Edgerton Park, New Haven, CT Flowers

I recently went to Edgerton Park, which is a favorite place to photograph families and couples. I had noticed the greenhouses and community gardens, but hadn't made the time to photograph the flowers there until then.

With my tripod and camera I found the office and asked permission to photograph. Ms. Lady said to feel free to move things around, if needed. I only mildly remodeled with this permission.

Because I'm illiterate with flowers, barely able to identify some species of flower, I photographed the little plastic tags planted with the potted flowers. That grew old.

I looked for oddballs and found flowers that grow out of the middle of a flower.

I posted the image to a flickr group called 'What Flower is This?' and was directed towards the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea. It turns out an exceptional image would have included all three flowers inside the brachts.

There's always next time.

I became fond of this daffodil days after I photographed it for some reason. I'm a fan of restricted depth of field, so that's one reason.

Here's one I'm still uncertain of. Maybe someone can help.

I'm looking forward to going back and checking in to see how things are coming along at the greenhouses and community gardens at http://edgertonpark.org/.

Thanks for taking a look at the brand new blog thing!

-Todd

Todd Philip Photography