Spring at Missouri Botanical Garden, the Butterfly House and Tower Grove Park

One of the things that I have wanted to do for a while was to create a news letter/blog exploring my work and explaining my images. I hope you enjoy this.

It has been a busy spring and since I am retired now I was able to make a number of trips to the Missouri Botanical Garden, Tower Grove Park and the Butterfly House.

At the Butterfly House they celebrated the Blue Morpho in March. Getting a good photo of this ended up more of a challenge than I thought. They are constantly in motion and when they do land they almost immediately close up their wings. This first image shows two Morphos with their wings closed and one coming in for a landing.


After two trips and multiple shots (glad I am doing digital and not film) I was able to get one of a Morpho at rest with its wings spread.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-morpho-butterfly-on-fren-dsc00441-greg-kluempers.html



This year I was able to Missouri Botanical Garden and Tower Grove Park 3 times within 13 days from April 5 to the 18. I was amazed how things changed each time.

This is one of my early favorites. I liked the small delicate violet blooms and the contrast of the dark sinuous tree trunks.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cherry-trees-mo-botanical-garden-dsc01009-greg-kluempers.html



This image is from Tower Grove. I liked it because it contains the 4 primary colors. The standing water adds a nice foreground element and reflection leading the eye to the two bridges.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tower-grove-park-arched-bridge-daffodils-dsc01302-greg-kluempers.html



These two images are of the same Snow Viewing Lantern. The first one was taken Aug 2014 and the second one April 2015. The Japanese Maples are red in the spring and change to green in the late summer. What a interesting contrast.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/missouri-botanical-garden-a-japanese-snow-viewing-lantern-dsc07001-greg-kluempers.html
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/missouri-botanical-garden-a-japanese-snow-viewing-lantern-spring-time-dsc01783-greg-kluempers.html




The final image is Of Pink Dogwood Flowers. They seem to be floating in the air. One of the things that I have heard a while back is that the first Pink Dogwood trees were discovered growing wild in Missouri.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pink-dogwood-detail-at-mo-botanical-garden-dsc01757-greg-kluempers.html



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