NCAR10D-236
April 10, 2010
Today's image comes because I am impatient for spring. The winter here has been nothing short of disappointing. It has been cool, but not cold, with no snow to speak of. It is just a succession of chilly days with brown, decrepit leafless trees. It can be quite a bummer. I am looking forward to spring, when some semblance of life takes shape again. This was taken at the Sarah Duke Gardens on the Duke University campus. The Asian section of the garden has a lovely arrangement of small shrines by the water's edge, and on the far side the flowers were blooming. I loved this image, as simple as it was, using the flowers as a veil over the stone shrine to frame the image and add some addiitonal complexity and mystery to the image, as that better conveyed my feelings on how the shrine and garden should be portrayed. Enjoy.
Technical notes:
Camera: NIkon D80
Lens:Nikon 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/200 f/4.5 ISO 400
Post-processing: Toning and curves adjustment in PS4 (the border edge is a bit much, but I couldn't find the original file in time to remove it, so you get a soft dropped shadow courtesy of late nights with PS4)
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