Tuesday, February 11, 2014

UBC Botanical Gardens (Part 1) - Vancouver, BC

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Vancouver photos from this trip, use this link. To view my best 2013 flower photos, use this link. To view all of my day 10 photos, use this link.

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Today I begin photos from UBC Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, BC. I will split the photos from here into 2 parts. The UBC Botanical Gardens is a branch from the University of British Columbia. Inside are many species of flowers and plants.

First up is a photo of the Big Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla). 

A black and white process of the flower above.  

Garden Cosmos or Mexican Aster (Cosmos bipinnatus

 Daisy Bush "Sunshine" (Brachyglottis greyi)

Here is a photo of the garden. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 15 14 N 123 15 02 W   

Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata

Geranium 

Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 15 12 N 123 14 59 W  

 Geranium

A tunnel in the gardens. I thought the bolts on the wall would made a nice depth of field shot.  

Here is a black and white process of the photo above.  

Another shot of the bolts facing the other direction.  

 Here is a black and white process of the photo above.

A tree in the gardens. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 15 11 N 123 14 52 W  

Apples

A squash

A photo of the fruit and vegetable garden where the above 2 fruits are located. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 49 15 11 N 123 14 49 W

Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Monarda 

Big Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with more photos from UBC Botanical Gardens. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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