Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Foster Botanical Garden

I can't believe that it was over two years ago that me and Susie went to the Foster Botanical Garden in Search of the Madagascaro Gecko. The memory of that day is still so vivid, it seems like it was only yesterday.

We had a half day work day today so we both met up with Erick, Shun Wah and Sze at the Foster Garden in the afternoon. It's so awesome to have pals who share the same passion for photography as we do. Shun Wah and Erick tried their hands again at HDR; Susie tested out her new 5D Mark II and I went with my 100mm macro lens.

15 comments:

Les said...

Are these handheld??? If so, very impressive! Maybe I need to dust off my lens and give it another try!!

Erick said...

Coolness! I love the first three, nice comp and color saturation. Must be the 422-2222, I Jellos, I no can put in that phone numer. Great shooting, kind of HDRish. Super shooting!!!

jalna said...

Les, grab out your duster!

Thanks Erick. We're even 'cause I'm jellos of your HDR stuff.

K and S said...

beautiful photos!

SW said...

Your macro shots are so cool..LOVE the water drop shots and that 4th shot of the dark pink/red flower has such a nice soft tone...now I need to get me one of those lens too!! Great shots!!

Betty Townsend said...

Oh, wow, Jalna -- these photos are beautiful!!! The colors are so vivid!!

Les said...

ARE YOU SERIOUS??? I swear I thought you were gonna write back that you lugged around your tripod...gan funit!

jalna said...

Thanks Kat!

Shun Wah, I'll e-mail you a link to Craigslist. That's where I found my macro lens.

Thanks Betty. I cheated . . . I boosted the color in camera.

jalna said...

So Les, anytime you like go excursion let me know!

susie said...

TOTALLY AWSOME PICTURES!!! Was it really 2 years ago, my time sure flies by when you're having fun!!!

celia said...

I am totally jellos, I love your butterfly shot!!! I also like your other pictures too. You certainly have an eye. No tripod, again I am jellos.

Randism said...

holy smokes! your pictures are amazing; just amazing; i can't get over how clear and detailed the pictures are! may i ask what macro lens you used for these shots? just fantastic...

jalna said...

Wow Celia and Rand, you guys going give me one big head. Rand, I have a Canon 100mm macro f2.8. I just bought it used off of Craiglist about a month ago.

The wind was kinda blowing some of the plants, so I have this little trick that I use a lot. I held the stem steady with my left hand. But that leaves me with only my right hand to hold the camera steady right? Soooo, I bring my left shoulder across in front my body kinda under my chin and then rest the edge of the camera on my left shoulder. I can keep the camera really steady like that. This only really works if you're a left-eyed shooter though.

Jesse said...

A beautiful series of photographs! Great colors and detail!

jalna said...

Thanks Jesse!