Monday, March 18, 2013

Mitchell Park Domes

When my parents were visiting Milwaukee earlier this month, among other things, we went to the Mitchell Park Conservatory or the Domes. It's taken me a while to get through this whole set of photos, but I'm happy to share them with you today. Enjoy.







Hands down, this shot blew me away more than anything else that I took that day. I played up the contrast when I edited it and cannot believe the results. Who knew that black and white flower photography could be so striking?

I'm continuing to challenge myself to play up vivid colors and sharp imagery when I take pictures.

 


I took this picture for the reflection.


The current Mitchell Park special exhibit in their show dome is a train exhibit.




Finally, I put together this edit for the March BBA Challenge: Emerging Foggy Spring. As we still have several inches of snow on the ground here, it wasn't feasible to go out and get a new outdoor photo to fully capture spring... any time thus far this month. Sad. So this is what I have. My digital drawing skills are on par with my regular drawing skills (which are elementary at best), but I learned a lot completing this little project.


14 comments:

  1. I really love the lamp shots! The purple/pink flower right above really caught my eye, too.

    There's no snow on the ground, but I thought spring had arrived. Yesterday was 70s and amazing! Today is upper 50s and wet. I may sound like a whiner for complaining about it, but I'm much more accustomed to heat!

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  2. Beautiful -- you're just getting better and better! That last shot is an interesting (and very cool) answer to the team challenge!

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  3. How wonderful to have such a beautiful place to visit when its dreary and colorless outside! Love the pink flowers right above the train exhibit and all your macros!

    And what a fun take on this month's challenge! You're also doing great on your goal to learn new things in Photoshop too!

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  4. I would like to visit The Domes! Love nature and you have captured it well. Love the black and whites the most. Love the team challenge piece--so different!

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  5. These are amazing! Very pretty florals and wonderful b/w shots!!

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  6. These are awesome. It's also so interesting to see your "eye" and perspective as compared to my own - or even other photographers. We all see the world differently.
    The black and white photography is addictive. I didn't really get into it until I got my DSLR and now if I even remotely think a shot will be interesting in b&w, I'll either do that with my camera or I'll do it with my photo editor. Fabulous shots!

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  7. Some really great photography Rose! I love the black and white and how that flower really took over the picture - that is beautiful.

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  8. Rose these photos are really GOOD.. I think my fave is the light post in sepia..I could picture that blown up and framed. Thank you for sharing these :)

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  9. Lovely photos Rose! I think I like the lamp posts the best!

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  10. The photos make me want to go on vacation.
    I have been taking photos of furniture for a new(ish) venture and other ideas for the shop. I feel like it helps to look at a photo of something I created to get a different "view" of it.

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  11. What great photographs, I'm not sure which is my favorite. Looks like an awesome place to spend the day! Thank you for sharing Rose!!

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  12. I do enjoy a conservatory visit. When we lived in Chicago, we often visited the one in Lincoln Park. The orchid room was one of my favorites. What a wonderful tropical day you had in early March!

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  13. These Mitchell Domes photos are post card-pretty. Love that black and white photo especially!

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