Posts Tagged ‘botanic gardens’
A bird through the roof of the U.S. Botanic Gardens

This photograph was another attempt to find more light in the U.S. Botanic Gardens. Looking up, I saw the structured grid created by the panes on the greenhouse roof being intersected by another diagonal structure, which looks to be a stairway to the observation catwalk. Rather than frame the shot with horizontal and [...]

The Capitol Rotunda from the U.S. Botanic Gardens

In an earlier post, I briefly mentioned that there’s not much available light to work with inside the U.S. Botanic Gardens, especially on a cloudy day. I came across this composition after looking upward toward the only source of light in the large greenhouse and seeing the Capitol Rotunda peeking above the top of [...]

Planter at the U.S. Botanic Gardens in color

This is a color photograph of the planter previously posted in black and white.

Planter at the U.S. Botanic Gardens in black and white

This planter is located in a side room of the U.S. Botanic Gardens; it sat near the entrance to the room away from the hands-on exhibits where people could touch and feel things and quiz themselves on their knowledge of plants. The challenge with photographing at the Botanic Gardens was the sheer number of people [...]