Posts Tagged Washington Park Arboretum
June 10, 2010 – Yellow Flower
Posted by Dave in Flowers, Picture of the Day on June 10, 2010
Yellow flower
Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Hey guys. Quick (and late) post today. This is some kind of yellow flower that I found in the Washington Park Arboretum here in Seattle awhile ago. Not much else to say about it really. So, I’ll stop there.
Notes: Canon EOS Rebel XT, Tamron 28-300mm VC lens. 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 200. Focal length: 154mm.
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April 21, 2010 – Pretty Blue Flowers
Posted by Dave in Flowers, Macro, Picture of the Day, Washington State on April 21, 2010
Pretty blue flowers
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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No time to write up a post today, but here’s some pretty blue flowers to look at!
Notes: Canon EOS Rebel XT, Tamron 28-300mm VC lens. 1/125s, f/9.0, ISO 400. Focal length: 260mm.
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February 9, 2010 – Washington Park Japanese Garden
Posted by Dave in Fall Color, Picture of the Day, Washington State on February 9, 2010
Woodland Park Japanese Garden
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Meh.
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December 10, 2009 – Lilypads
Posted by Dave in Picture of the Day, Washington State on December 10, 2009
Lilypads, Washington Park Arboretum
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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Hey everyone! As promised several weeks ago (just over a month ago now, actually), here is the “other one”, the version of this picture without ripples.
To recap the story, I took this one (and the other one) in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. I was there to see if I could find any cool flowers to take pictures of, and I snagged these two as I was walking by. At the time (and even at the other time, later that night when I was looking through the pictures) I didn’t really think much of them, decided they weren’t really that interesting. But a few months later they caught my eye. Well, actually, the other one did, the one with the ripples. But that caused me to look more closely at this one too. I still think it’s a bit boring, but it’s got some elements that I like: I love the color, and I love the detail in the reflection of the tree. But I’m still not convinced about the picture as a whole. But, I promised I’d post it, so post it I did. You’re welcome.
Notes: Canon EOS Rebel XT, Tamron 28-300 mm VC lens. 1/250s, f/10.0, ISO 400. Focal length: 77 mm.
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November 9, 2009 – Lilypads
Posted by Dave in Picture of the Day on November 9, 2009
Lilypads - Washington Park Arboretum
Monday, November 9, 2009
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Welcome back everyone! I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how I feel about this picture. It was taken in the Washington Park Arboretum, just south of the University of Washington in Seattle. I went there one day this summer to take some flower pictures, and I snapped this one too while I was there. At first, I shrugged and decided it wasn’t really worth posting. But then this weekend I was going through some older pictures, and this one caught my eye. It kind of grew on me a bit. I think there are definitely some cool things about it. But, as a whole… I just don’t know. I keep going back and forth.
Thoughts? I also have one without the ripples, with just nice smooth glassy water. Maybe I’ll post that one too in a couple weeks, just so you can see the difference. That one’s the same way: it’s kind of interesting, but it’s still just dot dot dot I don’t know, ya know?
Notes: Canon EOS Rebel XT, Tamron 28-300 mm VC lens. 2/250s, f/10.0, ISO 400. Focal length: 65 mm.
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July 22, 2009 – Rhododendrons
Posted by Dave in Flowers, Macro, Picture of the Day on July 22, 2009
Rhododendrons
Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
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Well hello again. These are rhododendrons, and this picture is the product of a quick trip by the Washington Park Arboretum (across the canal from the University of Washington), that I took one nice sunny day this spring when Julie was busy for a few hours. I was just going through the pics from that day last night, and it turns out that I actually a few pretty good ones. You may see a couple of them someday, we’ll see.
Rhododendrons are a pretty fascinating flower. I had never seen them before I moved out to Seattle, I had no idea they existed. Most of the year, they just look like an ordinary bush. (Or tree, in some cases..) But during the spring, all of a sudden they’ll burst out with thousands of these crazy flowers. And they’re BIG flowers too, they’re really incredible. And they come in just about any color you can imagine. Amazing. Also, they’re EVERYWHERE. You don’t realize it until they bloom, but they’re all over the place. I even have a rhodie bush in my backyard, didn’t even realize it!
I don’t think I’ve posted any pictures from Snoqualmie Falls yet, but I was just there last weekend, so I think I’m going to toss up a picture from that tomorrow. Now you’ve got something to look forward to.
Interested in reading more about rhododendrons? There’s a good writeup here on this blog.
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Notes: Canon EOS Rebel XT, Tamron 28-300 mm VC lens. 1/200s, f/20.0, ISO 400. Focal length: 135mm.
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July 9, 2009 – Washington Park Arboretum
Posted by Dave in Fall Color, Picture of the Day, Washington State on July 9, 2009
Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum
Thursday, July 9, 2009.
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I like this one because it’s got purdy colors. This was taken in the Japanese Garden that’s part of the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle. (Near the UW.) When I was taking it I wasn’t expecting much out of it, but when I was going through the pictures that I had taken that day later, I really liked how all the different colors played off of each other. (The bright green in the grass, the blue from the water, and then all of the different colors in the tree too…)
So there you go. After all the hype that built up after yesterday’s post, about what I could POSSIBLY use for today, now you know.
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Details: Canon EOS Rebel XT, 18-55 mm kit lens. 1/60s, f/16.0, ISO 800. Focal length: 24mm.
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