Photography 101 – Day Nineteen: Double & Rotation

There are many ways to interpret ‘double’ and just as many to interpret ‘rotation’. The other day, I visited the Amarillo Botanical Garden (ABG) looking for some willing subjects to photograph. Spring has not arrived yet so the outside garden was still dormant.

However, the Mary E. Bivins Tropical Conservatory at ABG provides a year-round tropical environment. That is where I found this double Chinese Lantern (Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’).

Look at the flower petals. Can you see them in rotation?

FYI – Next week, we pack up the RV and head 1500 miles East to Broadway, VA. We will be on the road for 6 days. I will be posting from places like Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Memphis and Bluff City, Tennessee; then Roanoke and Broadway, VA. I hope you come along for the trip.

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Day 8: Natural World & Leading Lines

Instead of leaves, most cacti have spines or scales (which are modified leaves). These spines and scales do not lose water through evaporation (unlike regular leaves, which lose a lot of water). The spines protect the cactus from predators (animals that would like to eat the cactus to obtain food and/or water).

I like the lines in this cactus plant that is behind our RV at Amarillo Ranch RV. By the way, those thorns or thistles really hurt when they penetrate human skin. OUCH!

Thistle Cholla (Cylindropuntia tunicata)
Amarillo Ranch RV, Amarillo, Texas

Then there is this mystery plant with cool geometrical lines.

Mystery Plant
Amarillo Ranch RV, Amarillo, Texas

This Chinese Lantern caught my attention at the Amarillo Botanical Garden.

Chinese Lantern (Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’)
Amarillo Botanical Garden, Amarillo, Texas

So I got a closer look.

Chinese Lantern (Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’)
Amarillo Botanical Garden, Amarillo, Texas

Then I remembered to change my POV (point of view). I looked up.

Chinese Lantern (Abutilon ‘Tiger Eye’)
Amarillo Botanical Garden, Amarillo, Texas

I am glad I did. And finally, I leave you with this mystery duck.

Mystery Duck
Amarillo, Botanical Garden, Amarillo, Texas

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