilloux Landry11-Jan-2005 22:41
Beautiful amaryllis. In Louisiana we try to get them to bloom in pots for Christmas. I forgot a bulb in a paper bag and lo and behold it bloomed a flower out of the top of the bag.
Guest 11-Jan-2005 22:39
Beautiful color,Jim.
Gail Davison11-Jan-2005 22:24
Aren't these amazing. And such a vivid colour.
Guest 11-Jan-2005 21:58
BEautiful flower picture,
we had spring temperatures and sunshine in Belgium for the last two days.