I still have a few more photos from the Hayward Japanese Tea Garden….I think I have a couple more posts in me. You know how I like to drag them out haha.
This time I thought I’d share a scenic shot and oddly enough it looked prehistoric to me. Not what I would expect from a Japanese Tea Garden! The entire place was just so incredible and I tried to get a little bit of everything in one shot.
Prehistoric Tea
Laura Macky Photography 
February 25, 2015 at 8:28 am
Great photo! Love the lighting and feel of it.
February 25, 2015 at 8:29 am
Thank you John 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 8:38 am
Very nice colours and atmosphere
February 25, 2015 at 8:38 am
Thanks so much Raj. 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 8:42 am
Keep ‘dragging’. ‘Bragging’ is also allowed!!! Indeed pre-historic and I LOVE it!!!
February 25, 2015 at 8:59 am
YAY! Thank you Herman!! And you know what? It says your blog is unfollowed! I keep having this issue where I’ve been following someone and all of a sudden they are not followed. 😦 Following AGAIN!
February 25, 2015 at 9:24 am
“Keep on following me” is also allowed! 😀
Herman
February 25, 2015 at 9:49 am
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February 25, 2015 at 8:47 am
Lovely and yes different. Japanese gardens are beautiful!
February 25, 2015 at 9:00 am
Thank you! I loved it there. 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 8:49 am
I just LOVE how you processed this one, Laura. Keep those images coming, drag it out for as long as you can, because it is those like me who will be there to cheer you on!! Thank you! Love, Amy
February 25, 2015 at 9:02 am
Aww thank you Amy :))))) I really appreciate your support and friendship through the blogisphere!
February 25, 2015 at 9:10 am
I hope you know I feel the same, Laura. *she says as she bites her nails deciding what filter to use to shoot Niagara Falls with* Hehehehehe These weather – peeps know not what they say. Keep your fingers crossed that the day we have decided to go, is overcast with barely any wind. IF that is the case, I can use my CP filter. IF flowing water is still evident, I will have to change filters to one of my ND filters ….. OH! Decisions! IF sunny I will have to use my ND400, GROAN, which I did not want to do! Butterflies in stomach ….. LOL (((HUGS))) Amy
February 25, 2015 at 9:46 am
LOL….I love your stream of consciousness!! And yes, I know you feel the same. I feel like grabbing a kleenex now hehe.
February 25, 2015 at 9:57 am
*blowing nose* Yep, I used my kleenex! (((HUGS))) Amy
February 25, 2015 at 8:56 am
Very Jurassic! Nice indeed! 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 9:02 am
hehe thank you! I’m waiting for the Velociraptor to come through those trees!
February 25, 2015 at 9:02 am
You managed to capture this garden just perfect, if you ask me!
February 25, 2015 at 9:03 am
Thank you! I’m glad you see it the way I do. Very cool place!
February 25, 2015 at 9:03 am
It Does look like dinosaurs should be roaming in those trees – I just can’t see them! Bother these glasses! 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 9:03 am
LOL, it really does! I think they moved quickly through the image though. 😉
February 25, 2015 at 9:05 am
Phew! Thought I needed new glasses for a minute there! 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 9:45 am
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February 25, 2015 at 9:05 am
It certainly looks an amazing place!
February 25, 2015 at 9:45 am
It really is. Thank you Stephen. 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 9:18 am
Otherworldly…
February 25, 2015 at 9:47 am
Totally! Thanks Ron. 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 10:24 am
Tea……the best drink in the world…..evs!!
February 25, 2015 at 11:02 am
I so rarely have tea unless it’s iced or I’m in a chinese restaurant. What is EVS?
February 25, 2015 at 1:43 pm
Haha……its teen slang text speak for “ever”…..well in the UK it is anyway.
February 25, 2015 at 3:03 pm
OH lol. I’m just a yank. haha
February 26, 2015 at 11:43 am
And I’m not a teenager and should really know better…..😉
February 25, 2015 at 10:25 am
I really like the bright but not harsh center with the vignetting.
February 25, 2015 at 11:03 am
Thank you David. I tried to make it “almost” painterly.
February 25, 2015 at 10:29 am
The lighting and colours in this are fantastic!
February 25, 2015 at 11:03 am
Thank you Emma! It’s such an amazing place.
