The Denver Botanic Gardens, July 2015

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever]

M’lady and I did a Members Tour recently and I took a few snapshots.  This was nothing like our visit here last year for the Chihuly exhibit but changing flora being what it is you can visit the gardens year around and see something different each time.

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I only took my Nikon 18-55mm lens (with D5200 camera of course) which seems to be my lens of choice and versatility for the casual touristy shooting I do.  As usual I was in Auto or Auto/No-flash mode most of the time except for the bee shots for which I tried a faster shutter speed.  It was a warm sunny day, which always helps.

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A very tall orchid in the tropical conservatory.

An exhibition of horse statues is in residence. They look like driftwood but are not.

The statue artist. She collects driftwood, creates the statue, then casts it in bronze and reproduces the color and patinas. We were told the statues were extremely heavy and required small cranes to move and place them.

More on the horse statues here.

More Botanic:

Pollinators.

The Monet Pool.

The Monet Pool.

In the Bonsai Pavilion, #30 on the map. Zoom on the trunk.

Find this one in my Chihuly post if you can. (Yes, it’s the Blue Glass series.)

Following are ever-loved coleuses one finds everywhere.  These were in The Orangery, #49.  I wasn’t sure about the odd-looking one but believe I found it online as a Coleus Under The Sea Red Coral:

Coral Under The Sea Red Coral, I think.

M’lady did her own coleus and sweet potato vine display on our back patio…

...but I digress.

 

More horses, not war horses:

The Delta Sonics blues band was playing at the Cheeseman Park Arts Fest near the Botanic Gardens.  They were smokin’ hot!  I swear they played a Slim Harpo tune.

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That’s all folks!