I’m completely stuck on photographing flowers lately.  Word of advice: Do not go to the Old Westbury Gardens on a scorching hot summer day.  It will not be fun.

This first one I decided to title Neglect.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.8 | 1/4000sec

Father and Son. There are actually two versions of the following photo: the first one is cropped and has been converted to black and white with selective coloring (which I know some people absolutely detest), and the other is, well, not, lol.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

White Rose.

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1600sec

The following photos don’t have titles, neither do I know what their names are.  A botanist I surely am not!

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

EXIF: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.2 | 1/1250sec

Yesterday the family and I enjoyed a relaxing and beautiful breezy afternoon at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, NYC. 

We went in the middle of the afternoon, so although the day was absolutely gorgeous, I was stuck with the harsh, blinding afternoon light that photographers are less than enthusiastic about.  So in order to take full advantage of the flower taking opportunities presented at the world renowned New York Botanical Gardens, I decided to try a few “flower in the sky” silhouette photos.

Armed with my trusty 50mm f/1.8, I got low low low and shot upwards.  My only peeve is that I wasn’t using a macro lens!  (which is on my photography wishlist!)