ISO 80; f/8; 1/200; 67mm; 7:18am (Levels adjusted, some dodging and burning)
I may be stretching the theme a bit here. You do see how the hummingbird’s back glitters, don’t you?
This hummingbird is a lucky shot… I was in Aperture priority because I wasn’t expecting him and was working on the some flowers in and out of Super Macro mode.
ISO 80; f/4; 1/800; 5mm; 7:14am
ISO 80; f/5; 1/1000; 42.2mm; 2:28pm
It was the normal perfect sunny day and mid-afternoon, worst time to shoot, but I decided to take this photo anyway. Although I had seen this Saguaro cactus have multiple blooms at once, I had not seen them arranged so close together. So, I went home for the ladder and camera.
And then forgot about the photos as much attention was diverted to other things… So when I finally downloaded the photos last night I was amazed that the flowers were not blown out.
I know I didn’t need another Blossom photo… but I had to share this.
Woo-hoo this is my kind of assignment: “So this Friday’s tip is to stay close to home – in your yard, or at least within a block of home. Look around to find a unique angle, an interesting view, or perhaps a close up of something that you might otherwise pass by.”
So, I was sitting outside reading a book (on my new iPad if you must know) when my nice neighbor Lola came over and asked if I wanted to see something neat. I make a lot of promises to Lola that I’ll come by and see her but don’t always follow through. But hey, sensing a photo opportunity, I grabbed my camera and walked back to her place, which is only a few sites away, certainly qualifying for close to home.
And this is what she had to show me!
Above: ISO 80; f/8; 1/500; 7:52am
I posted some great YELLOW BLOOMS in April… and now see that I should have saved that posting for May. Compared to those flowers, these are bit more orange than yellow. I am figuring out the names of the flowers and will go back to previous flower blog pages and add names IF I can figure them out. The first flower on this page was easy.
Sunflowers. Desert Landscape Flower. Note the Mexican Brick Wall in the background. Continue reading »
I actually had to look up the definition for “blossom” when I saw that we had this as a May theme. ”Yikes,” I said to myself, “How is a ‘blossom” different from a ‘bloom?’ ” So, now I know. Blossoms are the flowers (or blooms) that happen on trees and bushes.
Because May Day feels like a day for flowers… and since our Friday assignment is to celebrate Karen’s birthday weekend… I decided to post this photo of pink Blossoms. I wasn’t so very happy with the focus… so I punched up the clarity a bit with an Aperture preset and thus making the flowers look more painted than photographed. Enjoy!
Maybe if the wind ever stops blowing I’ll give this theme another go. I saw my first Saguaro “blossom” yesterday… May is the month for these beautiful white flowers to bloom. O.K. I’m still a little confused between “blossom” and “bloom” — I just know that it means for another month we get to post pics of our favorite flower shots!
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