Spring brings healing

[olroy2044]

Mother Nature is a resilient lady. These shots are of the burned area from the firestorms of last summer. These areas were charred black. Ricoh XR-1 400 Fuji Superia

Viv/Kiron 75-150








Thanks for looking, Roy

[Andrew]

i have enjoyed seeing your photos of late Roy, those old vehicles i always like, the one where you daughter went A over Z was a classic, heaps funny, but tell her very concerned ;D

these are interesting too. isn't it great how the land comes back so beautiful even still showing the scars. what is the yellow on the 3rd pic...some fault with the film? surely not flowers , sulfur or something?

gets me to thinking how easy it is to find sulfur? not that i have read up on it but its something thats been in common use for centuries so it mustn't of been that hard to find. i have a very vague memory of finding a patch somewhere when i was i little kid but never seen it since that i recall

[Deleted]

I remember about 20 years ago there were huge fires that burned most of the summer in Yellowstone Park. Some predicted it would destry the eco system. Turns out it improved it. Now there are open medaows for the elk and moose and Bison to graze. Plus it's easier for visitors to see the wildlife.

[John Parry]

Looks like our gorse Andrew - a very prickly ground cover bush with bright yellow flowers. Sulphur tends to occur near volcanic springs, elemental sulphur (the bright yellow kind) isn't too common - you normally see it as anhydrite or gypsum, or as copper or iron pyrites (fools gold).

Wayne - You've heard of "The Famous Grouse"? Grouse live on young heather shoots produced by burning off the old moorland in a controlled manner in the autumn.

Nice to see regeneration in action Roy. Thanks for the shots.

Regards - John

[olroy2044]

Thanks everyone for looking, and for the comments. It is good to see the land recovering from the inferno.

Andrew, the orange areas are indeed huge patches of flowers, the likes of which haven't been seen here in the 20 odd years I've been here. The local newspaper ran an article on them, but did not identify them. I thought maybe they were California poppies, but they aren't exactly the right color. The canyon rim was lined with folks trying to photograph them, but I am afraid most of them will be disappointed in their results, with the distance being close to a mile. That shot was taken with the Viv/Kiron 75-150 zoom and it's matched multiplier for a working focal length of 300mm, braced on a rail.

John, is gorse anything like what we call sage brush? Your description sounds very similar. Roy

[Andrew]

incredible Roy, i suppose the fires gave the seeds the opportunity to germinate, thats quite common with many australian plants and actually the only way some of them can.

oh yes! we have gorse here as well, from the UK of course, its a noxious weed here mainly among the cooler southern states. in SA it grows in our Adelaide hills. when i had my property in the hills I had a bugger of a time getting rid of it, there it grows out of control and commonly reaches a height of 7-10 foot if left unattended. every needle is as sharp as rose thorns so its no fun digging and pulling them out. as a land/farm owner we are required by law to remove it and i had many acres covered in it. many an unpleasant day spent removing them, and always end up with cut arms and such. i did also use poison, which in high strength tends to knock it out but i still dug them out anyway..nice yellow flowers but i prefer for obvious reasons our native acacia yellow flowers which from a distance curiously give a similar look of yellow coverage

[nikonbob]

Roy

That is a good combination of lens and teleconverter. The photos are a great reminder of natures way of regenerating it's self. either naturally or assisted by man. It used to be common practice here to burn off the old grass each spring until it was stopped. Worked very well though. The regeneration after forest fires here sure gives the moose some excellent browse.

Bob

[olroy2044]

Thanks, Bob. That is the same lens that is giving me FITS on my ME Super. But it works fine on the Ricoh! Roy

[nikonbob]

Roy

Sorry, I missed that but it is strange that it does not work well with both. Did you ever find out why it is so?

Bob

[olroy2044]

Nope, don't have a clue why it is so recalcitrant on the ME Super. Works fine on every other K-Mount body I own, and works on the ME Super with the matched multiplier. See the thread on "Mismatch between K-Mount lens and body" for the whole sorry tale .

Roy

[mickeyobe]

Roy,

Splendid pictures.
It is good to see such a rapid recovery from those dreadful fires.

I am not a fan of multipliers but your pictures show how very good they can be when properly matched to a lens.

Mickey

[olroy2044]

Thanks Mickey. This multiplier was designed specifically for use with the 70-150 Viv/Kiron. Don't know how well it would work with other lenses. Roy