Tall Tree?

[Rob MacKillop]

Let's see your tall tree shots! I'm sure you can all outdo this one, especially you Americans - where everything is taller, bigger, louder, faster

XE1 in the Botanical Gardens yesterday, when it was sunny (raining today...)

Tall Tree by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

 

[Pete Askew]

That is pretty tall and I like the slightly 3-D look of it. What's that funny blue stuff behind it?!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

That blue stuff just blossoms one day per year. You have to be very lucky to catch it.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Tis a tall tree!
Nice perspective.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Could have been taller if the top was not chopped off [banghead]

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

that's actually too tall for me to view in my browser all at once...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Julian - I just saw the couple walking towards it, providing perspective, and I took a snap. I should have taken two more seconds to compose myself and the shot more carefully. Ah well...

Andrew - you'll need to buy a monster screen!

 

[Pete Askew]

Here you go Andrew!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

How dare you![doh][banghead][doh][banghead]

 

[Pete Askew]

Sorry Rob, I should have asked first. I'll rectify it immediately.

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[Rob MacKillop]

LOL. There's only one more version to do...

 

[Pete Askew]

Always keen to help!

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Could it be the sky files Rob imported from California?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You guys!

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

A beautiful image of a big tree. A grand day out, Rob.

The American tourist visits Australia, and he has an Australian guide who is proud of his land.
So, the guide takes the guest around, showing big landmarks, buildings, monuments, landscapes.
Anytime the American is presented with a magnificent view, he says "in U.S. we have that this big, this tall, bla, bla."
The Australian is really getting upset, but still polite. As they were driving in the desert, a kangaroo crosses the road, jumping.
The American, not knowing what it is and impressed by the animal, asks "What was that?". The Australian proudly says, "well, it's our Australian Mouse."...

 

[Pete Askew]

I know the same joke but with a Texan rancher visiting an Australian sheep farmer he met on holiday. Same bigger, better etc. But the line with the Kangaroo is, "Jeez, don't yer have Grasshoppers over there in Texas!".

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Yours sounds more original, Pete. I probably improvised.

Yes, Texas is special. I visited Dallas area in 1995 on business, and I was a vegetarian. I asked the host of the restaurant what dish they had for me. She said "chicken."

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I was once in hospital, and the vegetarian option on the menu was fried chicken...

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

Here you go Andrew!

thank you Pete, that's great. I just to balance my monitor on end and I'm good to go

 

[Paul Lange]

My netbook only has a 10" screen can I have a diagonal version as even sideways it is too big?