Japanese and Rose Gardens

Janel and I went to the Japanese and Rose Gardens in Washington Park today with Julien and Michelle. It seemed to be the "right" day for the Japanese Gardens for photography, as the place was jam packed with people carrying around their SLRs and Tripods (because of the Sakura trees). This was the first time I really got to put my new wide-angle lens (Tokina 12-24) to use.

Here is an obligatory of the one Sakura Tree (we could not believe there was only one!)

12mm @ f/4.0, 1/50s, ISO 200. From Japanese Garden 2010

The standard Portland/Mt Hood photo:

146mm @ f/7.1, 1/400s, ISO 100 From Japanese Garden 2010

Rock Garden ...

12mm @ f.5.6, 1/50s, ISO 200 From Japanese Garden 2010

The roses obviously were not out yet at the Rose Garden (you prune them back mid-February), but there was still a good number of nice shots. This week I got a "close-up" adaptor lens for my telephoto. It turns "regular" telephoto lenses into pseudo-macro lenses. Here is a photo that a took of a flower in the parking lot :).

116mm @ f/10, 1/80s, ISO 800 From Rose Garden May 2010