Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
The North Georgia Photography Club did a field trip to the gardens in early April to catch the daffodil bloom and whatever else we could find. I went past the gazebo, stopping for a couple of exposures, up the hill of daffodils to the manor house gardens. From there I went down the hill through the Inspiration Garden ( a newly opened piece of the gardens) to the Japanese Garden. The it was time to meet the group for lunch, so that’s what I did (a turkey-swiss wrap). As we ate, the clouds rolled in and the wind felt a good deal cooler. So I came home.
I took all the gear I have, and I used it all. Everything from 16 mm (24 mm full-frame equivalent field of view) to 400 mm (600 mm field of view), and my macro lens also. It was fun to talk to others to get a different perspective on what to photograph and how to do it.
I’ll go back there this summer when the waterlilies bloom to shoot the blooms and the bugs (dragonfliies, damselflies, moths, butterflies, etc) that hang out around those ponds. The daylilies ought to be in bloom then also, if I time it right. And then again in the fall when the wildflowers bloom.