Botanisk Hage i Oslo

On April the 1st earlier this year, I took photos of Oslo’s Botanisk Hage. That was during very early spring, end winter.

Now in the summer, the same place has been totally transformed into a kaledescope of vibrant colours and hues to meet the human eye. 

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Following this, is a photo journey of the photos I took with just a mobile phone camera. Oh well, there were some colour issues with my REAL camera, so I guess in this case the mobile camera (cheap as it may sound) triumphed over a real one. At least the colours were accurately captured, though the resolution was crappy on some of them. At one point the phone got really over heated, because I think I overdid the macro mode too much (touch focus) hence I had to switch off and reboot the phone a few times, losing some candid shots 🙁

Nonetheless, I did have a wonderful time capturing all these and felt really blessed that Nature has given to us these treasures to savour with pleasure. Enjoy the photos as I have enjoyed taking them. One day when I do get a real good DLSR, perhaps the quality of these pictures might improve. But here they are, in their essence, despite the quality.

A note that commentaries follow after mini galleries. There might be a need to scroll down a bit to read about the gallery. 


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Bright and sunny, as I approach the greenhouse. 

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The pictures within the Palmehuset.  I managed to get some really beautiful shots of flowers here, where the names of the flowers are captured in the subsequent pictures. 
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Purple and yellow delight. Even though this was just a shrub in a corner, the simple but excellent combination of colours make this mini gallery just awesome.

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The water lily corner, they were exquisite and mystical.

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Daisies and flowers everywhere. It’s like being in toyland. I really like the way the colours stand out against the green hue.  Nature has it’s own way of coordinating the best colours to represent itself.

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This may look like yet another photo of flowers, but I really liked it because it captured something that would probably take a one in a million chances to get it right.

Yes, a butterfly, with its wings open. :-). 
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A collage of peonys and pink hues.. 
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Then there’s this really lovely arc of what looked like orchids (?) Capturing the individual flower was extremely unsettling and difficult for me as I had a certain phobia of bees. There were two of them flying real close to me before I managed to get a good shot, and after which I quickly bolted :).