Today we worked in the Atlanta Botanical Garden while enjoying the sculpture display “Niki in the Garden” featuring Niki de Saint Phalle’s outdoor sculpture. The display ends October 31st.
The unique glass sculpture of Dale Chihuly can also be seen in the garden. A green Chihuly has been donated and will be here permanently. A blue and white Chihuly installed over a fountain will be permanent if enough money is contributed for purchase. Both are fascinating.
It’s been three years since our last working visit and the gardens have all been redesigned. But, the Japanese garden is still here. So is Frog Baby bronze sculpture; young child holding a frog in each hand.
This is our first trip here without camera bags full of lenses and without tripods. We are now working on travel images more than documentary botany images. So, everything doesn’t have to be photographed at f22.
Now, just a brief word about food. We’ve had 3 dinners at Ted’s Montana Grill on Spring Street and highly recommend it! Ted Turner is the owner and bison from his western ranch is used in some recipies. We tried it in meatloaf, good to the last bite! The buffalo head below was mounted in the restaurant above the bar. A Nikon D200 digital camera with built-in flash was used to make the picture.
Today we worked at the Zoo. Great place for animals. Many of the animals have large habitat spaces.
Lately we’ve been photographing nothing but animals. First it was snakes at Kathy & Bill Love’s 
As you can see from the hanging ornament on the left, we use our animal, bird, and fish pictures with the holiday greeting.
