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Weekender April 5-6 - Don - 04-05-2025 Good morning to all. I trust everyone has been doing OK. DW and I took a few days and checked off an item on my bucket list, or at least something I have been wanting to do for a while. We drove over to Natchez, Mississippi, and then traveled the length of the Natchez Trace Parkway all the way to Nashville. Lots of history along the Trace and it was an enjoyable trip. The only downer was very bad weather in Nashville the night we spent there, and lots of flooding. We managed to escape but had an interesting drive getting from the hotel over to the Interstate highway. All worked out in the end though. A couple of photos from the trip. We took a little time in Tupelo, MS to stop by and see the house where Elvis was born but didn't do the museum visit.  Next shot is an old tobacco barn along the Trace, with a little Topaz magic to make it look like an infrared shot. And finally some nice fungi to top it off. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Rich - 04-05-2025 Greetings Don! Interesting photos. The Elvis birth home is quite interesting. Good IR manip! The fungi remind me of the original hearing aids. They look like the funnel they used to hold up to the ear to gather sound. Thomas Edison was using one in his later years. I heard about the bad weather in Nashville, glad you made it out OK! RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Man From Ironbark - 04-05-2025 I believe you may have photographed a local version of Trametes versicolor ~ Rainbow fungi. Perhaps a search for Trametes versicolor images may show you others but here is one from my backyard. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Dave - 04-06-2025 Three top quality photos, Don. Each is interesting and engaging it a unique way. Hi Rich. MFI, that's a very impressive photo: great values, fine colors, and ideal sharpness. Sorry I haven't been contributing much lately. All sorts of things going on in our lives recently, some troublesome and others quite beneficial, but all need to be dealt with. I did get out to the wetlands with my photographer friend Sandy. A beautiful morning, but very few birds. Still, it was a great morning; As I've said, the worst day visiting the wetlands beats the best day spent inside. I did manage this photo of Great Blue Herons (yes, there are two of them; one obvious and the other is slightly lower with it's back turned to the camera. It's nesting season for the large herons; here at the wetlands they nest in tall palm trees.     The herons were rather far away, and a bit beyond my equipment's abilities. For no good reason, I chose to keep the airplane in the crop, hoping the photo would raise interest by capturing the two modes of flight. But I doubt that this was the right decision. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Man From Ironbark - 04-06-2025 Yes, I didn't say enough about Dons photos. All excellent photos. Elvis' birth home. Were the houseyards all that small? I thought America was a big place with plenty of room. I do like the method of using IR on the barn. The framing of bare trees and open space at the front all draw the viewer in. However, I cannot quite figure out what the object front right of the barn is. Actually Dave, it is quite the intriguing photo that does make one look longer. Firstly the plane does attract the attention but not drag the viewer away from the main point of impact which is the birds. Yes it does raise the points revolving around two modes of flight and if you like, that birds were the inspiration that led to the development of flight. Yet again, the bird with its head down merges with the second bird and had me asking myself for at least half a second or more, "How did the emu get up that tree?". Which brings me back to the plane, I doubt it is a Qantas plane because there is white where there should be red but at first it seemed to fit with the emu conspiracy. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Dave - 04-06-2025 Thank you, MFI, for your thoughtful response. Yes, I can see that the "headless" bird could be seen as an emu. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Man From Ironbark - 04-06-2025 It is a cracker of a photo. I love it. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Don - 04-07-2025 MFI, I have heard these fungi called Turkey Tails because with the banding it resembles that. I am always on the lookout for mushrooms or other fungi to photograph - one of my favorite subjects. Regarding the house, it is in the original location, it's just that the "museum" buildings grew up around it. I believe the church he attended was relocated to the museum grounds though. I think you might be referring to the information "placard" that is in front of the barn, telling about it. The barn actually has some dried tobacco hanging inside. Interesting photo Dave. I can see where it looks like an Emu. The plane kind of balances out the image. Nicely done. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Dave - 04-07-2025 Thanks Don. RE: Weekender April 5-6 - Man From Ironbark - 04-07-2025 Thanks Don. It all makes sense now. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/trametes