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Couples – Flowers This Time

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Lantana – Lake Claire, UCF – March 2015
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Flower – Mead Botanical Gardens – March 2015

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” William Shakespeare

This marks the reappearance of lantana – probably not the last time as it’s colors and shapes fascinate me.

And, with the second pic I have added a new location – Mead Botanical Garden. This is a 50 acre oasis in Winter Park Florida, great spot for a break from civilization. I believe I spotted a reddish egret there, I will be asking my birding friends on Saturday for confirmation.

Quote found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_nature2.html

Natural World – Photo 101

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Savannah Sparrow – Orlando Wetlands Park – March 2015
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Bark – Lake Claire, UCF – March 2015

This assignment was interesting to me. I take lots of photos seeking to expose lines and patterns in nature.

The top picture is a sparrow sitting among the lines of the water reeds. And needless to say I was shooting the sparrow, the pattern of the reeds was a bonus.

Bottom pic is an oak tree with a lonely air plant, hugging the bark.

BIG and POV – Photo 101

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Oak Trees – UCF – March 2015
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Large Flower – UCF – March 2015

This one is a stretch for me. Couldn’t really think of any thing that big. Saturday I was down on I-Drive – should have taken a picture of the Orlando Eye – our brand new VERY large ferris wheel – but didn’t. How many times have I said that?

So must settle for an oak tree and large flower. Oak in context — the flower was actually about 5 inches across.

Street Photography – Photo 101

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UCF Memory Mall – UCF – March 2015

Well, here is my feeble attempt at a street photo, this is the memory mall which is only really hopping on football game days. It’s tailgate central. We have a rather big campus so it doesn’t look that crowded – for being the 2nd largest university in the country.

My challenge is to train myself to see interesting stuff in the man-made world. Any advice would be appreciated.

Now looking in the other direction —-

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Tricolor Heron – UCF – March 2015

Mathematics in Nature

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Golden Ratio – Naturally – UCF Arboretum – February 2015.
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Geometry – Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve – January 2015

“The most beautiful thing is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science.” Albert Einstein

“Where there is matter, there is geometry” Johannes Kepler

I’ve been waiting for a month for the proper post for this heron. Sunday’s pine tree gave that to me. The patterns within the feathers are amazing.

Quote found at http://www.goldennumber.net/phi-quotations/

Foggy Morning

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Unknown – UCF Arboretum – February 2015

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception” – Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley was an English writer who was probably best known for his novel “Brave New World”. Although the above quote probably comes from Doors of Perception a non-fiction book about psychedelic drugs. I still find it quite insightful.

Odd parallel – he died the same day as C.S. Lewis.

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