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Jim Victory · **Dallas Blooms -** 02-27-2005, 10:52 AM

FYI starting March 5 through April 10 the Dallas Arboretum has its "Dallas Blooms" debut. The largest outdoor floral festival in the Southwest.

400,000 spring blooming bulbs including tulips, daffodils, dutch iris, and hyacinth. The Arboretum covers 66 acres.

Abel · 02-27-2005, 11:03 AM

i bet that place is great for photos!!

nice work jim

bburton · 02-27-2005, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Abel

i bet that place is great for photos!!

Abel,

It's a photographer's paradise. Here's a picture from last year's Blooms event;

Nikon CP4300 1/222 f7.6 8mm iso100

Sheldon · 02-28-2005, 10:15 AM

Jim, the colors are spectacular! Great Job!

laurielblack · **Gorgeous shots! -** 02-28-2005, 11:28 AM

I can't wait to go this year and try my hand at some floral photos. Any lens suggestions? I have a rebel, and I only have three to choose from as of now...the kit lens, a 50mm 1.8, and a 75-300mm IS USM. I hope I can get some decent shots with one of those (or combination thereof). Is anyone organizing a meetup to shoot?

Jim Victory · 03-01-2005, 01:47 AM

Thanks Abel & Sheldon!

Laurie I think the lenses you have will work ok. I don't have any personal experience with them but I have found that a good wide angle works well for pano shots and your 75 -300 may work for close ups of the flowers.

I use a 17-40 f/4L and 24-70 f/2.8L for general stuff and I use a 135/f/2L for my flower shots.

Here is a link for another post on the Arboretum so you can get an idea of other photo ops.
http://www.abellongoria.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=909

saroy · 03-01-2005, 09:50 AM

Does this event have a webpage I could check out?

Jim Victory · 03-01-2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by saroy

Does this event have a webpage I could check out?

Here you go!

http://www.dallasarboretum.org/