It's a Jungle out there...

[digitalandfilm]

<p>Ok.. ok..<br>

Nice weather (no snow, storms, or hail) so I get out to shoot some TMax 400 and Arista 400 with my recently refurbished Minolta X700 and the 50mm 1.4 and 28mm 2.8, and I'm working on a sort of project of shooting "Kudzu" and the effects of the vine that "Ate the South" and it's presence in NY.<br>

Go to the wooded area where Kudzu lives, and promptly get torn up by thorns.<br>

Next stop- a pictorial of Fordham Road in the Bronx- part of my project of "NYC- One street at a time".<br>

Take a shot of this guy with dreadlocks and hat and, upon hearing the somewhat loud shutter of the Minolta X700- starts screaming "NO..NO... NO!!!!" and stomps off up Fordham Road.<br>

Get home and then discover I have THREE TICKS on my body- One on the head, one on the neck and one on the arm.<br>

Of course this HAS TO BE the revenge of the Kudzu!<br>

What is Kudzu?<br>

See <a href="http://grandpacliff.com/InvSp/Kudzu.htm">http://grandpacliff.com/InvSp/Kudzu.htm</a><br>

Moral of the story? Blouse your pants and wear insect repellent when in the woods, and watch out if you shoot pictures of the Homeless in NYC.</p>

 

[jaydesi]

<p>Unrelated to photography, when bees collect nectar from kudzu, the honey is purple.</p>

[walt_z]

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<p>One on the head, one on the neck and one on the arm.<br>

...<br>

Blouse your pants</p>

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<p>I think you're doing it wrong.</p>

[digitalandfilm]

<p>"when bees collect nectar from kudzu, the honey is purple"<br>

Cool fact- here's a shot (not from me) of IR Kudzu:<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3490/3961567234_97c13a0db0_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="459" /></p>

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[Aoresteen]

<p>The real name for Kudzu is "wait-a-minute vine". Anyone who has been on a patrol at Ft Benning knows what I am talking about.</p>