I'm way unsure about the 22nd. This looks like a 1 week bloom type thing at most, so I'll say the 15th & 16th still look safe, I hope. I'm also curious about just how soon those pink buds are going to flower. 2-3 days might turn out to be a lot of time.
Saturday is going to say a lot, one way or the other.
Man, don't go stroking my ego about "photographer extraordinare" or such. I'm getting better, for sure, but that's pushing it. XD
I'll agree that the pre-blooms look pretty far along, and this weekend might be pretty good. I just recall that the weekend after the main event is usually second best for photos.
As for the "extraordinaire" stuff, save the modesty for your own LJ. You head up a very short list of my favorite shutterbugs, and I pimp you out every chance I get... pretty much anytime someone mentions that they wish they had good pics of themselves. The fact that you are getting better only adds to your esteem. I'm not saying you are perfectly flawless, but as I like to say, "I'm not going to tell you how to do your thing, as long as you don't tell me how to do my thing. Which is 'being awesome.'"
That logic worked well last year when the blossoms ending up starting to bloom over a longer period. It didn't work so well the two years previous, where most of the blooms bloomed simultaneously and the fall-off was rapid, meaning a lot of reddish but definitely dead trees. That said, the one thing different about those other 2 years was rain in the intervening week, so maybe it will be fine. The 22nd is just barely within the reach now of the long term forecasts on AccuWeather. But 15th day forecasts are hardly expected to be accurate.
Well, I guess I could take up the extreme other position on your LJ, then. Maybe, "I'm the second incarnation of Ansel Adams" or something. Though whenever you preach that I'm awesome, my backlog has a bad habit of getting longer. XDD
Though whenever you preach that I'm awesome, my backlog has a bad habit of getting longer.
That's where the "I'm not saying you are perfectly flawless" part comes in. =D
And from a completely selfish standpoint, I realize that I may be photoshooting myself in the foot, so to speak, by pimping you out and contributing in some small way to your growing popularity, such that I may get squeezed out of the schedule next time I want you to take pictures of me, but I prefer to think to it as giving you more chances to practice so you'll be even more awesome by the time I'm camera-ready. XD
Next week they should look really good. Too bad I won't have my Magna Carta costume done. I think I'll be able to make it down there, but no costume for me sadly.
Last year, all I wore was some clothes out of my closet. No cosplay stuff at all!. This year I hope to make something new to wear, nothing fancy, but we'll see if it gets done.
Jason likes to get to the park when it opens, or around that time. (9 am) Especially when it's nice out, the park will fill up quickly, making parking harder to find.
Unfortunately, not related, but this is rukawagf. This is my new lj where I wouldn't be talking about anime (much) and mostly irl and cosplay. Please add me back ^^; thank you.
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I'm way unsure about the 22nd. This looks like a 1 week bloom type thing at most, so I'll say the 15th & 16th still look safe, I hope. I'm also curious about just how soon those pink buds are going to flower. 2-3 days might turn out to be a lot of time.
Saturday is going to say a lot, one way or the other.
Man, don't go stroking my ego about "photographer extraordinare" or such. I'm getting better, for sure, but that's pushing it. XD
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As for the "extraordinaire" stuff, save the modesty for your own LJ.
You head up a very short list of my favorite shutterbugs, and I pimp you out every chance I get... pretty much anytime someone mentions that they wish they had good pics of themselves. The fact that you are getting better only adds to your esteem. I'm not saying you are perfectly flawless, but as I like to say, "I'm not going to tell you how to do your thing, as long as you don't tell me how to do my thing. Which is 'being awesome.'"
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Well, I guess I could take up the extreme other position on your LJ, then. Maybe, "I'm the second incarnation of Ansel Adams" or something. Though whenever you preach that I'm awesome, my backlog has a bad habit of getting longer. XDD
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That's where the "I'm not saying you are perfectly flawless" part comes in. =D
And from a completely selfish standpoint, I realize that I may be photoshooting myself in the foot, so to speak, by pimping you out and contributing in some small way to your growing popularity, such that I may get squeezed out of the schedule next time I want you to take pictures of me, but I prefer to think to it as giving you more chances to practice so you'll be even more awesome by the time I'm camera-ready.
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Especially when it's nice out, the park will fill up quickly, making parking harder to find.
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I was wondering who this was... XD
Is this new ID private? Cuz this post is not locked. You want me to delete this comment for you?
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