EDIT:
Thanks to everyone for contributing in this thread with wonderful flowers.
This year I want to start a few days earlier. It may be due to climate change, but flowering always begins earlier, and spring is already knocking on the door. So what a better way than starting a new Garden?
The Garden of the World - Local Guides Garden 5 is here, waiting for new flowers and for new stories.
Spring has just arrived and in the Northern Hemisphere, flowers are blooming everywhere.
What better way to describe our world than through its flowers?
What better time to start a new thread than on the first day of spring?
The previous thread (Local Guides Garden - 3rd Edition ) was getting very long, so it was time to start a new one.
“Describe Your World” is the title I have chosen for this year, to tell, through our flowers, the world we live in. And to do it, of course, as the Local Guides know how to do:
- Tell us what your photo shows us and why you want to share it. What is important that we know? Learning from each other is something we do very well here in Connect.
- Tell us where and when you took it. Share the location in Google Maps and, if the photo has been uploaded to Maps, share the place where it was uploaded.
- Let us know what (camera, phone) you took your picture with, and if you used any special techniques.
Let me start first describing the photos above:
- The first photo has been taken in the Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland, during a beautiful meet-up with Local Guides from all Europe
- The second photo was taken in the Ruth Bancroft Garden, and shows Local Guide @KarenVChin taking a picture with her iPhone
- The third was taken at the Botanical Garden of the University of Padua
For all three photos I used my SONY DSC-HX400V Bridge Camera, even if I like to take also photo with my Pixel 3XL
Describe Your World
If you like to take pictures of nature, and tell about it, Connect is the perfect place to do it. Here some of the post about the places where I enjoy to take photos of flowers:
- Discovering Cacti and Succulents - The Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery
- Padua Botanical Garden - The oldest Botanical Garden of the world
But of course, with a flower you can help us to discover cities and town
Through the flowers we enrich our story. A green and flowery city is more pleasant to visit, so remember to add flowers when you tell about a place. They will help us appreciate it more.
Sometimes taking pictures of flowers can also be an opportunity to meet. What’s better than a meet-up to photograph nature and explore a territory.
In 2019 we met for a meet-up with a special title: Don’t step on the flowers. An event to discover the territory of Castelluccio di Norcia during flowering.
Lots of Local Guides united by two passions: Flowers and nature. Can you imagine something more pleasant?
Do you want to share your photos and your story about flowers?
You can write a post here in Connect, like the beautiful Botanical Garden of Auckland, New Zealand, shared yesterday by @Sophia_Cambodia .
Do you have a favorite photo of flowers that you’ve taken recently? Where did you take it and what device did you use? Share your photos and the story behind them in the comments below.
If you wants to have a look at the amazing photos of flowers shared in the past, you can have check:
Feel free to share here also your tips about taking photos of Flowers, we will be happy to learn from your experience
I can’t wait to find out more about your flowers, the country where you live, and the techniques used.
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