Roan-1980
Bugweed Dark - A Winter Garden Fantasy pt1.
Quick couple of photo shots at work.
A fellow photography friend who is also a rep for one of the companies we deal with came to visit me at work.
We had a brief conversation about a couple of photography stuff. He showed me his new lens that he is "borrowing" from his daughter, a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR lens. What a great lens that is.
I had a few minutes testing the lens (see the one photo) I also demonstrated my old "vintage" Helios lens to him. Hence this photo.
Using the Helios 44-2 2/58 Soviet lens (from 1975).
Critique is welcomed.
Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.
solanum mauritianum
This is an alien invasive plant and it is growing everywhere. Yet nobody seems to care to take it out anymore. It used to be controlled but not anymore.
Sources say this plant could also be hazardous to your health and that some people even goes so far as to smoke the leafs of this plant.
More information on this plant I photographed. (look at the Bugweed)
www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/351-bugweed-solanu...
southcoastherald.co.za/135676/10-worst-alien-invasive-pla...
Also from the website:
"These IAPs may no longer be grown anywhere in South Africa. If they are in your garden, they should be removed and destroyed immediately. Trade in these plants is prohibited."
Alternative common names:
bugtree, flannel weed, woolly nightshade (English); luisboom, groot bitterappel (Afrikaans); uBhoqo, umbanga banga (isiZulu)
A shrub or small tree up to 4m high covered with whitish-felty hairs. Dull green leaves that are velvety above and white-felty beneath which emit a strong smell when bruised. Purple flowers in compact, terminal clusters on densely felty stalks up to 10cm long all year round. Spherical berries which start off green and turn yellow, in compact terminal clusters. Hairy leaves and stems are a respiratory tract and skin irritant. Unripe fruits are poisonous.
Bugweed Dark - A Winter Garden Fantasy pt1.
Quick couple of photo shots at work.
A fellow photography friend who is also a rep for one of the companies we deal with came to visit me at work.
We had a brief conversation about a couple of photography stuff. He showed me his new lens that he is "borrowing" from his daughter, a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 VR lens. What a great lens that is.
I had a few minutes testing the lens (see the one photo) I also demonstrated my old "vintage" Helios lens to him. Hence this photo.
Using the Helios 44-2 2/58 Soviet lens (from 1975).
Critique is welcomed.
Thank you all very much for your visits, favs and comments.
solanum mauritianum
This is an alien invasive plant and it is growing everywhere. Yet nobody seems to care to take it out anymore. It used to be controlled but not anymore.
Sources say this plant could also be hazardous to your health and that some people even goes so far as to smoke the leafs of this plant.
More information on this plant I photographed. (look at the Bugweed)
www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/351-bugweed-solanu...
southcoastherald.co.za/135676/10-worst-alien-invasive-pla...
Also from the website:
"These IAPs may no longer be grown anywhere in South Africa. If they are in your garden, they should be removed and destroyed immediately. Trade in these plants is prohibited."
Alternative common names:
bugtree, flannel weed, woolly nightshade (English); luisboom, groot bitterappel (Afrikaans); uBhoqo, umbanga banga (isiZulu)
A shrub or small tree up to 4m high covered with whitish-felty hairs. Dull green leaves that are velvety above and white-felty beneath which emit a strong smell when bruised. Purple flowers in compact, terminal clusters on densely felty stalks up to 10cm long all year round. Spherical berries which start off green and turn yellow, in compact terminal clusters. Hairy leaves and stems are a respiratory tract and skin irritant. Unripe fruits are poisonous.