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Old 11-11-2009, 09:47 PM
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Angry Nova in Scutum
Nova is in the very centre of the frame..... behind the big fig leaf of my fig tree
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Old 11-11-2009, 10:56 PM
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Sounds like the time someone I knew missed out on discovering a comet because a pencil pine was in the way.
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Old 11-11-2009, 11:09 PM
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Next to a Laser Collimator this is our favourite tool.
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Just a little selective pruning about 6 inches up from the bottom of the tree.
That'll do the trick.
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Old 12-11-2009, 06:41 AM
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Just a little selective pruning about 6 inches up from the bottom of the tree.
That'll do the trick.
Hmmm what effect will it have on the amount of sugar in figs, I wonder ?? It could be significant....
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Old 12-11-2009, 07:07 AM
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Nova is in the very centre of the frame..... behind the big fig leaf of my fig tree
Might I suggest a few well aimed Slug Gun shots to the leaves to disengage them from the connection to the tree.
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Old 12-11-2009, 09:09 AM
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Hmmm what effect will it have on the amount of sugar in figs, I wonder ?? It could be significant....
Sugar is bad for you.
You'll thank me in the long run.
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Old 12-11-2009, 09:23 AM
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That's a beautiful leaf. Slightly out of focus but I love the framing.
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Old 12-11-2009, 11:16 AM
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Sugar is bad for you.
You'll thank me in the long run.
You are quite right.. bad in more than one way. Where is my chainsaw, I wander.. ?
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Well I'm shocked Bojan, I thought your trees would be better behaved, like mine....

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w..._9478trees.jpg

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Old 12-11-2009, 01:00 PM
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That's a beautiful leaf. Slightly out of focus but I love the framing.
Yes.. Bokeh is also nice..
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Old 12-11-2009, 01:01 PM
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Well I'm shocked Bojan, I thought your trees would be better behaved, like mine....

http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w..._9478trees.jpg

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Well, they are for this particular Nova
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Sounds like the time someone I knew missed out on discovering a comet because a pencil pine was in the way.
wow, if it was me I'd be spewing, both colourful 4 letter words and actual spew.
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