Yesterday I noticed that another one of the new daylilies was in bloom so I took a little time to play with my camera.
As this is its first season, and there are still lots of empty spaces… or is it just that I prefer overstuffed gardens (and understaffed interiors). Anyway, I am at this point more interested in the close up shot, and it is something I struggle with.
My brothers would probably not be surprised at this. During our teenage years, when they were fascinated with photography, they refused to let me borrow their SLR cameras as my photos were always blurry. I know now that my eyes don't track together well, and that I am better focusing at an angle than straight on. But I haven't yet figured out how to translate this to taking photos with manual settings.
It is quite possible that my photos will simply be better if I let the camera make the decisions, but I still feel driven to make the attempt to learn how to use the camera, even if that knowledge proves to be more intellectual than practical in my case, and only leads me to further appreciate the work of others, and the automatic focusing ability of my camera.
But then again, if the old adage that "everything worth doing is worth doing well" is to hold true, we must also remember than anything worth doing usually has a learning curve, and long before we get to "doing well" we must suffer through the "doing badly" part.
The crape myrtle and roses are blooming, and happy as I am with the white flowers of the foundation shrubs in front, which allow me a far greater latitude in choosing annuals, I am thrilled at the pink crape myrtle in the side yard and the possibilities for greater color chaos in the more private spaces.
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3 responses to “Exploring Garden Photos”
I too like overstuffed gardens and sparser interiors.
I think with photography the most important thing is always the light. So try the photos again in the early morning or late afternoon. It’s almost as though strong light washes out focus. Of course, I am NOT even remotely skilled at this, it’s just an observation from using my little automatic camera on the blog and in the garden.
And always, your flowers make me happy:).
I do think you are right, and the light is critical. Of course this means planning, and making better use of my early and late hours than I do now, which has been on my mind anyway.
Lovely flowers — there’s something about trying to catch what we see that’s especially engaging in the garden — a doubled emphasis on moments in time that please and/but that are fleeting. . .