The garden - again ^_^

While we are still waiting for the lotus flowers to make an appearance this year, here are a few summer blooms that caught the lens of my camera~~

A break from Japan photos

A quick break from the Japan photos...I can't take more photos and allow the back log to build up.

Here are a few shots from the garden. It was raining so given the conditions I'm still quite pleased with what came out of the day~~

Last garden photo trip before Japan

Wind, rain, and a southern highland garden

A garden called "Chinoiserie" filled with various types of peonies and other flowers. It was worth the visit even with the non-stop rain and wind. The garden wasn't big, but the graceful peonies and the overwhelming crab apple tree flooding with flowers took my breath away.

I've always liked to photograph flowers and leaves with droplets of water, but this is my first time taking photos in pouring rain (thanks to my dad who was holding an umbrella over me and my camera all the way). It was cold and my hands kept shaking, there wasn't enough light due to the overcast, but in the end I'm still happy with quite a few shots.

We only visited one out of all the southern highland open gardens this time due to the horrible weather, but I am determined to go back another time to take more photographs of these beautiful gardens.

Nature's beauty

By simply stepping into the garden, I can feel the beauty of nature in every flower petal and every leaf blade. I only wish my camera is able to capture some of this beauty and preserve them for more than a season.

New spring flowers~

The tulips are on their way out but in their place, new shades and colours are capturing our attention.

The weather hasn't been great for us over the last couple of photo shoots and most of the images turned out less than satisfactory, still I'm glad we managed to capture some of the new blooms from the garden.

Explosion of Colours @ Botanic Garden

How a few days of warm weather and sunshine can change the bare stalks and flowerbeds!

Everywhere we went there were new tulips (among other flowers) on display. The boldness of the reds and oranges, the intricacies of the shaded purples and pinks, the endless whites and yellows, in various poses and styles, compete for the attention of our cameras...I wish we could spend more than just one lunch hour during each visit.

First attempt at adding 10 pictures at the same time, I wonder if the server can handle this :P