Flowers and fences, a photo from Texas, South

Photographer's Note

This is part of the Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden in Nacogdoches, TX. It bills itself as the largest azalea garden in Texas. Overall, it was a *LOT* smaller than I expected it to be. It was still quite pretty however. The gardens are part of the Stephen F. Austin State University grounds and cover 8 acres supposedly.

This particular scene was along bed 5 on the outer northern edge of the garden. The pink/red flowers are Loropetalum I believe. On the other side of the fence is a steep drop off to a small stream and some university buildings. I put the path (which does slope, that's not an illusion; the fence is not level either due to the drop-off) off center mostly to hide the buildings out of frame. A good decision or bad one?

Not much PP on this one. Some cropping, resizing, and sharpening using the refocus plugin.

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ccooper (840) 2005-03-28 23:33

Quite a stunning photograph. Thanks for sharing!

Albrecht (11283) 2005-03-29 1:33

Beautiful place and a wonderful picture. The red color and compo are good. Perhaps the colors are a bit soft, but I like it. Well done, greetings Albrecht

quantabeh (5205) 2005-03-30 0:43

hard to say whether it would look better or not with the buildings. I think it loosk good as is. Personally i would have increased the contrast a little bit, but lower the brightness just a tiny bit...
well done.
regards,
Behrang

digi-mom (1064) 2005-03-30 14:54

Ah, it's that time of year again! Great azaleas - they seem a little "shredded"; do you know the type?
It would be neat to be able to compare one photo with more buildings, and one with more azaleas. I do like this view point, esp. the curving slanted path here. The roof is a little distracting, 'cause it makes me want to see it better, so in that sense, it needs to be gone. But that is just a thought.
Well seen. :o)

Graal (103040) 2008-01-22 0:11

Hi Robert,
beautiful place and view. Good captured. I like it. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander