Saturday, June 28, 2008 – Tiger Lily

Woody Allen got his start in the movies with his original screenplay for "What's New Pussycat" (1965), but his directorial debut, sort of, was with "What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) – he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around the harrowing quest for a secret egg salad recipe. The studio added a few numbers by the Lovin' Spoonful – for no particular reason – and it was a hit.  He was on his way.

This is Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) – quite common – at the big park in the middle of Beverly Hills. This is what's up.

Some visual relief in the same flowerbed –

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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