Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden

We had a great visit to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix / Tempe (recommended). In addition to all the great plants (and occasional wildlife), they also had a Chihuly glass installation in the garden. We went in the afternoon, which was a little hot, but the advantage was that we could stay till dusk and see the glass lit up in the dark. Of course, I took a ton of photos :-)















The big glass sculptures are made of lots of separate pieces of glass (each "spike"). I understand that these aren't numbered or anything, so each installation is unique because the pieces get put together in different ways each time. Another one of those artistic endeavours that involve a mind boggling amount of work.

I carried my macro and telephoto lenses the whole time, but I ended up taking all of these with the 18-250. I continue to be amazed at what cameras can do these days, virtually in the dark. And as usual, shooting raw and processing in Lightroom makes a huge difference.

See all 56 photos as a slideshow or overview

See also Shelley's blog post