VanDusen Botanical Garden: Outtakes

Here are some VanDusen Garden photos from last Saturday. While the family was at the mall, I spent the glorious afternoon wandering the Garden, map in hand, camera by my side. The gent at the entrance had marked on the map the areas displaying fall colours. So it was off to the gingkos and maples and the Autumn Colour Arboretum in the northern and eastern reaches.

These are outtakes, meaning that compositionally, they leave something to be desired. My hope is that despite their shortcomings, these pictures are yet able to convey the thrill I get each fall—at least when the sun's out.

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Unknown plant with Red Maple in the background.


Indian Bean Tree


Unknown tree. It really is time for a DSLR. I'm spending far too much time trying to outsmart my Canon A80. This was taken in manual mode with flash, and, for the first time ever, at ISO 200.


Trunk's eye-view of a Japanese Maple.


More Japanese Maples in various states of undress.


Trillium. There are no spiders this late in the year, so I was fearless ducking under its canopy.


Gingko biloba, food of dinosaurs, yet to shed its leaves.


Upcoming are some fall colour photos I am happy with. Stay tuned...