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Save The San Francisco Botanical Gardens
All of these photos were taken by me on Monday during my visit to the Botanical Gardens. I planned on this just being a Wordless Wednesday post with photos until I visited the Gardens website and found that due to budget cuts etc... the gardens will fall to demise unless they begin charging an entrance fee. There have been mumblings and rumors about this over the past year with a lively debate. Now you all know that I am there on a regular basis. If it has to permanently close I WILL NOT be a happy camper. The gardens have always been free unlike all the other venues in that area to include the DeYoung Museum, The Academy of Sciences of which you almost have to be a millionaire to afford their entrance fees, The Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers. My position is that the Botanical Gardens should begin implementing fees. Why not? Everyone else charges fees to maintain their venues. If you buy a membership to the gardens which is as low as $60.00 per year, round...
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John, thanks, that is what I've been trying to capture, all those surface details.
Rye, Thanks, yes, they were taken within about 5 hours of each other.
Prairie, Thanks no, I just shot it with the full zoom and my flash.
Clueless, Ah, so poetically expressed.
Kass, fantastic idea, thanks.
Jennifer, I was never able to get a moon shot with my old camera at all. So, with the zoom on this new one, I was very lucky. Thanks so much.
Rainfield, :) you are too cute. Thank you.
I agree with Kass. You should get it framed.
Lisa, I know, it's so much fun, thank you.
Ann, thank you, you would't believe how many I deleted practicing :D
Mumsy, thanks, I wanted to show the contrast.
lina, thank you, I may just do that.
Icy, thanks so much, I'm glad you like it.
SF, Thank you, it's the first one that came out okay :D
Carmen, Thanks, glad you are home.
xoxo