Some B&W Flowers and a Sob Story

**JAS_Photo** · 10-02-2009, 02:26 AM

Last week, I had some time between shifts at work and thought I might spend it across the street taking photos of the formal gardens at Beaulieu, a heritage home that has been turned into a restaurant and public garden. Well, I took a few shots in the formal garden and thought I would go up to the gardens near the house to grab a few more. The gardens and the yard are separated by a little iron fence and gate and the gate is about 12 inches high. (30 cm) I go to step over it and my foot gets caught up on the gate somehow that I can not explain and and time stopped while I tottered and was finally unable to maintain my balance. I went crashing down on the cement walkway along with my almost new camera with its almost new 70-300 mm lens. I heard the clink of the lens hood and expected the worst but an inspection showed that only a bit of dust got on the camera. My left leg however was bruised and scraped up pretty badly. The brand new pair of pants I was wearing were non the worse for wear. More than a week later my leg is still swollen and bruised but my camera was saved by the lens hood! Yay!

Anyway, here are a couple of photos I took before the big crash. I must be the only photographer in the history of the world who has sustained injuries in the pursuit of garden flowers. :(

**Yisehaq** · 10-02-2009, 02:58 AM

Hey raiven,
Sorry for the hardship you went through. At least, you saven your $$$$ equipments.

I hope the swelling and bruise go soon

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As to the pictures, I like the first one. The second one seems to me is a bit soft. But under the circumstances I think you can not do any better.

**Mad Aussie** · 10-02-2009, 03:15 AM

Bummers Raiven ... hope that injury heals up soon.

Maybe next time go for the bee sting to the face??

**hodaka** · 10-02-2009, 04:32 AM

Yikes! I would be so mad at myself if I did that.

Pics are exquisite, BTW. The apparent background shadows due to the B&W really isolate the flowers.