Chicago Botanical Gardens

[Sebastian]

We went in the middle of the day, lighting sucked, harsh mid-day sun.








Paul, how 'bout an ID??

[Sebastian]

Initially I got the red x on each one. Then when I tried to download them, I got the http - but when I copy/pasted I got "no such page."

Liz

Liz,

There seem to be "issues" with my server. Should be cleared up shortly. In the meantime, would you mind deleting the references from your quote? The images are coming up twice and I'm sure until this is fixed these will greatly slow down the loading times for this thread. Ah, technology...

[paulnj]

you geek..... I ID'd one for you LAST YEAR TOO.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH

the turtle is a red eared slider

[Liz]

Hi Sebastian,

Love that bird.........finch I think Paul said. Great color - sharp. What lens did you use here?

The first "flower" is a bit dark on my screen (lcd), but the background blur is excellent. The last flower looks good here - color/contrast and background blurr.

I haven't been out shooting lately - and I'm getting the shakes. Need to feed that addiction.

Liz

[natatbeach]

These suck!!!!

Sorry had to hide my jealousy at the fact they were taken in mid--day sun and the lighting sucked (as I roll my eyes) whatever...

these are great as usual...especially the first... some of your shots have inspired me to try closeup shots liek that but...as you can see NONE have been posted... something about the way you do it...

[Sebastian]

you geek..... I ID'd one for you LAST YEAR TOO.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH

the turtle is a red eared slider

And next year I'll FORGET AGAIN! ;)

Thanks.

[Sebastian]

I haven't been out shooting lately - and I'm getting the shakes. Need to feed that addiction.

Liz

What are you waiting for? I doubt being on the computer is helping you get your fix...

Thanks for the comments, as always.

[Sebastian]

Dear Seb:

In spite of all -- you got the shot! The first one is my favorite. You know how I go for the painterly look -- your first shot has it through and through. The ripples in the water in your turtle shot make a cool abstract. I love that chubby little goldfinch, what a cutey! And, those hanging flowers are very exotic, the one flower in bloom is gorgeous.

Thank you for sharing these Seb -- they're great!

Best to You,
Penny

Thank you Penney, your words are always very encouraging.

[Sebastian]

These suck!!!!

Sorry had to hide my jealousy at the fact they were taken in mid--day sun and the lighting sucked (as I roll my eyes) whatever...

these are great as usual...especially the first... some of your shots have inspired me to try closeup shots liek that but...as you can see NONE have been posted... something about the way you do it...

Hehe...thanks for the honesty, I appreciate it...

There lighting really was terrible, what you see was taken in the shade, with the exception of the turtle. Even when lighting is really bad, there will be something in open shade, and I look for that. Problem is you are greatly limited in what you can shoot, as almost everything will be out in the open.

There is really nothing to these closeups. All of these were taken with the 70-200, the flowers are simply shot wide-open at minimum focus distance. I make sure to have a background that is pretty far away and will blur without many distractions. I also am very picky about focus, wide open the DOF drops down very quickly, especially at the minimum focus range.

[Liz]

Hi Sebastian,

You're right - the computer does NOT help! However, I've been housebound since the 4th of July weekend. One of my residents had some problems and I'm here 24/7 to keep the peace. . She moved out yesterday, so hopefully all will be well soon! In the meantime, I'm trying to catch up on the office work I had to let go - and for my sanity I log into PR at intervals during the day.

I'm hoping to go to NY by the end of the week - if it stops raining..........

Liz

[Sebastian]

Hi Sebastian,

You're right - the computer does NOT help! However, I've been housebound since the 4th of July weekend. One of my residents had some problems and I'm here 24/7 to keep the peace. . She moved out yesterday, so hopefully all will be well soon! In the meantime, I'm trying to catch up on the office work I had to let go - and for my sanity I log into PR at intervals during the day.

I'm hoping to go to NY by the end of the week - if it stops raining..........

Liz

"if it stops raining.........."

I hear that!! Hope you can get out soon.