
I am always amazed at how big magnolia blossoms are!

I am always amazed at how big magnolia blossoms are!

I took a trip this morning to the botanical garden, using the Nikon Df and Nikon 105mm f2.5 AIS lens.
As we head toward 100 F weather this weekend, I am glad to have taken the time to head out, once again, to the local botanical garden. Â It is always such a refreshing place to be – new things to see, changes to the familiar. Â I went out with my Nikon Df, and a classic lens, the Nikon 105mm f2.5 AIS.
While I was there, I brought along my Nikon FM2NÂ and a roll of Ilford HP5 to use with different filters – orange, yellow, and green – to see their effects on B&W film. Hopefully I will develop my own roll this next week! And, on the way out of the garden, I took a wonderful tumble, scraped and bruised myself quite nicely, and had a good mouthful of dirt to go along with my lost dignity. I’m quite sore!


The first print version of this picture had all the leaves the same shade of grey, without detail. This is the digital image. I had the image reprinted at another shop, where they caught the detail and different shades of grey. And they offered to work with me one-on-one for color. Nice!