Flickr Meet-Up::Shoot the Trees in El Dorado Nature Center January 17, 2009

Where: El Dorado Nature Center
7550 E. Spring St.
Long Beach CA 90815
(562) 570-1745 (call of Google Maps for directions)

**It costs $7.00 to park**

Nature Center Hours
Trails: Tue-Sun, 8am-5pm

When: Saturday, January 17, 2009

Time: 2:00 PM until it closes then maybe go get food after?

Ideas of things to shoot:

The nature center is small and not a lot is blooming right now. There are some birds, ducks, squirrels, and insects to see and lots of dead and dying plants...my favorite being the cool trees.

There are two areas with cool trees along the 2 mile path. There's the grove of old trees where I took my shots by that huge creepy tree and then there is a clearing with tree branches snaking along the ground. It's very cool...the shade of the trees makes the light really nice...not too harsh.

I was hoping to get some models to climb in the trees on this shoot. So far, none are available. Maybe some of you would be willing to climb trees and look "modelesque?" LOL! If someone has battery-operated lights, that'd be cool too and give us something new to try.

Sound like fun? It's definitely something different from the street photography...hope some can make it!

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