Hi Vic - Really like "Mossey" and "Shadows on sand". Thanks for sharing. Thanks also for your visit to my Fotopage and kind comments.

pisang???

Very Interesting subject Victor, Happy New Year Pat

Nice examples of "Contrasts", I do believe. Great! Better than anything that I got.

I didn't even bother with my skewered dried leaf.

The gully in the rain really was an experience. I hope everyone's equipment escaped unharmed.

Victor, Your "Dried leaf on Thorny Trunk" is a great composition. Very well done!

From a horticultural perspective, the dried leaf is from the "Pop-a-gun" or "Trumpet" tree, Cecropia schreberiana, a very fast growing native tree which will often rapidly occur as secondary growth on disturbed lands, particularly in the countryside. The dried leaf always has the characteristic shape of a clenched fist. Pop-a-gun is considered to be one of several local medicinal plants, the leaves being used to make a tea for the treatment of kidney ailments, diabetes and high blood pressure.

The sharp spines are the defense provided on the trunk of the "Macaw" palm, Aiphanes minima (synonym, Aiphanes erosa). This palm, which will grow to about 30 ft, is covered with menacing black spines to 3 inches in length and large numbers of smaller spines on its leaves. It is endemic to the Caribbean region and is common in our gullies. The seeds, although only 1/2 in diameter, when dried and the kernel cracked open, are edible.

looks like the wind was cooperating in "Reflections". graeme hall's water bodies can be quite useful for mirror-like reflections from time to time.

Hi Victor - A really interesting post. I especially like "Andrews Country View" (Now why didn't I see that?) and "Alien Shadows". Thanks for sharing them.

Hi Victor - Looks like you're back in action. Great shot and the upload looks fine. Sent you an e-mail before I visited here, so no need to sweat the details given in it.