On the last weekend of November I suffered from a stress related back injury, and pain in different areas of my back has been troubling me since then. Unfortunately, this also meant fewer photoshoots in the past five or so weeks. Last week I did have a short photowalk on the grounds of one of our city libraries prior to picking up a reserved book, and I’m happy to share the images I took there with the Lensbaby Blog Circle readers.

The library is located at the Irvine Ranch Historic Park in Irvine, California. It is a replica (2008) of the Irvine family home, which was originally constructed in 1876. The park itself was established in 1996, and it houses 24 original ranch structures that represent the agricultural history of Orange County.

The double rows of palm trees seen on the fourth image were planted in 1906. The park has many trees, flowers, and it has a section where they are rejuvenating avocado trees.

I’ve added a Spark lens to my Lensbaby collection, and this was the first time I used it. Some images were made with the 50mm optic the Spark came with, and I also tried it with the Single Glass and the Double Glass optics. I used the wide angle and the telephoto lenses for a few images as well.

Join me for a pictorial tour of the Irvine Ranch Historic Park, and please follow the Lensbaby Blog Circle by clicking on Birgit Fostervold’s link at the end of my post to read another Lensbaby article.

This post is part of a group of posts about Lensbaby related topics. At the beginning of each month we feature images and stories taken with our Lensbaby lenses, and link to each other. Next up in the blog circle is Birgit Fostervold, please click this link to see her post and keep following the circle!