I was wandering around the Chicago Botanic Gardens again last night and took a few pictures. All these pictures were taken with an XTi, Sigma 150mm macro f/2.8 lens, on a tripod.


A pink Rose:






1/125, 2.8, ISO 400, PP: Crop, saturation.


Berries on a tree:






1/100. 2.8. ISO 400, PP: Crop


A bird's nest:






1/100, 2.8, ISO 400, PP: not much. This shot was handheld, I couldn't get my tripod high enough to capture the nest.


A leaf dying:






1/13, 2.8, ISO 100 PP: a little sharpening, reduced the blue channel to eliminate some glare. (I am gonna get a polarizer for this lens soon)


The leaf again:






1/10, 2.8, ISO 100 PP: Same as above, plus some saturation


Waterfall:






15", 22, ISO 100, PP: Some sharpening and levels. I am really curious as why the rocks appear a little "odd" in this picture.


Leaf on a bench:






1/3, 2.8, ISO 100, PP: not much.


Wide shot of the bench:






1/4, 2.8, ISO 100, PP: contrast. I took two landscape orientation of this bench and missed the focus both times! Oh well.


Flowers and Leaves:






1/2, 2.8, ISO 400, PP: contrast and levels.


I moved the leaf:






1/4, 2.8. ISO 400 PP: contrast.


Carrillon:






1/10, 2.8, ISO 400, PP: brought the light up, some contrast, saturation.


Trees turning:






2.5", 2.8, ISO 400, PP: levels, cropping.


Any and all critiques are accepted and encouraged!


Edit: I actually got the pictures to load here now.