Skip to content
Home » Photowalk #14: Highland Park

Photowalk #14: Highland Park

  • by

Tracy and I managed to get to the park late last week before the rains came. We expected to see forsythia . . .

IMG_0175edSq

IMG_0177ed

I’m not sure what kind of flowering bush this is. Highland Park is very good at identifying their plants with small signs, but we couldn’t find any indication of what this might be.

IMG_0179ed

The big surprise of the walk was finding the early magnolias in bud and in bloom. 

IMG_0186ed

IMG_0190ed

I’ve been playing with the portrait mode on my iPhone recently, and love the blurred effect you can get. The trick is remembering the aspect ratio on the native app is not 4X6, so if you aren’t careful you end up having to crop more than you want. I’m used to filling the frame with the composition I want, so this is taking some practice.

IMG_0191ed

IMG_0193ed

Magnolias are among my favorites this time of year. We had warm, sunny temperatures again yesterday, so I’m guessing even more has burst out since Friday. You can see an increase in green every day now. I love the first days of spring!

7 thoughts on “Photowalk #14: Highland Park”

  1. Beautiful walk and magnolia blooms blow me away with their size and colors! We’re at the height of spring blooms with rhodies, azaleas, tulips, lilacs and dogwoods blooming in our yard and town. Portrait exposure on iPhones is fun and challenging.

  2. I think Spring this year has been/is quite colorful…as you show in these lovely photos! Thank you!

  3. It looks lovely! The roses in our front flower beds bloomed a ton this year (after several years of barely anything) & we’ve really enjoyed that bit of color this spring.

  4. I’m going to have to play around with portrait mode more because you got some great shots!

Comments are closed.