{"id":12276,"date":"2011-08-16T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=12276"},"modified":"2011-08-15T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:05:43","slug":"morning-eye-candy-rock-triptych","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/08\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-rock-triptych\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Eye Candy: Rock Triptych"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\">The New York Botanical Garden<\/a> in the Bronx? When the city and state of New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/about\/mission_and_history.php\">agreed<\/a> to allow a group of scientists, civic leaders, and financiers to create \u201ca public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/about\/120-years-what-is-classical-botanical-garden.php\">botanic garden<\/a> of the highest class\u201d the group was given the choice of a few different parcels of land. The plot in the Bronx&#8211;part of which belonged to the vast Lorillard estate&#8211;was chosen for both its abundant natural beauty, and for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/03\/from-the-library\/from-the-library-colossal-nyc-potholes\/\">dramatic geology<\/a>. It&#8217;s easy to overlook these magnificent rocks, which provide the &#8220;bones&#8221; to the Garden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/about\/120-years-historic-preservation-landscape.php\">historic landscape<\/a>, when you&#8217;re surrounded by so much verdant beauty; but you shouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5663.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"12279\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/08\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-rock-triptych\/attachment\/_ivo5663\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5663.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1021\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312989286&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;52&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A Rock in the Forest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5663-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5663.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" title=\"A Rock in the Forest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5663.jpg\" alt=\"A Rock in the Forest\" width=\"392\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5458.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"12277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/08\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-rock-triptych\/attachment\/_ivo5458\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5458.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1021,680\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312965887&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Leaf Shadow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5458-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5458.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12277\" title=\"Leaf Shadow\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5458.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf Shadow\" width=\"580\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5513.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"12278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/08\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-rock-triptych\/attachment\/_ivo5513\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5513.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"680,1021\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1312967897&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.16666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Glacial Striations\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5513-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5513.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12278\" title=\"Glacial Striations\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IVO5513.jpg\" alt=\"Glacial Striations\" width=\"392\" height=\"580\" \/><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos by Ivo M. Vermeulen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx? 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