I've always been fascinated by poppies. The flowers look like they're made out of crepe paper and look so delicate. I used to have some in my garden, but I don't know what happened to them. My co-worker brought me one that was growing in her yard. I struggled with photographing these. I tried three …
Day 157 – Time to Relax
I'm still trying to get back on schedule after being gone for four days. I'm a bit behind on my posts but hope to get caught up with days 153 - 156 by the end of the week. I have a lot of photos to go through. It took me four hours to download them …
Day 147 – Irises
Today is one of those cold, windy days where it isn't much fun being outside. The sun is going in and out between clouds, but the wind is just too much for me. So I took my photos inside using a white and black background. I go back and forth on whether I like using …
Day 145 – Red Gerbera Daisies
I'm still practicing with my macro lens and tonight I worked on some red Gerbera Daisies. I tried using different apertures, shutter speeds, and distances from the subject. One thing I have learned is that the macro lens has a very shallow depth of field, even with a small aperture. I wanted to use natural …
Day 143 – Hazelnut Macro
I picked up a couple of hazelnuts off the sidewalk today and thought they would be a good subject to practice with my new macro lens. These nuts were about the size of a dime and I was happy to see how well the macro lens picked up the detail on such a small subject. …
Through My Lens 