St. Paul, MN Photos

Dancing

I always have trouble shooting black statues.  This one is in HDR which kind of helps.  Actually it helps a lot, almost feels like cheating.  The statue is part of a water feature at the Como Park Conservatory.  I love palm trees.

Water Lillie

In the late afternoon the sun hits the pond and lights up the Lillie.  This is the first I have seen in bloom this year at the Como Park Conservatory but I know it won’t be the last and I will try not to shoot them all.

Minneapolis Sculpture garden

This is part of the conservatory in Minneapolis which is part of the Walker Art Center, the same place that the fish I posted yesterday lives.  This room has plants in it as you can tell and the vines are jasmine.  It smells wonderful and is nice and it is warm, sunny and feels marvelous in February.

Green and growing

I read an article once that I have to say I agree with.  The writer said that the built-in camera flash that comes with the DSLR camera should be removed and thrown in the trash so that you are not tempted to use it.  I used an on camera flash for this shot at 1/4 power.  I think there are times when a little light is needed and the on camera flash can be used, but most of the time it just mucks up the photo.