- Location
- Milwaukee, WI USA
- Name
- Luke
My wife and I went to a traveling exposition called "China Lights" that stopped at our local botanical garden for the month of October. It is a massive display of handmade Chinese "lanterns". It took us over an hour to take it all in. I wasn't sure what to bring to shoot these things at night because I knew I didn't want to use a flash. So I brought the X-T1 with the 35mm f/1.4 figuring it would be pitch black (not realizing how bright these things were) and I also brought along my trusty old X100 so I would have a wider FOV. I ended up giving my wife the X100 because as soon as she saw everything she wanted to shoot, too. So all of these were shot with the 35mm.....I may add some of my wife's shots later, but most of hers were overexposed (I was dialing in -1 to -2 for most of these shots).
Here's the beginning of the tour....as you can see some of these are pretty massive!
DSCF7331 by Luke, on Flickr
No, this isn't a lantern, but there were still some flowers in bloom in the gardens despite some VERY chilly temps..... and the light was amazing.
DSCF7332 by Luke, on Flickr
here's my lovely wife framing a shot with the X100 (My favorite shots are always of someone shooting the stationary objects, rather than the shots of the objects themselves)
DSCF7336 by Luke, on Flickr
and who doesn't love Pandas? Show me a man who doesn't love pandas and I will show you a man who has no soul.
DSCF7340 by Luke, on Flickr
the zebras had a menacing look to them, but they were still among my favorites
DSCF7343 by Luke, on Flickr
in the springtime, this botanical garden has an amazing array of tulips, so I wasn't particularly impressed with these man-made ones despite the obvious skill that goes into making them.
DSCF7347 by Luke, on Flickr
this row of flamingos was pretty impressive, but a single focal length meant limited framing options....now that I know how bright is was there, I would have brought along a zoom to give more flexibility (though I would have still used the 35mm a lot for subject isolation in a very crowded space).
DSCF7349 by Luke, on Flickr
here's a detail shot of the flamingo so you can see the framework with the fabric stretched over it (and glued?) into place. It was pretty windy and rainy the day before and these things held together very well....I was impressed.
DSCF7354 by Luke, on Flickr
Here's my wife again concentrating on her flamingo composition (and I love the OOF dragon made up of bokeh balls in the background.....we'll get a better look at him later)
DSCF7352 by Luke, on Flickr
and here she is "hunting" swans (?)
DSCF7355 by Luke, on Flickr
DSCF7356 by Luke, on Flickr
That's all I have time for now.....I'll share some more later as time permits. These are all sooc jpeg for those that care.
Here's the beginning of the tour....as you can see some of these are pretty massive!
No, this isn't a lantern, but there were still some flowers in bloom in the gardens despite some VERY chilly temps..... and the light was amazing.
here's my lovely wife framing a shot with the X100 (My favorite shots are always of someone shooting the stationary objects, rather than the shots of the objects themselves)
and who doesn't love Pandas? Show me a man who doesn't love pandas and I will show you a man who has no soul.
the zebras had a menacing look to them, but they were still among my favorites
in the springtime, this botanical garden has an amazing array of tulips, so I wasn't particularly impressed with these man-made ones despite the obvious skill that goes into making them.
this row of flamingos was pretty impressive, but a single focal length meant limited framing options....now that I know how bright is was there, I would have brought along a zoom to give more flexibility (though I would have still used the 35mm a lot for subject isolation in a very crowded space).
here's a detail shot of the flamingo so you can see the framework with the fabric stretched over it (and glued?) into place. It was pretty windy and rainy the day before and these things held together very well....I was impressed.
Here's my wife again concentrating on her flamingo composition (and I love the OOF dragon made up of bokeh balls in the background.....we'll get a better look at him later)
and here she is "hunting" swans (?)
That's all I have time for now.....I'll share some more later as time permits. These are all sooc jpeg for those that care.
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