Favorite Foto Friday - Flora from Brooklyn Botanic Garden

On our recent trip to visit Leah, we took in the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Garden.  The grounds are quite extensive, and quite lovely.  Though most of the photos I share are grander in scope -- skylines, mountain views, and the like -- I've certainly seen some smaller creations which deserve to be preserved in photographs.  Here are a few from that day.


I find I have begun to take more photos with this 1920x1080 aspect.  My initial reason to do so was selfish -- I have computers which have screens of these relative dimensions, so the photos fit perfectly as background images, with no padding or stretching required.  But while it started with that intent, I am also discovering my "eye" changing to "find" that aspect ratio when I look for something to capture.

 But I certainly don't limit myself to the "wide screen" view.  Some images clearly need to be closer to square.  And, then, of course, some images call for a "portrait view."  These are not quite as esthetically pleasing in slideshow mode on my computer, but that's not the only use for a photo, and I recognize that.



Anyway, here's a photo which required a more square view.

Sorry, folks, I just don't know the names for these flowers.  I suppose I should.  If I were professional, I'd have a journal (or a memory) for them.  Me, I just look, admire and take the shot.