Visited the Botanical Garden

Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
edited December 6, 2004 in Holy Macro
I took a little trip to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA today. Ok, I know what you're thinking, "Isn't it winter? Why are you going to a garden in winter? You're nuts! :heh" Well, I ended up spending most of the time in and around their very cool conservatory. It was almost a great day for some IR (it would have been a great day if there were a few more wispy clouds). Here are a couple from the take:

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You can view the rest here: http://philu.smugmug.com/gallery/308648

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2004
    I like the black and white very much. Strong composition and stark, contrasty treatment, my favorite type.
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  • happysnapperhappysnapper Registered Users Posts: 224 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2004
    Yes, the B&W one is really lovely. Its a great shot, nice angle too.

    Yvette
    :roflhappily snapping
  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2004
    wxwax wrote:
    I like the black and white very much. Strong composition and stark, contrasty treatment, my favorite type.
    Thanks! I agree - B&W in general should be fairly contrastry. I find this even more true in IR shots and especially IR architecture shots. These just weren't working for me until I continued to crank up the contrast.
  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2004
    Yes, the B&W one is really lovely. Its a great shot, nice angle too.

    Yvette
    Thank you! The angle thing is something I'm working on - trying to find a different perspective that works for the particular subject. I have a tendency to line things up in a symmetrical way (the logic/mathematic side of me coming out) - very unoriginal and boring. I still consider myself a photography noobie when it comes to composition. I have a lot to learn but every now and then I get lucky.
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