Stopped to smell the roses.....

[RSO 34]

After another long week at work, I decided to take some time to literally stop and smell (and shoot) the roses. Tony D had the same idea and we ended up pulling in to the Botanical Gardens at the same time not knowing the other one was going today. Here are a few shots before we switch gears, no pun intended, and shoot some NSXs at NSXStock tomorrow.

 

[coolnsx]

Thanks Bob, You've got great talent! See you at NSXPO, Gil

 

[RPM217]

Great shots as usual, all except the one of Tony!! National Geographic quality!

 

[TonyD]

Great shots as usual, all except the one of Tony!! National Geographic quality!

I agree, I think the skin tones are a little off on the photo of me.

 

[TonyD]

What roses?????? All I could find was a pineapple, a Christmas tree and some ornaments.

I looked a little harder for roses and found these:

 

[TURBO2GO]

Nice work. Where did you find the nest? thats really cool.

 

[RSO 34]

Where did you find the nest?

The nest was built into the trellis behind one of the climbing rose bushes.

 

[TURBO2GO]

The nest was built into the trellis behind one of the climbing rose bushes.

That is an incredibly well-built and perfectly round nest. I never noticed that before. Those little birds do a better job than a human can do with tons of practice. Great picture. I don't know how you got them to pose... was your wife holding a worm over the nest? :biggrin:

 

[RSO 34]

Actually I noticed the nest because the mother had landed with a worm but got scared off because I was nearby. The babies were ready to eat and I think the shadow of my holding the camera overhead caused them to react by "sitting up" with their mouths open.

 

[redbird92]

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!! We all need to "Smell the roses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"""