Just for fun, everyone post up their favorite photos they've ever taken! I'm aware there could be more than one, so that's perfectly fine, keep them coming!

Today this picture came to my mind =)

 

Looks like this one!

Credit for this one goes to @RobertGTO.

The palm might not be doing too well...

 

photography is FAR from my expertise, but I really like these shots I've taken - though they're out of focus hahaha. These are Encyclia cordigera growing high up in the trees on our farm in El Salvador. Cocos nucifera in the background.

And I really love the colors and textures in this shot from my garden in Fresno.

 

3 minutes ago, Josue Diaz said:

photography is FAR from my expertise, but I really like these shots I've taken - though they're out of focus hahaha. These are Encyclia cordigera growing high up in the trees on our farm in El Salvador. Cocos nucifera in the background.

And I really love the colors and textures in this shot from my garden in Fresno.

 

Out of focus?  Those shots look pretty clear for taking them from a distance Josue..   Know what you're saying though..

Some palm, some not. Some edited, some not

Edited March 29, 20224 yr by DAVEinMB

2 hours ago, DAVEinMB said:

Some palm, some not. Some edited, some not

 

 

 

Is that a Cardinal? Wow, stunning. 

3 minutes ago, BayAndroid said:

Is that a Cardinal? Wow, stunning. 

Yup yup, found it sleeping in my L. Chinensis and luckily was able to snap a few shots without disturbing it

Photography has never been my strong suit but I’ve always thought these two shots were pretty cool because of the placement/contrast

 

9 minutes ago, NCFM said:

Photography has never been my strong suit but I’ve always thought these two shots were pretty cool because of the placement/contrast

 

Not trying to steal your pics or anything but that second sabal photo spoke to me, haha. It is an awesome shot. The crown with canopy wrapping around it just screamed lens blur, anyways here's a quick edit I did on it

5 minutes ago, DAVEinMB said:

Not trying to steal your pics or anything but that second sabal photo spoke to me, haha. It is an awesome shot. The crown with canopy wrapping around it just screamed lens blur, anyways here's a quick edit I did on it

That’s a sick edit, thanks! I actually took that picture in a Savannah GA graveyard so the whole place had a pretty neat atmosphere 

I may make your edit my pfp, so thanks again haha

Edited March 29, 20224 yr by steve99

 

 

29 minutes ago, Darold Petty said:

 

 

Wow, what palm produced this yellow flower? 

Hedyscepe,  the sunset image is Howea and the third is an old image of Geonoma undata.    (It has lost this vibrant level of color as it ages.)

..Just a few....

Two more

I hope this isn’t too many. I love taking photos at night. 
 

My oldest Cuban Royal palms... ( planted in 1987 ) the significant thing here is the size of the Devil's Ivy vine  ( Epipremnum aureum ), Those leaves are more than 2' long !

So these coupla palms were 2' tall when I bought my house in 1987 and were the only palms in the yard.
A  'Cotton Palm' in AU...its a Washingtonia of some description and a Coconut that is now at least 40'-50' tall


The Cuban Royals planted in 1989


And the Coryph utan ( Gebung Palm  ) I plamted in 1990.


I planted Triangle palms on my verge/ nature strip in 1990.

 

9 hours ago, DAVEinMB said:

Not trying to steal your pics or anything but that second sabal photo spoke to me, haha. It is an awesome shot. The crown with canopy wrapping around it just screamed lens blur, anyways here's a quick edit I did on it

Lightroom?

1 minute ago, Little Tex said:

Lightroom?

Snapseed 

From my neighbor hood

There are so many!  Here are some of my favorites with palms in them:

Mission San Rafael Archangel, San Rafael, California:

King William Park, San Antonio, Texas:

Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida:

Waimea Valley, Oahu, Hawaii:

Las Vegas, Nevada:

Old Faithful Geyser of California, Calistoga, California:

Sanibel Island Causeway, Sanibel, Florida:

Palm Canyon, Balboa Park, San Diego, California:

Bahia Honda State Park, Florida:

The RIM, San Antonio, Texas:

Highlands Hammock State Park, Florida:

Waimea Valley, Oahu, Hawaii:

California State Capitol, Sacramento, California:

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California:

I don't care what any of y'all might have to say about it but Florida has the best sunsets and sunrises. Period. Sometimes I capture them and sometimes they just go in the memory bank.

Some palms, no edits.

The sun goes down at Flamingo near the southern tip of mainland Florida in Everglades National Park:

The start of a day of small summer trade swell surf at Fort Pierce Inlet:

I briefly stopped at Publix supermarket on my way home from the beach. This is what I found in the parking lot as I walked out the door:

Not a sunset and not my best but after palm trees and beaches Florida photos are incomplete without a large lizard. South Florida is the only place in the world where both crocodiles and alligators live. Gators are very common, crocs not so much. Photo is a bit grainy from the zoom but I wasn't gonna get any closer as crocs can be quite aggressive.  This is Croczilla the second largest crocodile in Everglades National Park near the end of a day of sunning himself on the bank. He slid into the water just moments later:

 

@Jim in Los Altos

What type of Chamaedorea are those? 

More winners:

Randall Research Center, Pine Island, Florida:

Mission Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California:

Imperial Beach, California:

Pismo Beach, California:

Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska:

Collier-Seminole State Park, Florida:

Poti, Republic of Georgia:

Barefoot Beach, Bonita Springs, Florida:

Whitewater, California:

Riverbend Park, Jupiter, Florida:

Batumi, Republic of Georgia:

Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California:

George Brown Botanical Gardens, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia:

Waimea Valley, Oahu, Hawaii:

I could post pictures of palms all day long...

7 minutes ago, GoatLockerGuns said:

I could post pictures of palms all day long...

And I'll be right here clicking refresh 

Great pics!

I thought I would find something that incorporates a couple of passions, so needed palms in the photo too.  Mexican Fan palms in Oceanside, California, Hurricane Eugene (Canon 7D 50mm lens, Del Mar Housing).

..Palmy stuff  from my " Abstract Vision " Artsy " photos collection:
















.." Best " sunsets in FL?.. They're pretty good, but " the best? "  I have serious questions about that, haha..









..Weather, included..

4 minutes ago, Tracy said:

I thought I would find something that incorporates a couple of passions, so needed palms in the photo too.  Mexican Fan palms in Oceanside, California, Hurricane Eugene (Canon 7D 50mm lens, Del Mar Housing).

Great work!

4 hours ago, BayAndroid said:

@Jim in Los Altos

What type of Chamaedorea are those? 

Those are C. benziei. 

3 hours ago, BayAndroid said:

Great work!

Thank you.

Part of a sequence I shot 3/27/2014, same rig as before, the Canon 7D 50mm lens and the Del Mar Housing.  Rocky Point Right, North Shore, Duran Barr.

^ WOW.