BAKING IN FLOWER POTS

The zoo's official name is Bristol Zoological Gardens. This is not to boast of the wonderful flower displays in its gardens but in recognition of the first use of that title at the London, Regent's Park Zoological Gardens. Opened in 1836 by the Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo is fifth oldest zoo in the world but is not a large zoo. It is a Victorian walled zoo located between Clifton Down and Clifton College, near Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge; it covers a small area by modern standards, but houses a considerable number of species.
Bristol Zoo supports wildlife conservation, education and breeding programmes worldwide. For example, Bristol works with other zoos around the world to breed lemurs in captivity. Native to Madagascar, the lemurs are critically endangered because their forest habitat is being destroyed. Closer to home, the zoo has helped to reintroduce the water vole to parts of Southern England.
A number of mammals are kept on a site to the north of Bristol. There are plans to relocate many more species to the Hollywood Tower estate as part of a second zoo. The new site at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, will be called the National Wildlife Conservation Park and will include larger animals than in the existing Bristol Zoo. The zoo will be split into biomes, representing species found only in specific habitats. Some of the biomes to be included are Congo Basin Tropical Forest, Central American Swamp, African Savannah, Sumatra Tropical Forest, Nepal Riverine Forest, Coral Reef, British Ancient Woodland and British Wetlands. The species list for each ecosystem has not yet been finalised, but is likely to include Manatees, Crocodiles, Bonobos, Okapi, Bongo, Sumatran tiger, Orang-utan, Giraffe, Zebra, Warthog, Kudu, African hunting dog, Rhinoceros, Brown bear and Wolf.

Assignment: The goal of this assignment is to take a photo, of anything, where the subject is lit by artificial lighting. This could be a flash (on or off camera), a lamp, flashlight, headlight, etc. As long as it's not natural lighting it counts.

WIT (What it took): There are centerpieces from a friends wedding I recently attended. Once the sun had set, the only light was from the dance floor and these candles. The changing lights of the dance flower provided need reflections in the glass.

1. Raw conversion
2. Flipped the picture so the back candle was on the rightside
3. Increased the clarity to get a crispy texture look in the flower
4. Slight straighten
5. Slight contrast boost
6. Slight sharpen