The Azalea Garden in Summerville,SC, did not have any azaleas blooming in Dec. However they have a lot of bronze sculptures around the park. This was a statue taken from different view points. The image on the left I got some rippling of the water and a partial reflection. To the right is a cypress knee above the water. The one on the left used opening in a gazebo to try to frame the same statue. Image taken with the Panasonic camera with minimal editing. 
Greensboro had a big snow storm on Dec 7th & 8th. We had 12 inches and it was difficult to shovel because of cold temperatures and refreezing at night. The mage on the left is of our house with Jack's van in driveway. The image on the right is of my Prius at end of drive and with the Green Needle street/cars.
Visited Summerville, SC, on 12/21/18. My sister and I did a walking tour of some historic houses. The image on the left was the original taken in color, but wanted to convert to B & W with Windows 10 Media player which was also used to sharpen and increase color & brightness.
One of my heritage plants from the NC HSA: an Old Confederate Rose. It is really not a rose but a member of the mallow family. It blooms in Sept. The bloom only lasts for a day. The left image is showing the flower with buds CU. The right image is a macro image of the texture of the the petals from the back. Panosonic ZS70.
Was out looking for fall colored leaves to photograph in Greensboro. The maple tree leaves have a lot of variation in oranges & red colors. There are a lot of young ginko trees @ Target parking lot on Lawndale. Only a few had more of the yellow color and could use the blue sky as a background. It has been difficult to get out to capture images when not raining or windy this fall. Taken with the Panasonic camera which as a zoom to capture the sky as a background but better to go before sun becomes too bright. Minor editing for saturation with PSE 15,
Went to NC MOA last Tuesday for the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit but I was much more impressed with Dylan Gebbia-Richards wax panels (OMNI). I loved the textures and colors in these artistic panels. These wall panels weigh over 400 lbs each. They have a wax base and then pigment powders are applied to various areas. These shapes on the panels are formed from many layers of colorful paraffin wax and resin. The irregular textures protrude from the wall and intrude into the gallery. He describes his work as landscapes, "Each of my pieces is a microcosm of the natural world. The works are formed by the same physical laws of the universe which dictate how dessert bluffs erode, rivers carve out deltas, and uplift forms of mountains. I took these images with my Panasonic Lumix. You can see that the way the panels were hung on the close up shots there were edges that were not in sharp focus due to decreased depth of field --also not all the particles in the same plane with the ridges and valleys.
