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October 2009

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Saturday, October 31, 2009 – Quite Odd

Strelitzia reginae, or Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise – the scientific name commemorates Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of King George III. You remember King George III – lost the American colonies in our revolution, and then went quite mad. They made a movie about his madness – it won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nigel Hawthorne) and a few other things. But this seems to be a snail.

Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise) and snail
Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise) and snail
Strelitzia reginae (Bird of Paradise)

Ah, a rosebud and a tiny, nasty fly. One thinks of William Blake.

Rosebuds, tiny fly

A nearby fountain –

Monkey fountain in the public rose garden at the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Maple Drive in Beverly Hills

Above it all –

Red Flowers, Blue Sky
Red Flowers in Black-and-White

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto.  The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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[October 2009] [Smog Angels] [The Music Scene] [Serious Halloween] [Formal White] [Quite Odd] [A Proper Garden] [For the Z-Boys] [Beach Colors] [Beach Places] [Street Signs] [A Walk Street] [Beach Birds] [Cocktail Hour] [Playing the Dead] [Wilshire 1929] [Effectively Legal] [Rats!] [The Molten Meteor] [On the Bench] [Color Contrasts] [Odd Messiah] [La La Shoes] [Another Shoot] [Value Statements] [A Dark Day] [Hollywood Rain] [Art Deco Lives] [Unsettling] [Postindustrial LA] [Hot Pink] [An Odd World] [For Halloween] [Swine Flu] [No Explanation] [At the Palladium] [Marilyn Forever] [Imperial City] [On Broadway] [Far Out] [Odd Friday] [All Eyes] [October Mums] [Floral Popcorn] [Full On Autumn] [Hollywood on Fire] [Hollywood on Fire (2)] [Hollywood on Fire (3)] [Dead Presidents] [Sky and Flames] [Big Faces] [Missing New York] [Hollywood Critters] [Everyone Welcome] [Fishing Fleet] [Bay Birds] [To the Lighthouse] [Local Portraiture] [Empty Lot Art] [My Town] [Late Roses] [Quite Odd]