I guess I like nature photography more than anything else, and particularly plants. They are easy to focus on and don't move around, unlike everything else I've tried. Today I took the kids to the Young's River Falls and got no good pictures of the waterfalls themselves. I "forgot" (read: didn't want one more thing to carry) the tripod and paid the price with blurry water. But I did get some other good shots. Hope you like 'em!
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The river - I had to lie down on my belly to get this shot. I like the rocks out of focus in the foreground. It made the picture more visually interesting.
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My kids love throwing rocks into water, but who doesn't?
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I just thought this tree looked cool.
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Ahhh. Mr. Slug. The only member of the animal kingdom slow enough for me to take pictures of and keep him in focus. He may be gross, but at least he's camera friendly.
2 comments:
After almost a year avoiding the social pressure to start a blog, your blog tipped me over the edge. Looking at your pictures got me excited about trying new things with my camera. Also, to reveal my sophistication, you made me realize I can do a picture-book type blog rather than drudge through an attempted novel-blog. I can handle pictures and some short narrative, but writing a lot is...well...more work. Although I will have a potpourri of topics and formats, I will attempt doing justice to the photography world with our little point-and-shoot. Inspire by your blog.
Anyway, I like the blurry rock foreground blending into focus downstream.
Also, are you using a particular setting or filter to give it an antique-ish warm, but slightly dim look? It adds an nice warm, relaxed (reminiscent) feel to the pictures.
Slugs are not my subject of choice, so I'm not sure if I want to compliment the quality of the focus that shows the light glistening off the details of the slugs head.
Say Hi to Mr. Slug for me!
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