Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Thunder and lightning, very very frightening.
Yesterday morning I awoke to a sudden crack of thunder, and opened the curtains to discover a rather heavy downpour. Following a small breakfast, I wandered off to the internet cafe -- taking as many covered/underground routes as possible -- and once again attempted head-to-head battled with blogspot's wonderful image related features.
After emerging from the "media cafe" darkness, I found the rain had stopped, and subsequently decided to visit the botanical gardens. Not the most exciting adventure, but at least it was something.
Shortly after entering the gates. It was rather cool, damp, and cloudy outside. While some of the pathways were made of fine gravel, others were simply dirt. As you can no doubt imagine, these dirt trails were rather muddy due to the heavy morning rainfall.
A handheld manual control macro shot. It took several attempts to get this one right. My camera's image stabilizer feature only works up to a point, after that a tripod becomes necessary. In this instance, I was the tripod.
The same species of plant I saw on Maruyama trail, except here the pods have not opened. I wonder what lurks within...?
A nice little bridge in the middle of the gardens.
They did have a rose garden section, but most of the flowers were wilting -- it is late in the season afterall. All the same, I managed to find a couple of nice specimens.
Not much in terms of image composition, but the mix of colours are nice-ish.
A rickety wooden walking trail along a swampy section. There were some frogs, but they were too quick for me to take any photos. Sorry.
After emerging from the "media cafe" darkness, I found the rain had stopped, and subsequently decided to visit the botanical gardens. Not the most exciting adventure, but at least it was something.
Shortly after entering the gates. It was rather cool, damp, and cloudy outside. While some of the pathways were made of fine gravel, others were simply dirt. As you can no doubt imagine, these dirt trails were rather muddy due to the heavy morning rainfall.
A handheld manual control macro shot. It took several attempts to get this one right. My camera's image stabilizer feature only works up to a point, after that a tripod becomes necessary. In this instance, I was the tripod.
The same species of plant I saw on Maruyama trail, except here the pods have not opened. I wonder what lurks within...?
A nice little bridge in the middle of the gardens.
They did have a rose garden section, but most of the flowers were wilting -- it is late in the season afterall. All the same, I managed to find a couple of nice specimens.
Not much in terms of image composition, but the mix of colours are nice-ish.
A rickety wooden walking trail along a swampy section. There were some frogs, but they were too quick for me to take any photos. Sorry.# posted by thom @ 7:39 PM 
