Hodges Garden - Old Flower

I wish this butterlfy, or moth, I'm not sure which it is would have found a fresher looking flower so that it looked better in this image, but I guess it knows what it needs.

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Hodges Garden - Cypress Stump

I ran across this cypress stump surrounded by pine needles and covered with a light green moss. I thought the shadows around the stump and the deep, dark cracks in the wood would result in a nice High Dynamic Range  image.  I'm pleased with the results and how the gree moss on the bark pops out a little more than what I recall.

 
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Hodges Garden - Willow Point

This was a beautiful early fall day in central Louisiana. This young family utilized the fishing peir at Willow Point in Hodges Gardens to try their luck or possibly skill at cathing a string of fish.

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Hodges Garden - Lake Panorama

During a recent week end get-away to lake Toledo-Bend we decided to take our children to Hodges Gardens state park near Many, Louisiana. Both my wife and I visited Hodges Gardens when we were children but that was many many, years ago. Unfortunately due to the extreme drought that impacted much of Texas and Louisiana in the spring, summer and fall of 2011 many of the water features of the park were turned off to conserve water for the botanical gardens. This image is of the main part of the lake adjacent to the botanical gardens.

Hodges Garden - Many, Louisiana
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Drift Wood and Sea Shells

I found the textures of these objects interesting and thought the use of HDR (High Dynamic Range) would help bring out the textures of the wood which I think it did.

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