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The 'Horoscope Garden' within the Fressin Medieval Castle Ruins, France

Medieval Gardens at the Feudal Castle in Fressin, France

May 23, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The three medieval gardens dating back to the 15th century within the ruins of the Feudal Castle in Fressin are the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Evil and the Garden of Good. A three-dimensional […]

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Fan palm in the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden using the photo app Snapseed to make a poster

Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden

December 8, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

The garden has a multitude of features, such as this suspension bridge leading to one of the many trails… These stairs that remind me of ruined pyramids… A ‘garden of memories’… And then there are […]

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Gardens, Mexico
White bog flowers in the Washington State University Discovery Gardens near Mt. Vernon, Washington

Washington State University ‘Discovery Garden’

June 4, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The Washington State University ‘Discovery Garden’. For such a small space this garden really covers all the bases. I liked it because I have a small yard, and there were […]

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Gardens, Travel Theme, Washington
Puerto Vallarta's Botanical Garden: a Bromeliad

Travel Theme: The Centre of a Bromeliad

April 22, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

Looking down into the centre of some bromeliads in the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden… In the center of every bromeliads is a small pool where the water collects and nourishes the plant. […]

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Mexico
Texture of Spring: Pussy Willow

The Texture of Spring

March 27, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

This is an experiment in trying to capture the ‘texture’ of spring in a different way than my usual macros of flowers. These images didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped, […]

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Naramata grape clusters on the vine

Weekly Photo Challenge: Playing with Focus

August 30, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

As it appears that the only ‘in-focus/out-of-focus’ images I can capture with my little point ‘n shoot camera are ‘macro’, I have here tried to play with macro setting to […]

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Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge
Hosta Bud

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus on Flowers

August 28, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

I mostly use a point and shoot camera, and getting an ‘in-focus/out-of-focus focus’ photo with one of these can  be tricky.  I’ve had fairly good luck shooting flowers by putting the […]

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Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves (Unfurling Ferns)

June 14, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 13 Comments

Ferns unfurling Most of these ferns were found on my daily walk into and out of the Pacific Spirit Park, located on the university grounds. Fiddlehead ferns are a delicacy in […]

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Gardens, Photo Challenges, Weekly Photo Challenge

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