Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/115s f/6.1 at 22.2mm
Saw a bumblebee crawling on the ground, it was either tired or a bit frozen (it was about 58oF/14oC degrees out).
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/40s f/3.9 at 22mm
These just grew there at the park among the weeds. Three angled leek (Allium triquetrum), it was not a part of the display in the botanical garden, but a weed.
--special thanks Tony Morosco for providing the information about this plant!
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/60s f/9 at 15.7mm
A starfish hugging a burrowing anemone. Taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/3s f/2.6 at 9.1mm
Giant green anemone. Interesting fact: This green plantlike creature is actually an animal with plants living inside it. Taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Jellyfish "floating" in water. Taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/7.3s f/2.5 at 8.2mm
Taken at the "Moon-Viewing Garden" section of San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/130s f/5.9 at 20.9mm
This is a Camellia (Camellia japonica). Taken at the "Heidelberg Hill" section of San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
--special thanks Tony Morosco for providing the information about this plant!
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/155s f/4.2 at 10.2mm
Taken at the "New Zealand" section of San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
"This is a Geranium - probably Geranium madritense (Madeira Cranesbill). Although it is not from New Zealand, it self-seeds throughout the botanical garden,
where we normally allowed it to grow and flower, since it is so beautiful." - Tony Morosco; former curator at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum, in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
--special thanks Tony Morosco for providing the information about this plant!
Shooting data:
Camera: E990 1/356s f/9.2 at 20.4mm