The Company's Garden in Cape Town is much more than a garden; it includes architecture, geese and other birds including an aviary, trees, flowers, ponds, walkways, and of course people enjoying all of that. That's so true that I have divided photos taken during our outing there among various threads to hopefully enhance the presentation value. We only spent a few hours there under heavily cloudy skies but came away feeling excellent about our time spent there.
If you're interested in information about the area, you might want to check out The Company's Garden official website.
The other threads:
Thread #2: Architecture
Thread #3: Egyptian Geese
Thread #4: Trees
Bird of Paradise (captured with a 35mm lens on a 1.5 crop-factor camera)
Rose (captured with a 35mm lens on a 1.5 crop-factor camera)
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18th October 2013, 11:59 AM #1
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The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
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18th October 2013, 12:59 PM #2
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
I love the rose... breathtakingly beautiful!
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18th October 2013, 10:12 PM #3
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That is the best rose shot I have seen in long time, Mike. Well done.
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18th October 2013, 10:24 PM #4
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
Indeed, the rose is stunning!
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18th October 2013, 10:45 PM #5
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
Thank you, everyone!
Every once in a while, everything comes together rather easily. The shot was handheld and there was very little post-processing. Just a slight adjustment to the curve, standard sharpening, crop and zapping three very tiny blemishes. Coming upon a model in such perfect condition when the natural lighting was ideal was 95% of making the image.
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18th October 2013, 10:51 PM #6
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
Beautiful photos.
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18th October 2013, 11:56 PM #7
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
Yes, I think Mike was born to photograph flowers...
I adore his flowers and wish he would photograph more of them.
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19th October 2013, 02:23 AM #8
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Re: The Company's Garden -- Thread #1: Flowers
Mike,
The detail in the rose is captured superbly and so lucky to find an example that's perfect.
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