Squared – SQ208
Wrapped – WP01
Columbus Botanical Garden

In January, when I visited the botanical garden, I ventured down a trail winding through the woods. It was more for extending my stay and increasing my steps but I found what I thought would be an interesting project. The trees had vines wrapping around them. I remembered seeing this when I was growing up. I used to live in the woods, and by that I mean I played there constantly. It was a different time I suppose, because I never let my kids play alone like I did.

Anyway, back to the project. I wanted to capture how the vines used the trees to climb toward the sky. I made a mental note that the project should be called “wrapped” (trying it out, not sure if I’ll keep it). I had the 105mm macro lens on the camera and proceeded to click away. When I uploaded the images and started my review I realized my mistake. I thought a narrow focus would be the way to go so I could keep the background blurred but it didn’t allow enough detail in the subject.

Cue my next visit…

I even surprised myself and resisted the urge to process these as B&W images. I was about half way through the processing when I switched back to color images. I think it was for the best… at least that is what I’m telling myself… 🙂