Saturday View - 19 March 2022 Edition

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Today has been another beautiful one my friends. It's warm and for most of the day it's been sunny and just a great day to spend some time outside with nature. And for the first time in over a year and a half I visited one of my favorite places, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square Pennsylvania. For those of you who are not familiar I have included a link above but it's a 1,077 acre botanical garden that was once the home of Pierre S DuPont.You really should check the link if you want to know more than I can tell you though. What I can do is share a few pictures from my visit today. In fact I'll probably be sharing them for a few days. But to start things off I would like to show you some Orchids. Orchids are one of my favorite flowers and Longwood has plenty. Please have a look.

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Sunday View - 31 March 2019 Edition

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Today I am continuing to share photos from our trip to Longwood yesterday. The more and more I go over the days work the more I find I really like. It was a good day behind the camera.

It seems that today's theme is orchids. And Longwood has many different variety. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I just wish my own orchids would bloom this nicely.

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Wednesday View - 2 January 2019 Edition

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This past weekend trip to Longwood Gardens was mainly for their Christmas exhibit, "A Longwood Christmas". It's an event that we try to go to every year and it's simply amazing. You really should see it if you ever have the chance. But whenever I visit the Gardens I am always drawn to the flowers. After all they are the main attraction year round. And that's the cool thing. Year round. I can visit any day of the year and see flowers at full bloom. Inside the Conservatory of course. The  Conservatory is warm and offers the perfect environment for the many species of flowers Longwood has to offer. Flowers like the one featured in today's photo.

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Anyone who knows me knows that I love to shoot orchids. In fact I have a few at home. Unfortunately they are not currently at bloom but should be soon. And when they are I will be sure to share them here.

As for the "unveiling", I am in a holding pattern of sorts. It should be fixed by tonight but these things take time and are completely out of my control. When you see you'll understand.

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Monday View - 19 February 2018 Edition

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Yesterday I shared our Amaryllis that has once again began to bloom after several months of dormancy. Today I am sharing another house plant that has also decided to awaken from a shorter period of hibernation. This is the same plant I shared with you a week or so ago but now it is much further along. You may not be able to tell from this close up but it seems our Orchid is about to show us it's flowers.

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Maybe it's the lighting, the composition or even the change of lens used but I really like this better than my earlier attempts. It's probably a combination of all three. But I think the lens had a lot to do with it.

Here is the EXIF data.

And here is Yesterday's View...

Sunday February 18, 2018

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Welcome To The "Throwback Thursday" View

Today's throwback takes us to February 1, 2015. It also takes us to one of my favorite places to photograph. And one of my favorite times to shoot there. And that is Longwood Gardens during "Orchid Extravaganza". There is several photos in this post so please be sure to Click Here to see them all. And though orchids are the main theme I am sharing this shot from that day.

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I love to work with Black and White and this image has always been one of my favorites. But like I said there's lots to see so make sure you check out the Original Post.

Here is Yesterday's View...

Wednesday January 31, 2018

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Exploration Photography Daily View - March 9, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today I wanted to share a photo from the cafe that I shot this morning. And I shot a lot. But sometimes it just doesn't work out. I didn't like any of them. Well that's not quite 100% true. I liked the composition of a few of them but the quality was lacking. So once again I am sharing a photo from Longwood.

Yep! Another orchid. And there's lots more where this came from. But hopefully tomorrows work turns out a bit better.

And now...

Yesterday's View...

Tuesday March 8, 2016

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Exploration Photography Daily View - March 5, 2016

Hi and welcome to the Daily View!

Today I would like to share one last photo from our trip to Longwood last weekend. Oh there's lots more but I think I may do what I call a "full post" so I can show you a lot of them at once. How's that sound?

This is something I have never seen before and I thought it was pretty cool.

These are orchids hanging from the ceiling in one of the Conservatory rooms with their roots out in the open. You can't see it from this shot but there are dozens of them. I'm not sure how they get water but I do know that orchids don''t need a lot anyway. But how about nutrients? Guess I'll have to do dome research.

And now is when I would normally share Yesterday's View with you but my computer is going nuts with a system update and I have no control over it and am finishing this on my phone. I am glad I was able to upload the photo in time. So I better go for now.

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