Elizabeth Park Rose Garden, Hartford, Connecticut
| Nikon D3, 105mm f/2.8 FX AF MICRO-NIKKOR

When I got back to Connecticut I went to a cool garden with my friend Julia. I used same camera-lens combo I started using in Utah. I think was a good choice for the flowers and bugs, but next time I do stuff like this I'll borrow my dad's D610 with a more landscape-oriented lens to get more of the garden layout because it's really cool. There were a lot of waterfowl as well, I wish I had managed to get sharper pictures of them.
I think I should look into using flickr to host these and embed them here instead of compressing them so much. There's so much detail lost...

Purple

❏ On a Bush

Such a cute color, so soft looking!

Pink

❏ On a Bush

The swirly patterns in this are so pretty!

❏ From the Ground

This poor rose fell to the ground... Thanks for holding it for me, Julia!

❏ Close up

Woah look at the texture on the petals... so pretty...

Red

Certified all-time classic rose color, not gonna lie.

❏ Julia poking a rose

A hand reaching in to poke a red rose with one finger.

Thanks, Julia!

❏ Standing

I love the archetypal swirl-in-the-middle like drawn roses have.

❏ Hanging

So red right out of the camera... Maybe too red... Maybe I should've dialed it back.

Yellow

Yellow roses, did you even know there was such a thing?

❏ On a bush

A bush covered in small golden-yellow roses.

I love this color of yellow.

❏ On its own

This paler yellow is alright too, I like the texture of this one though.

White

We were so lucky as to get to see some unfinished roses they hadn't gotten around to painting yet! What a treat.

❏ Square Petal Rose

A white rose with flat, squarish petals around a ring of red-tipped stamens.

I like the square petals and stamen/pistil stuff in the middle. Pretty flower.

❏ On a branch

I love how this one glows in the light. What a great flower.

❏ Freckles

A spotted freak, just like me!

Other Flowers

There were some non-roses at the garden! Herbs too, I wanted to snack on those real badly...

❏ Canna

I love the purpley stem parts peeking out from the red. The large and dark leaves at the base. What a cool flower.

❏ Cock's Comb

There were a lot of different colored Cock's Combs around, but these violet ones were so vibrant.

❏ Zinnias

I love these, I wish I brought a wider lense so I could have caught more!

❏ Marigolds

More like "mari-orange" if you ask me...

❏ Yummy Rosehips

A single red rosehip among green rose leaves.

We ate a couple of these... so good... Be careful of the thorns inside!

Bee

❏ Woah Bee

A carpenter bee clinging to a spike of blue salvia.

So happy with the detail in the fur and wings. Love seeing the cute little arms and legs. If you look close in some of these you can see the bee's secondary eyes!