tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post642006438048823156..comments2007-12-19T05:53:55.909-05:00Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207597907269653552CaptureThisPhotoBlog@gmail.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-19446226893905579032007-12-19T05:53:00.000-05:002007-12-19T05:53:00.000-05:00wowo really nice compositionmatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-1747822025341726982007-12-17T23:13:00.000-05:002007-12-17T23:13:00.000-05:00fantastic shot!Mr. Mapperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06602462884600007401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-7668161642114393372007-12-17T17:21:00.000-05:002007-12-17T17:21:00.000-05:00very crisp, I like this.Dotunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-45542163889486827882007-12-17T15:26:00.000-05:002007-12-17T15:26:00.000-05:00Have been seeing the US bas weather on the news..looks like you are having a hard time... makes a great photo though!Jasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441847167306162110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-78731620968924613932007-12-17T14:02:00.000-05:002007-12-17T14:02:00.000-05:00Wonderful shot. The DOF is great. Well donestandleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06128722819399751864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-20325341510522853472007-12-17T12:39:00.000-05:002007-12-17T12:39:00.000-05:00awesome shot! i love that DoF, and the splash of color is beautiful. great work.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12323001963505010011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-57946924113874663282007-12-17T09:54:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:54:00.000-05:00absolutely wonderful, laurie. great dof and lovely details. winter at its best.kurt (http://www.subjektiv.eu)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-43646595405582553102007-12-17T09:18:00.000-05:002007-12-17T09:18:00.000-05:00Lovely shot Laurie....I wonder if our ice storm was the same as yours??<BR/><BR/>I love how the ice looks on the berries!!Kerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07617128767655910810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-90350825639940147282007-12-17T08:43:00.000-05:002007-12-17T08:43:00.000-05:00This would be too cold for me, but it makes for a super shot.Clarencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14562477693731905209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-63294563088953463432007-12-17T06:39:00.000-05:002007-12-17T06:39:00.000-05:00Nice shot, Laurie; however, it chills my southern blood! :-) I suppose that here in Charlotte we'll get some snow or ice around about February, or perhaps as early as late January.<BR/><BR/>The ice and the red colors are very festive!Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00794079257866559509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-19286639547742060262007-12-17T03:48:00.000-05:002007-12-17T03:48:00.000-05:00this is a fantastic shot, wonderful red colors within almost b/w captureevlahoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13329742928216440957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-75143906524696916612007-12-17T03:18:00.000-05:002007-12-17T03:18:00.000-05:00Any diamond has the beauty and the light of this image.!!nazzarenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109729831579454873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-30262899001813533922007-12-16T22:08:00.000-05:002007-12-16T22:08:00.000-05:00LOVE the shot!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05400407736646917925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-73019573902014579642007-12-16T21:07:00.000-05:002007-12-16T21:07:00.000-05:00Even though it's a noxious weed, it made a very nice shot with the ice.Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-52746256828076511192007-12-16T13:17:00.000-05:002007-12-16T13:17:00.000-05:00wonderful winter photo, this is great for a claenderwww.photo-effe.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05745970743398492253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-53717544302612991452007-12-16T08:56:00.000-05:002007-12-16T08:56:00.000-05:00Wow Kathleen, you really know your stuff both with photography and plants.<BR/><BR/>I believe I have smelled that wonderful fragrance. I can't quite visualize the flowers in that park though, but I will be sure to really look for them next summer.<BR/><BR/>The park is so small and backs up to a very busy 10 lane highway; the infamous Garden State Parkway, and it really isn't big enough to support that much wildlife so I'm thinking they may maintain the multiflora for the very reason it is a problem elsewhere. You can walk the perimeter of the park at a brisk pace in under 5 minutes. <BR/><BR/>When I was growing up in that area I never saw anything more exotic than a duck, recently I have seen buck's with big racks, fox, swans, herons, turkeys, hawks, and numerous other species. Rumor has it there was an alligator in the pond last year and that a bear passed through. The bear was found one town over so It is quite possible that it happened. It is really surprising that there is so much wildlife there because it is such a small park.Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13207597907269653552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-41258902866726714082007-12-16T08:08:00.000-05:002007-12-16T08:08:00.000-05:00Beautifully captured, Laurie! <BR/>I hope you're feeling better this weekend and have gotten over that bronchitis. My husband's got it and he's been sick all week.<BR/><BR/>I love seeing ice pictures but I don't want any part of those ice storms lol!Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15245700712588574189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-88926198256009164872007-12-16T07:11:00.000-05:002007-12-16T07:11:00.000-05:00Very nice. I especially like the muted colors.<BR/>I, too, have multiflora all over my property. It is very difficult to erradicate.Anita Bowernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-72924256578383792792007-12-16T05:58:00.000-05:002007-12-16T05:58:00.000-05:00Laurie, that's Multiflora Rose (<I>Rosa multiflora</I> Thunb.ex Murr.), an invasive in North America and on the Noxious Weed Lists in NJ and PA. <BR/><BR/>Multiflora Rose is native to Asia. It was intro'd to North America in the late 1800s as root stock for ornamental roses and then promoted in the 1930s by the US Soil Conservation Service as a "living fence" to confine livestock.<BR/><BR/>Although the flowers and scent are magnficent in the summer (I'm sure you've encountered the sweet fragrance and seen the white flowers cascading from hillsides in June), it displaces native vegetation and restricts wildlife movement due its thickets of thorny, arching stems - sometimes 15 feet high!<BR/><BR/>It's all over my property and while I love having some of it around for the scent in June and for the bird food in winter, I have to pull it out regularly or it would take over.<BR/><BR/>You asked. :)<BR/><BR/>Nice shot!Kathleen Connallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-16944194721315732552007-12-16T05:38:00.000-05:002007-12-16T05:38:00.000-05:00nice usage of the shallow dof and great combination of the red and gray tintshttp://blog.bitprocessor.benoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22699077.post-86249778347939975502007-12-16T02:36:00.000-05:002007-12-16T02:36:00.000-05:00wow great shot, cant help with the berry's though.. never experience an ice storm only seen pics, looks very dramatic..<BR/><BR/>hope all is well<BR/>T<BR/>:o)Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06739224911388015289noreply@blogger.com