Last week's trip to Molbak's

I was taking photos inside Molbak's; this was my first real outing since being so sick, and I found I ran out of energy really fast, just from hefting my new camera! These gerbera daisies took my breath away with the varities of vibrant colors! These photos are straight from the camera - no color enhancement.

More macros; a visit to Molbak's

I was experimented with focal points to try to get an abstract look with these calla lilies. I think all I got in the end was just fuzziness! These are not enhanced.

Macro practice

Yesterday, Monday, was my last day of quarrantine! Still housebound, I was really happy to see a stem of dried hydrangea left on our patio from when Dick pruned on the week-end. I snatched it up and put it on a wood table top and sat down to take photos. Natural light; hand-held. Varies from f-4.5 to f11.

Macro Practice

ANSWER TO AP. QUESTION

Brett and Rebecca (teacher), here is the original from which I cropped for the pic below. You asked about it, and now I can see why it was not the best for cropping as it was f5 aperture. I am still so frustrated that I am not getting near the quality for macro with my new camera as I was with the point-n-shoot! Shoot! ML

ASSIGNMENT: APERTURE COMPS

I am stuck in bed with a horrible flu. So, I moved into the day bed in my study so I could at least look out at Mt. Si directly from bed. (and be sick by myself!) Dick brought me 2 fresh tulip bouquets and set them on my desk. What he didn't realize is the wonderful view they provided, as a front-drop to the fresh-snowed-upon mountain.

So, teacher, here is a homework piece from getting out of bed! I used a tripod and natural light and ISO 400 for each except where noted.




What I couldn't achieve was the "true" view that I have: with both the tulips and the mountain in good focus. Perhaps I needed to pull back the tripod, but I didn't want to include the desk-top paraphernalia. Any suggestions? ML

26 THINGS CHALLENGE

It is still too yukky outside to get the one tree bark texture I wanted, so I hunted around the house for "Texture, #21: the cat scratching post. I missslabed it! It should be "texture", not "Sratch" hee hee

MORE 26 THINGS CHALLENGE

I love the way the stem of this Conservatory palm tree seems to fold in on itself.

So many "Indulgence" posts are - of course! - chocolate. So, how would you like to have a piece of this chocolate/peanut butter pie? Hmmmmmm?

What bird wouldn't think so? I mean, landscaped, and all!

Lately I have been thinking time is going too fast. So, I took this pic for "lost time". Where did it go?