...my wife and I went to Belmont, North Carolina. It was the first weekend after Ramadan and to celebrate another enlightening fast, we decided to treat ourselves to a day trip. Belmont is only 30 minutes away, but it sure felt like we were in a whole other place MILES away from Charlotte. My intention was to go to the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden to get some nature shots. They have this yearly photo contest of pictures taken at their facility and I wanted to try my hand at competitive photography.
The garden was not as big as the one I went to in Asheville earlier this year, but there were some great shots to be had as it was very dense. You can't take a step without finding something worth snapping your camera at. I'm definitely going to go back as I'm sure there was something I overlooked. I only have two lenses for my camera and neither of them a macro or wide angle lens, something that would really come in handy for a shoot like this. But thanks to some (relatively) steady hands, clever positioning, and great focus with my zoom lens, I was able to capture some pretty nice shoots. Here some select shots from my "wildlife" series. How do they look?
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