Why would I take 500 photos? Because I'm fascinated by plants and gardening. For my vacation, I spent a few days visiting some of the world's premier gardens, both to enjoy myself and to learn as much as I could. As you might expect, gardens like that display hundreds of new (to me) plant varieties and treatments and, for each I wanted to study, I took several photographs to capture its interesting characteristics.
While it might sound strange, having my camera helped me see better. It reminded me to slow down and examine the different parts of each plant, to look carefully for the traits that separated one plant from its peers, and to consider how I could show my friends each plant in a way that would let them see what I thought was interesting about it.
I have found that sometimes the best way to see is to get behind a camera.
Cheers. --Tom
P.S. One additional benefit of taking a camera to a horticultural garden is that you can photograph plant tags to record botanical information about the cultivars on display. With a good zoom lens, you can even capture the tags on plants that are in restricted or otherwise unreachable areas. Very useful.
Why would I take 500 photos? Because I'm fascinated by plants and gardening. For my vacation, I spent a few days visiting some of the world's premier gardens, both to enjoy myself and to learn as much as I could. As you might expect, gardens like that display hundreds of new (to me) plant varieties and treatments and, for each I wanted to study, I took several photographs to capture its interesting characteristics.
While it might sound strange, having my camera helped me see better. It reminded me to slow down and examine the different parts of each plant, to look carefully for the traits that separated one plant from its peers, and to consider how I could show my friends each plant in a way that would let them see what I thought was interesting about it.
I have found that sometimes the best way to see is to get behind a camera.
Cheers. --Tom
P.S. One additional benefit of taking a camera to a horticultural garden is that you can photograph plant tags to record botanical information about the cultivars on display. With a good zoom lens, you can even capture the tags on plants that are in restricted or otherwise unreachable areas. Very useful.