This is a so-so picture of the fountain that is / was part of the garden outside the radiology building at MSU. I think somewhere I have one that I like a bit more that was taken at night, but that’s irrelevant now. For a few years when I was working out of the Engineering Research Building (which I think was renamed slightly since) I lived just over a mile away and walked to work most days through this garden. It was very well maintained, though the location was a bit odd, keeping it mostly hidden from the campus.
The garden had a variety of flowers and I spent a few hours on multiple occasions in the garden taking pictures of them. I think I’ve learned a thing or two since then (like maybe don’t take flower pictures at high noon on a sunny day) so looking back, I think they’re all kind of ‘learning’ shots. But, I still have a bunch of them, so I’m declaring this flower week. That said, I’m not sure how much back story I’ll have on any of the flowers since I don’t even know what some of them are called.
I’m not sure how long I had owned an SLR at the time, my guess would be six months or so. I was in the process of learning the ins and outs of a camera / lens combo that didn’t do everything for you as well as discovering other nuances, like depth of field, which are not so pronounced with typical point and shoot cameras.
Picture taken with Canon Rebel XT, EF-S 18-55mm lens @ 47mm, f/5.6, 1/230 sec, ISO 400
