Denver Botanic Gardens

When you plan a photography trip here, the idea might be to capture images of plants and flowers, no?

Well, how about this thought…

Unless you are working on a specific project, don’t lock yourself in to a particular genre of photography simply based on your destination and your expectations–leave yourself open to other “suggestions” from the environment.

This past weekend’s sojourn to the Gardens is a great example. I did, in fact, attempt to make pictures of flowers and plants, but my eye kept getting pulled elsewhere.

To wit:

I found it wasn’t a bad place for working on some “street/people” photography…

Running Free, #2. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
Running Free, #2. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Woman with Striped Shoes. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colrado, 2015
Woman with Striped Shoes. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

A Resting Photog. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
A Resting Photog. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Spring Sun. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
Spring Sun. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Then the small lagoon had me working on a reflection series–in color no less!…

Floating Reflections, #4. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
Floating Reflections, #4. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Floating Reflections, #5. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
Floating Reflections, #5. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Finally, in the indoor tropical building, I did find a couple of more purely organic subjects befitting of the name “botanic”…

The Edge. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
The Edge. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

 

Organic Lines. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015
Organic Lines. Denver Botanic Gardens, Colorado, 2015

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