Bird of Paradise

These specimens at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo are the biggest and best I've every seen.

Florida Botanical Garden Gazebo

I've never been a big fan of architecture photos, but since my 300 mm lens is no longer operational and I haven't got the funds to replace it right now it looks like I need to warm up to architecture. It's difficult, if not impossible, to take bird photos with anything much less than 300 mm with 400 - 500 mm more realistic for smaller birds.

On this trip to the gardens, we dodged rain showers and overcast skies.