On August Bank Holiday Sunday, we visited the National Botanical Gardens of Wales. This was supposed to be the answer to the question "what activity would suit a five year old and a seventy-eight year old?". In the event, my mother-in-law chose not to accompany us, so it had to suit a five year old and two grumpy forty-somethings - which it did, to an acceptable level.
The image above is of the gardens' wicker figure of Twrch Trwyth, the mythical great boar hunted by King Arthur, which is probably emblematic of the Saxons. Its about seven feet tall at the shoulder and stands at the top of a slope above the ice house, which my son was investigating whilst I was photographing.
I took my Alpha 77 along for the trip, with my 50mm lens attached, as I was expecting to do some macro work - which I did, later in the afternoon - rather than landscapes. So, getting this image involved some pratting about on the slope to get the composition that I wanted.
The weather was good, but a bit windy for making images of the planting and, yet again, I'd left my tripod at home. However, the place boasts a "Great Glasshouse" and I spent some time in there, the results of which I'll post shortly.
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