Garden

One trick to a good photograph that mixes architecture and nature is to make is to use flawed symmetry. The lack of perfect balance forces the viewer to stop and consider, just a bit, the imperfections of reality and how, upon further thought, they are preferable to the alternative.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Peru 2015 - Macaw

Wild macaws don’t much like people and insist on staying extremely far away. This is why I was glad that I brought the big lens.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Bridge

I’m not nearly as much an expert in botanical gardens as I am with zoos, but I’m pretty sure there’s a troll somewhere under there.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Prairie Dog performing Richard II

“The shadow of your sorrow hath destroy’d the shadow or your face.”

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.