I spent part of my day off Friday roaming around the Philbrook Museum of Art Gardens there are lots of shadows there. One of my favorite trees is above. It has a very long branch that snakes horizontally and then splits. It makes for a great shadow.

There is a bridge across a creek that makes a great shadow also.

American Hippo by John Kearney

There is this car bumper sculpture of a hippo. For this I used the “In Camera HDR” function on my Nikon. I had an “aha moment” while working in the gardens on how it is supposed to work. This sculpture was kind of lost in the shadows and the HDR was able to pull it out so we can see it.

“Negative Tree” by Menashe Kadishman

This is one of my favorite sculptures in the Philbrook Gardens but it is a bear to photograph on the shady side which is what I wanted to do because I wanted to put a real tree inside the negative space. The HDR function has maybe five settings so what the heck, lets max it out and I did. Maybe next time I’ll back it off a little bit. Maybe not though. Moderation in all things is itself excessive is what I say. Plus I can honestly say that this is SOOC. I am not sure that means much in this day of super capable cameras.

Linking with Shadow Shot Sunday

My other Philbrook Posts over the years

9 thoughts on “Shadow Shot Sunday – The Gardens of Philbrook”

sylviakirk November 15, 2015 at 10:24 am

Terrific shadow shots for the day!! I haven’t seen the sun for a couple of days here in the northwest!! Gray, grim and wet!! Hope you have a great new week!! Enjoy!

Paula Scott Molokai Girl November 15, 2015 at 1:54 pm

Wow-I really, really love those geometric shadows on the bridge! Tres cool!

klara November 15, 2015 at 3:37 pm

I would love the pattern of that bridge shadow as tiles in my hallway.

DeniseinVA November 15, 2015 at 4:13 pm

I love roaming around gardens not only for the flowers and plants and the exercise, but if they have interesting sculptures I think that is wonderful!