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Morning Eye Candy: Reflection

Posted in Photography on January 12 2011, by Plant Talk

Water came to rebuke the too clear water.
One drop fell from a fern, and lo, a ripple
Shook whatever it was lay there at bottom,
Blurred it, blotted it out. What was that whiteness?
Truth? A pebble of quartz? For once, then, something.

For Once, Then, Something — Robert Frost

Ripples on the Bronx River (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Announcing a Caribbean Garden Photo Contest!

Posted in Photography on January 11 2011, by Plant Talk

Passiflora 'Jeanette' It’s obvious that we love photography here at the Garden. We love our Morning Eye Candy and photo essays. But best of all, we love the photos that you, the visitor, share with us!

So to show you how much we love you and your photos, we’re offering half-off admission for a limited time, holding Saturday afternoon photography tutorials, and we’re throwing a photography contest in honor of our latest exhibition, Caribbean Garden which opens on Saturday. The contest will have two categories: Macro and Sense of Place, and the winner in each category (two total) will get a seat in a spring semester photography class! (See all the details here).

There’s just a few things to remember:

Tripods are not allowed inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.
To be eligible a photograph must have been taken during the course of the Caribbean Garden.
Photographs entered into the contest should have Caribbean Garden as their main theme.
We’ll be using Flickr for the contest, so you have to be a member of our Group Pool (learn more about our Group Pool).
To vote, you do not need to be a member of the Flickr community, but you will need a free Yahoo or Google account.
In case of a tie, we’ll convene a panel of NYBG experts to pick a final winner!

So get your shutter finger warmed up, dust off your lenses, charge up your batteries, and get ready to snap some pictures! And please, if anything is unclear, let us know in the comments below. We hope you’re as excited as we are!

Morning Eye Candy: Little House in the Big Garden

Posted in Photography on January 11 2011, by Plant Talk

The 1852 Stone Cottage in snow (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Morning Eye Candy: Hop. Hop. Hop.

Posted in Photography on January 10 2011, by Plant Talk

Whose tracks are those? Maybe one of our 25 Black-Capped Chickadees?

Tracks in the Snow (Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Morning Eye Candy: Up

Posted in Photography on January 9 2011, by Plant Talk

It’s the last day of the Holiday Train Show. When you’re in the Palm Gallery checking out this year’s new building, the famous TWA Terminal at JFK Airport, be sure to look up. It’s pretty amazing up there, too.

The dome of the Palm House in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

Morning Eye Candy: A Funny Little Tree

Posted in Photography on January 8 2011, by Plant Talk

We just love this little conifer, Abies koreana ‘Aurea’, known more commonly as the golden Korean fir. And some of us here see a certain, wise, green character from Star Wars in its silhouette. Do you? Or do you maybe see something different?

Golden Korean Fir (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)

It’s Snow Pretty!

Posted in Around the Garden, Photography on January 7 2011, by Plant Talk

Ann Rafalko is Director of Online Content.

I just got back from a walk around the grounds, and just had to show you how beautiful it is here! The sidewalks are mostly clear, and the Train Show is inside. So grab your camera and come visit! It’s gorgeous!

Trees

More below, including a teeny tiny snowman!