NZ's Biggest PEST

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• dew77 (13209)
• [2005-06-27 4:59]

Hello janice!
Beatiful post.Colors,DOF,framing
composition and informative note are perfect.TFS...:-)

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• honza (4191)
• [2005-06-27 6:16]

Nice picture Janice. Very good composition, colors and perfect note.

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• sAner (4744)
• [2005-06-27 6:23]
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Hello Janice,

The note is really interesting. When my gf and I visited NZ we like the Gorse a lot as it is so yellow and so cheerful. soon after we learned that it was the biggest pest in NZ and it suffocates a lot of endemic plantlife. Thanks for the picture and the note. Well done & TFS!

Regards,
Pieter

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• Comandante (1408)
• [2005-06-27 7:41]

Hello Janice!
Very nice capture.Colors,lighting and composition are great.Thanks for sharing.

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• wallhalla15 (13829)
• [2005-06-27 8:50]

Hello Janice, beautiful colors, beautiful picture
congratulations.
TFS.

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• malgosia (0)
• [2005-06-27 9:46]

hello Janice:)
Beautiful and interesting composition! Good POV, colors, DOF and details ! I love these little yellow flowers:)

Thanks for sharing.

rgs

Malgosia

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• cafecrem (9248)
• [2005-06-27 12:02]
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Superb tree Janice! Great note and nice little flowers!
Congrats because of your 4000pt!

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• livios (16906)
• [2005-06-27 12:31]

Janice, what a beautiful pest!

Excellent colors, very nice contrast.

This looks like a painting - and that's great.

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• liquidsunshine (11494)
• [2005-06-27 12:46]

Nice shot Janice,
Excellent colours, crystal clear detail, good sharpness. Great composition and nicely exposed.
Thanks for posting, have a good week.

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• PDP (11769)
• [2005-06-27 13:36]
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Those bloody English! I'm rather fond of gorse, great stuff for finding bugs and spiders in. The note is great and a good picture that is very familiar to me!

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• red45 (30243)
• [2005-06-27 14:09]

Hard to believe that this great looking plant could be a pest. Beautifull picture, sea in BG added great mood to it. Nice yellow flowers and last but not least very interesting note. Good work Janice!

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• AndyB (3982)
• [2005-06-27 14:56]

A nice shot Janice,
It looks sharp enough to me and be careful on those cliff edges! :))
Great colours and detail,the blue of the sea gives a perfect background.
Great work,well done.

TFS

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• Graal (5032)
• [2005-06-27 15:34]

Hi Janice,
beautiful plants from the New Zealand. Nice, delicate flowers. Good sharpness and colours. I like it.
Regards,
Aleksander

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• hummingbird24 (64)
• [2005-06-27 19:11]

How unfortunate that something so lovely should be considered a pest, Janice.
It is a well captured pest at that, considering the position of this particular shrub. Well done, thank you.

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• osman123 (224)
• [2005-06-28 1:16]

We have it in the UK, especially in the New Forest, but the ponies keep it downa fair bit!.....It really hurts though when you go running thru it in pursuit of a butterfly...LOL..

Ade

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• marhowie (302)
• [2005-06-28 7:30]

Nice work Janice! Great lookin' weed although I wouldn't want to lose my balance near one! ;-) Well done on the composition and details and an excellent note!

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• LCannon (3093)
• [2005-06-28 13:47]
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Janice, we have a simular plant ,Scotchbroom, also considered a pest now, although according to this article it was planted on highway banks to prevent erosion years ago, and has since taken over. If you start leaning over cliffs for photos, I'm going to have to start calling you "Julie" as that's what she does also. It was worth it as this shot shows off the yellow blooms nicely. I love the bluish background also, well done.

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• fungiman (1005)
• [2005-08-08 3:36]
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Hi Janice,
Another plant that has drawn my blood on occasions.

I feel your image is a little dark and you appear to have save it as a jpg with two much compression as I can see some jpg artefacts.

Clive

Clive

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• greghume (2080)
• [2005-08-08 7:43]
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Hi Janice
Pests are simply organisms that have a robust constitution. If it were difficult to grow (and hence rare), we would be trying to find ways of cultivating it.
In the US at this latitude, we have a similar problem with a type of European Honeysuckle. It has taken over the understory in many areas and I must continue to fight its woodiness in the yard. Farther south, kudzu from the Orient is an invasive exotic.

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• LordPotty (12035)
• [2005-08-09 4:14]

I dislike this ghastly plant intensly.It has caused me much pain on numerous occasions.Do you think the soft focus bits could have been moving in the wind?
You should have said "NZs worst PLANT pest"
I think as a pest,the Possum is a fair contender for the worst,along with the rat,which is decimating many of our native bird species by eating their eggs etc.
B******s!

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• lovenature (5067)
• [2006-05-09 22:58]
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Hi Janice,
A very interesting story on the Gorse. I hope your country is making some headway trying to control that nasty invasive plant.

Considering you were hanging over a ledge to take the photo, I think you did a great job. Nice detail, colour and exposure. Janice/Canada

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• Alan_Kolnik (1137)
• [2007-07-14 16:21]

A great shot of a great pest! Just don't let them introduce another pest to control this one - the cure always seems worse than the disease!