March 29th 2007: Atlanta History Center, Botanical Garden, and Piedmont Park

At the Atlanta Botanical Garden, I took many pictures of flowers and of glass sculptures. (The garden was having a special exhibit.) Many of these pictures came out surprisingly well.

As for the movies, the first two movies (1,2) are of a random, well forested highway near Atlanta, providing further proof it's a pleasantly green city.

The third movie is in a similar vein, simply of a smaller street. Again, these are movies of random places where I hadn't driven before -- I simply said, "this is a nice neighborhood," hit record, and kept driving. The atmosphere of this street reminds me of a similar one in Northern Virginia.

Another movie is a panorama of the inside of Souper Jenny, the place where I bought lunch. It has personality.

Much later in the day, I took a panoramic movie of a fairly centrally located section of Piedmont Park, Atlanta's equivalent to Manhattan's Central Park.

The final movie of the day is a panorama of the inside of Swallow at the Hollow, a combination bbq restaurant and folk/country music club, a bit of drive north from Atlanta.

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		I think these people rule the garden.	Yes, it's glass.
How many glass creatures can you spot? Hint: there are at least six.	Single glass flowers, obliquely.	Real flowers for a change.	And we're back to glass. (I got it in my head to take a picture of every glass thing I saw.)
		The Nepenthes Chandelier.	Tulips.
Ditto, simply shot using a different camera mode (for experimental reasons). I can't tell the difference between these shots.	A fuzzy, green, flowering bush.		It's easy to imagine people getting married in this gazebo.
A view of the gazebo from the side, perhaps from the location of a small area for hors d'oeuvres after a wedding.
One glass sculpture is on sale in the gift shop for $600.	Another costs $1750.	Tulips are easy to photograph. If you view the full-sized image, you can see its veins running through its petals. The focus is perfect; if only this tulip's color happened to be more vibrant, it'd be an excellent picture.	The same picture, only with a wider depth of field.
These flowers look flat and painted. It's an interesting effect.
Piedmont Park
Midtown, as seen from Piedmont Park.	A panorama of Midtown's skyline and Piedmont Park's fields, taken from closer to Midtown than the previous photograph.	Piedmont Park's lovely lake. For some reason, I really like the tone of this photograph. It might have to do with the way the shadows fall.	A pretty stone bridge and gazebo.
A dual swing. Cool! This is the first time I've seen one. I suppose it requires coordination or at least courtesy toward whoever sits on the opposite side of the swing.	A flowering tunnel. (This caption would be much better if I knew what type of trees these are. If you know, tell me!) I stood here for a long time waiting for people to pass. Every time someone was going to walk out of sight, other people appeared. Eventually, I took this shot, assuming it'd be the best I'd get. (The light was also disappearing, making my window of opportunity rapidly shrink.)	A striking statue symbolizing the end of the civil war.
Swallow at the Hollow
The wood building and attached brick fireplace that is Swallow at the Hollow, my dinner destination.	An amusing sign out front.	Baby back ribs, biscuits, beans, coleslaw, and pickles (!).