Columbus Botanical Garden

Today is the final day of my four day weekend. At work we had Friday (July 3rd) off as our holiday and I felt I needed to take today off to give myself a nice long weekend as well as two “short” work weeks. I didn’t have any special plans other than to enjoy each day. Well, also to stay cool as we have been reaching into the upper 90’s. The heat doesn’t bother me much but the threat of rain has definitely increased the humidity.

I took this opportunity to visit the botanical garden as soon as it opened on Friday. I had thoughts of getting some interesting images of the La Catrina statues and I wanted to continue my learning with using the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm lens (I still struggle with it). I was able to capture a few of the statues but the early morning light was a challenge.

What I did find was someone basking on a rock near one of the statues. The Lensbaby lens was not an ideal one for capturing his good side but I made the most of the situation. My fear was stopping to switch lenses and my subject running off to their next spot away from us intruders. From what a quick search tells me this is a western fence lizard…