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Posts Made By: Bill Byrd

December 5, 2009 06:33 PM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

Frosted Flower

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]Got frosty here in S Texas over night. This plant made it through 60+ days of 100° heat this summer only to be wiped out by last nights freeze. Within 2 hours of taking this picture, the plant was withered and shriveled up. cwy
Bill[/COLOR]

January 19, 2010 12:13 AM Forum: Landscape Photography

Desert HDR - Big Bend National Park

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]Playing with HDR. This is a single pic processed with PhotoMatix. It has a little more "pop" than the straight pic. That's good because the day the original pic was taken was completely overcast with very flat Noon lighting.
Bill[/COLOR]

January 24, 2010 12:32 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Re: old Coulter box-n-tube dob

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]Auto parts stores...called door edge guard and come in a couple of sizes. Some (all?) have an adhesive in the channel so they stay on pretty well when installed on the edge of a sonotube.
Bill[/COLOR]

January 27, 2010 03:01 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Re: old Coulter box-n-tube dob

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]The last time I bought edge guard at the auto parts store, iy had a sticky adhesive in the channel. You just pushed the u-shaped channel onto the end of the sonotube and it stayed on very well.
Bill[/COLOR]

April 22, 2010 02:17 AM Forum: Bad to the Bone Autos

Mercedes CL65 AMG

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]I work at a large medical university. My wife works for the Neurosurgery department of the university. Yesterday the head of the Neurosurgery department took delivery of a brand new black Mercedes CL65 AMG. I know the head of the Neurosurgery department through my wife and through the work I sometimes perform for their department. I'm hoping for a ride in the AMG later this summer. The doc is keeping his old car, an Audi A5, as his drive-to-the-airport-and-leave-it-while-he's-gone car. Must be nice!
Bill [/COLOR]

September 12, 2010 02:22 AM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

Big Grub - ID?

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]This grub was crossing the trail in Guadalupe Mountains National Park last week. It was big...about as big as a man's thumb! I have no idea what it will become. Anyone know?
Thanks!
Bill [/COLOR]

October 16, 2010 12:22 AM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

Two Caterpillars On Passion Flower

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]These caterpillars seem to really like the taste of the passion flower blooms. As soon as a bloom gets close to opening, there is a caterpillar munching on it. These two different sized bloom eaters were on the vine in our front yard tonight.

Taken with zoom lens + good quality auxilary close up lens.
Bill[/COLOR]

October 16, 2010 03:06 PM Forum: Insects - Flowers and Other Small Stuff - Photos

Wet Hibiscus Flower

Posted By Bill Byrd
[COLOR="Purple"]Flower with water drops.
Bill [/COLOR]

April 6, 2002 05:09 AM Forum: Off Topic Discussions

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Posted By Bill Byrd
Scott: Where do you set the number of ads to be displayed?
Bill

April 7, 2002 01:01 AM Forum: Telescope Making

Secondary Spiders

Posted By Bill Byrd
Hi Robert! Check out the Protostar spiders and secondaries. First rate stuff and first rate people to deal with. You might have to wait a little to get your order but it's worth it. They have flocking paper too.
Bill

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