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The last time I came here to the Chinese garden's it was a weekday and not surprisingly, it looked a bit too empty for my taste. So I decided to come back on a weekend when there would be more people roaming about. Well wedding parties sure do add people.
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The last time I came here to the Chinese garden's it was a weekday and not surprisingly, it looked a bit too empty for my taste. So I decided to come back on a weekend when there would be more people roaming about. Well wedding parties sure do add people.

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  • I came here to the Botanical Gardens specifically on a rainy day to hopefully get a nice shot of something while it was raining (flowers, gardens, gateways, I knew not what). Turned out none of the rainy shots I took particularly lit my fire, however the shot that follows this one that I took of this kissing couple after the rain finally stopped, pleased me to no end.
  • I've taken one or two really nice couples shots over the last few years, so far this one is definitely my favorite.
  • When I first went to edit this shot in the spring of 2010 I had a few problems with it. It had too much going on besides the two having a pleasant conversation. I couldn't crop and clone the man out cleanly on the right using Capture Nx (the editing program I used with most of my shots for 3 years), and cropping out everything the the right of the young man, didn't satisfy my compositional objections either. Finally I decided it wasn't savable and left it unedited. <br /> <br /> But today after almost 2 years have passed I looked at it again, and though I still have pretty much the same problems with it, I also see again what made me lift my camera up to my face when I was viewing this scene live. A nicely lit scene of people enjoying a beautiful spring day, in a beautiful setting in whatever way that made each of them happy. Sometimes even when a scene is flawed, that's all the reason you need to keep it.
  • Now on the other hand it didn't take more than a second to realize this shot was a keeper.
  • DSC_6174 fishing lessons
  • I made sure to get at least one shot of this cool looking musician pulled back a tad and close to the wall for two reasons. 1) So anyone looking at the shots I took of him, could get a better sense of what kind of place he was performing in, and 2) So that anyone familiar with Prospect Park would have a chance to know where I took this photo.<br /> <br /> However the next shot of him was the real image I wanted to record for posterity, as I sought to capture a mood and visual imagery (that one rarely gets the opportunity to acquire with such flair), in a natural un-made up setting. I succeeded so splendidly at it that I consider this next shot of him the finest candid shot I've ever taken.
  • On this spring day my vacation quest to travel to places in the city I haven't been to before, took me to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Unfortunately I have no nice pocket sized laminated map of Prospect Park, like I have of Central Park, and found myself going round in circles trying to get from one location on the many maps by the side of roads to the next.<br /> <br /> Eventually my desultory exploration led me past the sound of a saxophone echoing "My embraceable you" from under an overpass off in the distance. I followed the sweet music to this scene.
  • No she didn't, common sense / fear prevailed - for a little while...
  • DSC_0302 springtime in Central park (CaptureOne)
  • DSC_8619 trying avain sign language
  • If anyone asks me what my favorite candid subjects are my answer would be easy, "Children"!
  • DSC_0095 on your mark, get set
  • DSC_0101 go!
  • One of my favorite photo's of all time...
  • DSC_0122 what fun!
  • DSC_0136 wonderful moments in the park
  • DSC_0620 wedding day at Scholar's Garden
  • The last time I came here to the Chinese garden's it was a weekday and not surprisingly, it looked a bit too empty for my taste. So I decided to come back on a weekend when there would be more people roaming about. Well wedding parties sure do add people.
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  • DSC_0759 bird feeding in the park
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