February 25, 2015 at 10:29 am
Nice composition, Laura!
February 25, 2015 at 11:03 am
Thank you Ravi! We are into framing things these days aren’t we. 😉
February 25, 2015 at 10:41 am
Amazing – certainly looks prehistoric Laurs
February 25, 2015 at 10:42 am
Laura
February 25, 2015 at 11:05 am
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February 25, 2015 at 11:05 am
Thank you Derrick 🙂 I felt so small.
February 25, 2015 at 10:46 am
Wonderful… I wonder if those mushroom shaped things are meat eaters.
February 25, 2015 at 11:09 am
I don’t think so….I survived when I walked by lol. Thank you for enjoying the image.
February 25, 2015 at 11:10 am
LOL … Yep looking very prehistoric. Roar! … 😀
February 25, 2015 at 11:12 am
LOL rawr!
February 25, 2015 at 11:17 am
Interesting pictures.
February 25, 2015 at 12:17 pm
Is that a good thing?? lol It’s a neat place Robert. I love seeing things others don’t…or I hope to anyway.
February 25, 2015 at 11:22 am
Love this shot Laura. I’m just waiting for the T-Rex to stomp out between those trees 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 12:18 pm
LOL Thank you Edith! I was very, verrrrry quiet. 😉
February 25, 2015 at 12:09 pm
Yes, prehistoric – not quite real…or at least not of this time. I do like the shot and processing.
February 25, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Thanks Robert. It really was kind of amazing how the view seemed to go from zen to prehistoric.
February 25, 2015 at 1:35 pm
It is unusual…Love the interesting colors and shapes.
February 25, 2015 at 3:03 pm
Thanks Charlie. Glad you find it interesting! 🙂
February 25, 2015 at 2:23 pm
Prehistoric sounds perfect for this, that is what it looks like. Great call, great photo.
February 25, 2015 at 3:04 pm
Thank you Leanne. I really expected to see a dinosaur creeping through the bushes.
February 25, 2015 at 2:57 pm
Reblogged this on Amazing Fine Art.
February 25, 2015 at 3:02 pm
Thank you so much. You’re da’ bomb!
February 25, 2015 at 3:02 pm
Thank you! You’re da’ bomb!
February 25, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Think I’d really like this place, beautiful.
February 25, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Beautiful shot, Laura. A bit of everything. It looks like a window, with a view of a wonderland. Love the green and brown colours 🙂
February 26, 2015 at 7:04 am
Thank you Mabel! I like your window description. It does feel like that.
February 25, 2015 at 10:20 pm
yes. I hear you.
just waiting for a diplodocus head to appear.
February 26, 2015 at 7:08 am
haha funny! I googled it. 🙂 This part of Jurrasic Park always cracked me up…especially when the velociraptor clicks it’s nail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnRxQ3dcaQk (Sorry about the 15 seconds of add in the beginning.)
February 26, 2015 at 5:47 pm
OMG. it does. did not notice it b4.
February 26, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Rawr!
February 26, 2015 at 10:35 am
I’m very fond of the late cretaceous.
February 26, 2015 at 11:21 am
Ha!
February 26, 2015 at 11:52 am
It really does look prehistoric or otherworldly! Now if you can just add in a T-Rex……..
February 26, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Yes the T-Rex! lol
February 26, 2015 at 12:00 pm
What a cool picture!
February 26, 2015 at 3:16 pm
It does look pre-historic. It looks like a set for one of those vintage sci-fi movies 🙂
February 26, 2015 at 9:14 pm
I think so too Kirsten! Waiting for Spielberg to call me LOL
February 26, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Sorry, late here–I’d love to see an impressionist treatment of this!
February 26, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Ah that would be a delicate handling on such small detail. If I can remember lol I’ll try it sometime.
February 27, 2015 at 1:10 am
Lovely shot.
February 27, 2015 at 7:05 am
Thanks so much!
March 1, 2015 at 7:16 am
Jurassic Crumpets – a truly mammoth undertaking. Excellent composition. 🙂
March 1, 2015 at 8:19 am
hahahaha I LOVE that! Jurassic Crumpets. lol That is if we had crumpets here but I know what you mean. 😉 And I love the pun re: mammoth lol. Thank you!