Saturday, April 18, 2009

The Spring Walk

It's that time of year. When the color starts taking over the barren landscape. Blossoms begin to open to show their beauty, the breeze gets a little warmer, the light stays longer. It's Spring in all its glory!

Let's start a tradition by getting together on Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 10:00 am at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, main entrance location 900 Washington Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11225. The Garden is 52 acres of beautiful theme gardens and walks which was founded more than 99 years ago. The garden sits adjacent to Prospect Park and the Prospect Park Zoo.

As stated on the BBG.org website, during our visit we should encounter, "Lush, intoxicating lilacs bloom in tones of lavender and purple in the Lilac Collection. Azaleas are ablaze in pink, magenta, and red in the Osborne Garden. Tulips explode in every imaginable hue in the Annual Borders and Fragrance Garden. Bluebell Wood is aglow with 45,000 Spanish bluebells."

Everyone is welcome, regardless of your skill level. If you are interested in joining us click - Brooklyn Botanical Garden Photo Walk RSVP.

Here are a few images I've captured over the last few years at the Garden around this time of year.





Hope you can join us!

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Saturday, April 4, 2009

A few of us got together a couple of weeks ago to visit the New York Aquarium. It turned-out to be a beautiful day with plenty to see and photograph.


The key points of photographing at an aquarium were discussed as we walked, talked, and were awe struck by the wonders this place had to offer. The main point is to try and eliminate, or limit the reflections you are faced with when photographing through glass. Because of the low ambient lighting, using a polarizing filter to eliminate reflections is not an option since you can loss a stop or more of exposure. The best option is to wear dark clothing, being aware of the reflection sources, bump up your ISO, shoot RAW is you have an option, and never use flash.

Here are just a few of the wonderful images captured that day.














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