Bridge Over Fall, originally uploaded by ifringe.

A really great bunch of folks from Flickr here in Albuquerque decided to take a little tour of the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens today–it sounded like a ton of fun to hang out with like minded photo folks, enjoy a wonderful day, and, oh yeah, take some photos. Their mistake [...]]]>

Bridge Over Fall, originally uploaded by ifringe.

A really great bunch of folks from Flickr here in Albuquerque decided to take a little tour of the Albuquerque Botanical Gardens today–it sounded like a ton of fun to hang out with like minded photo folks, enjoy a wonderful day, and, oh yeah, take some photos. Their mistake was putting the information about this in a public place where I could find it. And find it I did.

Luckily for me they put up with me for the outing. Whew.

And it was really very fun! We wandered around the area cameras in hand, looking and snapping everything and anything. Although the fall colors had mostly passed, a few great shots remained. Besides, the skies were absolutely wonderful, the day calm, the temperature up and it was a photographer’s dream day.

This shot is from the Japanese Garden section. The bridge goes absolutely nowhere, but I cropped it so it looks like to has a purpose (as far as I can tell, its one and only purpose is to sit there and wait for me to take a picture of it.), and with the still waters, the reflection made a nice shot. I just had to take it from across the water. And, amazingly, I didn’t even fall in as I was taking the picture. Maybe next time.

Fall is almost over, but the bridge is there waiting for the next season. Or tomorrow. Whichever comes first.