Motif: Rata on Lake Te Anau

Posted by Skip on Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:52 am

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Theses red blossoms are not the tree, but rather a saprophytic vine that growns on some of the trees in New Zealand. Like the strangler fig in the tropics, it starts in the tree and then sends roots down to the ground. Unlike the strangler fig, it seldom kills its host tree.

D70, 18-35 Nikkor at 35, ISO 200, f4.5 @ 1/400 (taken from a moving boat)

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by Michael Brown on Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:28 am

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Hey Skip, ........... why didn't you climb up in the tree and get some good closeups of this?

Very cool looking shot and great info on this plant.
Hopefully one day I can get over there to NZ and a host of other places I would like to visit.
Interesting subject you have here, and a very nice shot of it as well.

Thanks for posting this one Skip!

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by AForns on Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:00 pm

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Very nice plant :roll: Killing the host is a no no !!!!! but you did say seldom

Beautiful composition with the water at the bottom and the diagonal coloration

.... would be very nice to see a close up

Looks like a short swim and much of a climb

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by Mike Moats on Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:14 pm

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Hey Skip. Very cool trees. It looks like califlower. Nice work.

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by MikeBinOK on Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:40 am

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Interesting background information and nice shot. Congrats on getting to explore that part of the world!

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:44 am

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This looks very much like the Flame Creeper we see in Zambia Skip, nice shot!

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by Wil Hershberger on Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:36 pm

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Cool. Would love to see some close ups of the flowers. Lovely comp.
Thanks for posting,

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