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Fall Colours - Devonian Gardens

Devonian Botanic Garden is a stunning property made up of manicured gardens, mixed woodland vegetation and an extensive nature trail system.  During this fall we managed to visit this beautiful place before they close for the winter.  Yes most of the flowers were gone, but the trees, and shrubs provided a very picturesque place.  I was a little disappointed that the butterfly showhouse was devoid of any butterflies, but then again this is late fall.  So our trip to the gardens focused mainly on just walking the many trails, and snapping family photos.  First I'll start with showcasing some of the flora still around in the gardens.  Enjoy. Five

Ant Expedition

Blushing

Yellow

Tower

Sun Kissed Red

Explosive

Pods

Colours

Leaving?

Trying a different camera for macro

So I was trying a Canon PowerShot G9 for macros. I was going to do my subjective overview of the camera, but got sidetracked and never finished it. I still might do it, if the time permits. The camera, like all point and shoots, has a specific macro function, that allows for nice close ups. This was taken on a our peony flower. The red ants seem to like it, because they would just sit on the buds for minutes are a time with out moving. This allowed me to zoom in on this little guy. Thoughts?

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Canon PowerShot G9, ISO 100, 1/200sec, f/4.5, 7.4mm