Niijima Floats in the Japanese Garden

Niijima Floats in the Japanese Garden
Originally uploaded by DisHippy

Moving on to the Japanese garden at Cheekwood, we see the combed gravel garden graced by this large and beautiful Niijima Floats. These things range in size a get very large very quickly. The varying colors make it so you can stare at these for a long time. Such is why I took so many shots here. :) Enjoy!

I've never done anything like the Floats. They are probably the most monumental-looking, since there's no reminiscence of a container shape. Just because they are so big, the Floats are technically, or let's say physically, the most difficult things that we have ever done. Even though a sphere or a ball is about the easiest form you can make in glass, when you get to this scale, up to forty inches in diameter, it becomes extremely difficult.
— Dale Chihuly

Lens: 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6
Exposure: f/22
Shutter Speed: 1/13
ISO: 100
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About the series
This series of shots were taken on 10-22-2010 at Cheekwood Botanical Garden. Dale Chihuly, world renowned glass artist, was having a garden exhibition where he installs pieces into the gardens to enhance the appeal of both the gardens and his work. This is the fifth Chihuly exhibition that I've gone to and the fourth that I've been able to shoot. I really enjoy the mixture of the glass and the gardens, and it makes for great photo opportunities.

"I love to juxtapose the manmade and the natural to sort of make people wonder, is it manmade or did it come from nature? That's a very important part of my work."
Dale Chihuly