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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

little bit of Fall part 6

if you're as tired of the Morton Arboretum as i am, then you'd be happy to know that this is the final post

what follows is some miscellany found on arboretum grounds



Kettle Korn Cabin. maybe they should've also used a K to spell Cabin
so then their initials can be...

their popcorn is supposedly both sweet and salty
i wouldn't know. i'll have to buy some and try it next time



i snuck around back to get a shot of the guy stirring the pot



some plant life themed artwork. i am looking directly up at it




Tuesday, November 17, 2009

little bit of Fall part 5



today's series of images just feature various areas of the Morton Arboretum that have a water element













i wish i had done more in this area with the reflections


Monday, November 16, 2009

little bit of Fall part 4



we wandered over to the Japanese area of the Morton Arboretum
where we discovered a big banzai tree



the monkeys attacked



he looks like he's either fishing or practicing drumming



monkey yelling











peek-a-boo



i had a new macro lens with me. it's a 100mm f/2.8
it's really meant for tripod use so my images aren't as sharp as they can be
the tree's movement from the wind wasn't helping either
but i really just wanted to get a feel for the lens' closeness and depth of field







some tiny Japanese pears



and then they left


Sunday, November 15, 2009

little bit of Fall part 3

   there's a children's garden at the Morton Arboretum. and there's various activities for the kids to do to learn stuff about stuff. one of those activities is to find the gnomes. they're hidden throughout the garden, and the kids have to figure out where by looking at a sheet of clues and figuring out where each gnome is by whatever plant they have to learn about. i dunno how many gnomes there were, as i was not playing the game, but i happened to see four of them.





this one was takin' a break





Saturday, November 14, 2009

little bit of Fall part 2

altho there were already a bunch of leafless trees, there was still quite a bit of Fall colour



seeing above and below the water's surface



it was actually quite crowded at the garden, as it was a weekend
the people in red and blue are ruining the shot
but i could wait no longer for people to get out of the way



never seen these kindsa leaves before. they have spikes on em



leafless skeleton





fairy tale settings








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