Photo: Pumpkins

Photo: Pumpkins

Pumpkins for sale at Walmart before Halloween.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-10-24T14:13:54-04, 2005-10-24_14h13m54

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Photo: Fireworks Flower

Photo: Fireworks Flower

A flower that looks like fireworks. I don’t know if this is pretty or terrifying. Reminds me of a hoard of fire ants… eww…

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-10-23T18:31:44-04, 2005-10-23_18h31m44

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Photo: Red Pine Cone

Photo: Red Pine Cone

Some sort of reproductive device on a plant. It’s not a pine cone but it looks like one.

According to Jessica H., this is a ginger cone of the Zingiberaceae family, which is actually an angiosperm. Pine cones are conifers which are more primitive than angiosperms.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO87, 2005-10-23T13:53:40-04, 2005-10-23_13h53m40

Location: 1985 S. Carpenter Ave., Orange City, FL  32763-7334

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Photo: Blue Flowers

Photo: Blue Flowers

Blue flowers planted in a parking lot for decoration. The colors of these flowers are far out of gamut so this photo will look bad in print.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/250, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-23T12:48:17-04, 2005-10-23_12h48m17

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Photo: Pink Rose

Photo: Pink Rose

A pink rose at Wal-Mart’s garden center, covered in water drops.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-10-23T07:52:43-04, 2005-10-23_07h52m43

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Photo: Moonlit Ocean

Photo: Moonlit Ocean

The ocean at night in October 2005. Since I had a crappy camera at the time, this was very under-exposed. I brightened it a lot but there is tons of grains and hot pixels. The photo looks good at low resolution, though.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/1, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO200, 2005-10-16T21:04:51-04, 2005-10-16_21h04m51

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Photo: In Search of the Shroom

Photo: In Search of the Shroom

Mushrooms are actually closer to animals than plants, because they decompose organic matter for energy just like we do. The difference is they do it outside their bodies. The real action happens underground; the actual mushroom is just for decoration.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/30, F2.8, 5.8mm, ISO100, 2005-10-10T07:39:32-04, 2005-10-10_07h39m32

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Golden Sky

Photo: Golden Sky

A beautiful golden sunset near Walgreens. You can almost see the sign at the bottom in the shadows.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/145, F4.2, 12.6mm, ISO64, 2005-10-05T18:57:54-04, 2005-10-05_18h57m54

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Photo: Falling Water

Photo: Falling Water

The prequel to Raindrops, but not as good. This is from October of 2005 (eight months earlier), same location. I couldn’t get closer to the drops because the camera I was using would not focus closer than four centimeters.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/2000, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-02T08:59:57-04, 2005-10-02_08h59m57

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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Photo: Rainbow of Hope

Photo: Rainbow of Hope

A rainbow high among the clouds.

Fujifilm FinePix A360, 1/333, F4.7, 5.8mm, ISO64, 2005-10-02T07:47:59-04, 2005-10-02_07h47m59

Location: Thripp Residence, Ormond Beach, FL  32174-7227

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