Todays Norfolk Botanical Garden began in the mid 1930's with an idea by Frederic Heutte, a young horticulturist and Thomas P. Thompson, Norfolk City Manager from 1935-1938. Heutte had a fondness for Azaleas and believed Hampton Roads to have an ideal climate for growing this southern signature plant. Heutte and Thompson envisioned an azalea garden to rival those of Charleston, South Carolina. Their vision began to be realized when the city of Norfolk set aside 75 acres of wooded land and 75 acres of reservoir for a city garden. Beginning in 1938, through a Works … (15 comments)
norfolk: HDR image of Ritter Fountain
- 08/29/08 02:17 AM
Below is a High Dynamic Range Image of the Mr and Mrs Alfred F Ritter Jr. Fountain at the Norfolk Botanical Garden. The fountain is part of the Sarah Lee Baker Perennial Garden. This image was recorded summer of 2008, the day was particularly hazy due to the wildfires in the Great Dismal Swamp that raged here this summer. This image was created using three exposures +/- 1 stop in Photomatix Pro 3.
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norfolk: Norfolk Botanical Garden-Flowering Dogwood
- 08/29/08 02:01 AM
The Norfolk Botanical Garden is an 155 acre botanical garden with arboreatum located in Norfolk, Va. It is open daily except major holidays; an admission fee is charged. The gardens date to the mid-1930s, when the city of Norfolk set aside 75 acres of high, wooded ground plus 75 acres of reservoir for a city garden. Below is an image of a flowering Dogwood tree I recorded in the spring of 2008. I was primarily shooting the azaleas and camellias in their spring explosion of colors, but couldn't pass up shooting these two blooms in B&W.
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norfolk: HDR image of Coronation Court-Norfolk Botanical Gardens
- 08/25/08 07:37 AM
Below is a recent example of a high dynamic range image created using Photomatix Pro 3. The image is of the Coronation Court at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens. The Coronation Court is where the Queen Azalea is crowned every year at the Norfolk International Azalea Festival. This image was created from three bracketed exposures +/- 2 stops.
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