Bristol Botanical Garden

A lovely spot not far from where I live! Went with the aim of picking up some inspiration for a landscape scheme I am working on, so took pictures to assist with that. Straight out of camera JPG, all Tamron 17-50, K30. [Google+ may have done some auto enhancing on some]...

A most varied selection, so many different angles and you've picked out little mini scenes through the garden. 3 & 5 are best IMO, both compositionally the strongest. The lillies are great, brilliant low viewpoint. I'd do something with those blown out bits on the 2nd lily up from the bottom, they really need some colour restored there if its possible. The backlit effect on the 3rd lily up from the bootom is gorgeous!

I like the leading pathway towards the house in the last and the vibrant reds also.

The first one is a bit of a jumble for the DOF effect to work better I think it needs to have been more extreme, and the in focus flowers need to be much sharper I feel.

A beautiful spot beautifully photographed!

Thanks Nigel! There are two versions of shot one; I chose the one with more dof as it shows more of the building behind! You may be right though. I'll post the other version if i get time.

I love places like this and you've captured a nice wide selection of images. Is it a large site or a fairly compact one?

Thanks John. It's fairly compact, but they cram a lot into a comparatively small space. So no Eden Project, but a great spot for an hour's stroll.

A most interesting set. Varied and thoughtfully composed. I haven't been there for over thirty years.