Ted Engler

Japanese Garden

A classic scene from Missouri Botanical Garden’s Japanese Garden. This is a tree shot HDR photo combined in Photomatix and edited in Lightroom. https://greatrivers.smugmug.com/Galleries/Missouri-Botanical-Garden/i-BLjmMXz/A

Missouri Botanical Garden’s Climatron https://greatrivers.smugmug.com/Galleries/Missouri-Botanical-Garden/i-HsxR4Zd/A The Climatron simulates a tropical lowland rainforest. In the Climatron there are about 1,200 species of the total estimated 160,000 species of tropical plants. It is an introduction to tropical plants and gives a good glimpse of a warm moist forest. No building can begin to house all of theContinue reading “Climatron”

Miss River City

I had a chance to drive Miss River City in a local parade. The Miss River City pageant is part of the Miss America event. This young lady, Debrielle, will now compete in the Miss Missouri pageant and, if successful, the Miss America contest. This photo was taken with the “selfie” camera of an iPhoneContinue reading “Miss River City”

Wild Nights at the St. Louis Zoo

Party on the Moon guitarist poses at the wild Zoo Ado at the St. Louis Zoo. And the party did get a little wild:

The Castle at Ha Ha Tonka

Here is another view of the “Castle” at Ha Ha Tonka State Park. This was actually a large mansion on a bluff overlooking a beautiful valley in the Missouri Ozarks. The man who designed it never lived to see it completed. Due to his sudden death, the property was never properly maintained and the homeContinue reading “The Castle at Ha Ha Tonka”

Michigan “up north”

Rather than plastering you photos all over the place, sometimes putting everything in a convenient slide show would be just the thing to do. Here are some photos from an area in Northern Michigan. As you will see, this is a beautiful area worth the visit to take some photos. See the still photos here: https://greatrivers.smugmug.com/Galleries/Up-North

Porcelain Elephants

St. Louis Botanical Garden’s Lantern Festival. Thousands of porcelain plates were used to create this fountain. This is a six second exposure using f22 to blur the water and add the “star burst” to the lights. https://greatrivers.smugmug.com/Galleries/Missouri-Botanical-Garden/i-DsjcgCM/A

Ha Ha Tonka

This is an old burned out mansion on what is now Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Central Missouri. Waiting for sunset gives the orange glow in the windows. Processing as a 5 shot HDR photo helped bring out the effect. If you have not been to this park it is one of the bestContinue reading “Ha Ha Tonka”

Lemonade Stand

Old Town St. Charles, MO is a very well done restoration of a business district. Not only can you shop on Main Street but explore little alleys like this. This is a 3 shot HDR photo.

Rural America

Early morning in Iowa. Point your camera just about anywhere in the Midwest and you will find an interesting composition. This was taken about ten minutes before sunrise and is a 3 shot HDR photo: 32mm, ISO 400, f6.3 with an average exposure of ¼ sec.