On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:45:49 +0000, HipsterKitteh
wrote:


'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;946692']Brooklyn1 wrote:-
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:01:21 -0500, Pat Kiewicz
wrote:
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HipsterKitteh said:-



I have a small collection of plants which i grow indoors as I live
in the UK and most of the plants are tropical/require warm
climates. One of the plants I grow is a small catnip ("catmint")
plant. Everyday I water and check on my plants for signs of pests
and disease etc. This morning I noticed a tall hairy dull green
stem growing in the catnip plant's pot. Either I had simply not
noticed it before, or it has magically grown up to about 10cm
overnight. Either way I would like to know if anyone can recognise
this mystery guest of mine, and if they could let me know if it
should be eradicated or if it is safe enough to have around
[Pictures below]

[image: http://i.imgur.com/nbzzc.png]-

It's a very leggy seedling. It may even have suffered a bit of
damage to the seed leaves (hard to tell from the picture). There is
only enough imformation to eliminate a whole lot of possibilities,
and nowhere near enough information at this point to proberly ID the
unknown.

If you are willing to let it grow for a while, it might be possible
to identify it, but this is also the best point to snip it out and
be done with it.
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Sorry for the bad quality, my camera refuses to focus on the right
area :/-

You need a camera with macro settings to really get up close to
little things.-

You remind me of the golfer who blames his balls. The camera is not
lacking, it's all about unsteady hands and inability to properly frame
the subject in the viewfinder... many/most people haven't the ability
to hold a camera steady while pressing the shutter...-

But camera shake isn't the problem here. Notice that in the first image
the
seedling in question is out of focus but the pot behind it is not. It
is
either the inability of the lens to focus close enough or he is using
autofocus and it is not picking the right subject, or both.

So once again you are getting your balls swinging left and right over
nothing, stop using the niblick and try the mashie, or just take your
hand
off it altogether.

David

Kay... my camera automatically focuses at the thing it is looking at and
as the plant in question is a small part of the photo it is not in
focus.

That camera is focused, unfortunately it's focused on the light
reflecting off the shiney rim of the adjacent pot, like shooting into
the sun. To achieve a good image of the subject move that pot to a
place where it stands alone, away from nearby objects... or frame the
shot so that it doesn't include other/brighter objects that will
confuse the auto focus... even the sunlight reflecting off that fence
captures the auto focus. The light reflecting off that white tag is
also confusing the camera. Digital cameras operate very different
from film cameras, they literally have a mind of their own.