On our last morning we wandered around the park between the convention center and the mall. Quite a nice little park. Shelley spotted the giant carpenter bees visiting the flowers on a trellis. These were definitely the largest I've seen, about 1.5 inches long, fat, with colorful iridescent wings. The trick was that the only time they stopped moving was when they crawled inside the flowers, at which point you could only get butt shots. I did manage to catch one just as it was leaving a flower.
There have been so many flowers around that I'm started to take them for granted. Wait till I get home to Saskatchewan winter!
And there were views of the towers, of course:
And reflections of the towers:
And then I was lost trying to capture all the reflections. (Shelley found some shade and waited patiently.) I often substantially adjust the contrast and color, but since they're just abstract I don't feel guilty about it.
Sometimes it's the color that stands out (this was the reflection of a sunlit green bush)
Sometimes it's not the color at all, but the pattern of the light and shadow:
And sometimes it's both the color and the pattern:
The conditions seemed to be just right for reflections - interesting shapes and colors around the water (buildings, trees, etc.) with enough movement in the water to make shapes but not so much that the water got rough. Moving around and adjusting the angle and zoom give you infinite choices.
See all 21 photos as a slideshow or overview
There have been so many flowers around that I'm started to take them for granted. Wait till I get home to Saskatchewan winter!
And there were views of the towers, of course:
And reflections of the towers:
And then I was lost trying to capture all the reflections. (Shelley found some shade and waited patiently.) I often substantially adjust the contrast and color, but since they're just abstract I don't feel guilty about it.
Sometimes it's the color that stands out (this was the reflection of a sunlit green bush)
Sometimes it's not the color at all, but the pattern of the light and shadow:
And sometimes it's both the color and the pattern:
The conditions seemed to be just right for reflections - interesting shapes and colors around the water (buildings, trees, etc.) with enough movement in the water to make shapes but not so much that the water got rough. Moving around and adjusting the angle and zoom give you infinite choices.
See all 21 photos as a slideshow or overview
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