I've always been fascinated by poppies. Â The flowers look like they're made out of crepe paper and look so delicate. Â I used to have some in my garden, but I don't know what happened to them. Â My co-worker brought me one that was growing in her yard. I struggled with photographing these. Â I tried three …
Day 157 – Time to Relax
I'm still trying to get back on schedule after being gone for four days. Â I'm a bit behind on my posts but hope to get caught up with days 153 - 156 by the end of the week. Â I have a lot of photos to go through. Â 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. Â The sun is going in and out between clouds, but the wind is just too much for me. Â 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. Â I tried using different apertures, shutter speeds, and distances from the subject. Â 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. Â 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. …
