LongWood Gardens

[The Critic]

LongWood Gardens:

Michael Wan posting for Buster

 

[buster]

Thanks Michael, appreciate it.

These Photos were taken with a Canon SD200 3.2mpxl. My wife and I, brother and his girl friend took my mom their this past Saturday for mother's day. Very nice place.

[ May 10, 2005, 04:55 PM: Message edited by: buster ]

 

[pscholte]

buster,

Very nice...where are these gardens?...I lived in New Jersey twice (was at McGuire AFB) and don't remember hearing about them.

 

[buster]

They are in Chadd's Ford, Pennsylvania. I live about 30 minutes from their on the NJ side. It's really a nice place. One of Dupont's estates is part of the gardens. If your in the area, I highly recommend it.

 

[Gary Allan]

I've been there many times in my younger years. The place is intoxicating!! The conservatory is just awesome. Those Dupont royalty really knew how to build an estate.

 

[buster]

I'm seriously blown away by the bottom photo of the white tulips. I'm not a camera expert, but to those that take pictures, is that a good photo? The clarity of this camera is excllent.

[ May 10, 2005, 09:04 PM: Message edited by: buster ]

 

[kenw]

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Originally posted by buster:
I'm seriously blow away by the bottom photo of the white tulips. I'm no camera expert, but to those that take pictures, is that a good photo? The clarity of this camera is excllent.

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yes, it is a good pic. it is one of those shots that breaks the primary rule of traditional photography: the sun isn't behind the shooter. See how the light seems to come thru the flowers? That and the superb effect it gives comes from shooting slightly into the sun. A polarizer may have been used as well, the sky is fabulously well saturated, but that's also a common digital artifact (slight polarization).

Here's a hint, tho...it's not the camera, it's the photographer. Buster done good. real good.

 

[XS650]

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Originally posted by kenw:

Here's a hint, tho...it's not the camera, it's the photographer. Buster done good. real good.

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You beat me to it and said it more eloquently. That picture was worth of a good long look.

 

[buster]

Thanks for the compliment. I got lucky with that one. I actually blew it up to a 5 X 7 and framed it. I don't think I can go much larger without decreasing the image quality. Camera is only 3.2 mpxls.

 

[kenw]

Buster, I took my 2.1 images up to 8x10 quite often with no problems. I have excellent results at good ol' Walmart.com.

If it is still full size (ie, not cropped a lot), I believe it should do 8x10 easily. Give it a try, it will look great matted and framed.

 

[buster]

HAAAAA

Nice...the RL is great stuff no doubt, and I have to hand it to RL for never waivering to outside pressures, but for my car it's over kill not to mention I can find M1 much easier, which is the main reason.

 

[jason07-1zzfe]

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Originally posted by buster:
I'm seriously blown away by the bottom photo of the white tulips. I'm not a camera expert, but to those that take pictures, is that a good photo? The clarity of this camera is excllent.

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Could use a little larger aperture for a little less depth of field. The trees are too clear.

A little distracting. While your at it a different background altogether would probably work better

I just have pick on you for not using that RL 5w20 ! Seems like a good camera.

 

[GMBoy]

I love Longwood Gardens. I used to live in Maryland and the drive there in PA was only an hour up route 1. I had to relocate due to work and now live in Texas. Been here almost 2 years and just seeing your pics made me think of how I need to go back there again. The indoor displays are awesome too and don't even get me started on the Christmas displays!