Here’s another photo from the last trip Annabelle and I took to the Missouri Botanical Garden. It was a good time (even after my camera decided to take a nap). I learned a few things that day, like:
There are a lot of plants at a botanical garden.
There are a lot of people who visit botanical gardens. I guess they like to look at plants.
It’s wise to fully charge your camera battery before visiting a botanical garden. In case you decide to photograph plants. Or people who like to look at plants.
Who knew?!
About this image: digital photograph, highly modified
Refrigerator Magnate 
Lovely! And also amusing that we both managed to take pictures of the same things independently on this trip. How do we always manage to do that?
On a side note: It’s so pretty outside today! Why are we stuck here indoors!?!? We should be out taking pictures! Work is Lamesville.
That is strange, isn’t it? Yours always turn out much better, though.
True! At least we’ve nearly become independently wealthy! Are we Oprah rich yet?! 😉
i like that little pop of red.
Thank you very much, U.M.!
It seemed like it could use a bit of a punch…
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I don’t like that there’s another UM here. Please defriend that person ASAP.
There’s a whole lot of movement going on in this picture, and I like that. Wind in the trees, narrowing of the path . . .
Sometimes I get confused, and I have to stop and think about which of you is which. But I get confused very, very easily, so, you know. You’re both NYC ladies, too! How about that?!
Thanks so much, U.M.! There was plenty of movement with my rolling around on the ground to take this one. Though that’s not really anything new, either. 🙂
Very nice rendition. I also like the red door. It draws you in!
Thanks so much, sir!
It’s a neat little garden… and the weather was amazing at the time. It was a fun day! 🙂
This and your cherries are my two favourites of your work that I have seen. Very elegant this one. I like the perspective too. And the colours.
Thank you so much, S.E.! I really appreciate that!
This is another one where I was crawling around on the ground to get a different angle. I tried to mimic a tea-stained cyanotype’s texture / color (with a touch of red thrown in for good measure)… 🙂
Yes, I like the elegance of this shot too
Thank you so much, N.M. –
you are very kind!
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Is that the door to MIB headquarters??
Ha! Funny…
now that I stop to think about it…
I’m having a difficult time remembering…
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For some reason this reminds me of a very old picture. . . Perhaps it’s just the classical architecture and the trees
I’m very happy to hear that, Binky…
I was trying to give this one a bit of a vintage feel…
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I too like that “little pop of red!
Such a lovely picture, I wish I knew how to color certain parts of a photo, but I think I’d likely need photoshop for that. Wah-wah-wahhhh.
Thanks, Dishy!
Yeah… I would guess there are other programs that would do that, but I do pretty much all my editing in Photoshop (it’s quick and easy to do stuff like this there)…
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One day I’ll have it too, one day…
I know, Dishy…
The only reason we have CS3 is that Annabelle used to be a teacher so we got a HUGE discount on the software… it’s RIDICULOUSLY expensive! 😦
Love the photo. Classical, elegant, antique look to it. The red door is nice. The amusing commentary is . . . well . . . amusing! this is a great post!
Thank you very much for the kind words! I’m glad you liked the photo… there are always so many choices I often have a difficult time deciding which way to go with an image.
I’m happy you enjoyed the commentary, too! You wouldn’t believe how long I spend writing a single paragraph… and rewriting, and rewriting…
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Thanks for the insight on botanical gardens. If I’d known they contained lots of plants I probably would have visited sooner.
Hahaha…
yeah, what a misnomer… who would have known?! 🙂
I love the perspective in this shot.
Thanks very much, Mr. F.!
I was practically rolling around on the ground when I took this one, but then… that’s just my style, I guess! 🙂
For someone who had no batts, you sure did get some nice images! 🙂
Hahaha…
Well, I had about 1/4 of a battery. For a brief amount of time. Thanks very much, sir! 🙂
Cool pick. Looks like something you’d see in a dream and then spend the rest of the day wondering what’s behind the door…
Thank you so very much, Eden – that’s very kind of you to say! I think… there’s a parking lot back there, but just pretend I didn’t tell you that (kinda’ takes away from the fun of it all)! 🙂