Mundane Monday October 12, 2009

Been busy over the weekend pulling the last of the vegetables from the garden. We picked about 1 1/2 dozen pumpkins and squash. This was a bumper crop and if we had growing weather for a few more weeks, we might almost double the crop! Snipped off the dahlia blossom too, and that's where we find ourselves with a camera.

The first shot is P mode, no flash, nice diffused light from behind. It's a little dark, but not bad. I popped the flash, full power but I underexposed the shot -.7 stops. It's washed out, just too bright for a great composition.

 

There's also annoying reflection from the flash off the window on the right. Flash diffusion may help us out. Since I was using the pop-up flash, and I couldn't find any old film cans, I resorted to a translucent caontainer lid. I think it worked great.

A soup container lid from the Chinese restaurant saved the dahlia photo from ruin. 

Mundane Monday October 5, 2009

Almost missed, it's been a busy day. But it is important to stop and smell the flowers along the way. This shot is okay. The flowers got lost in the middle, so how about another take.

Here, I've framed the flowers with the hose and zoomed in to really show the detail in the flowers. Don't forget the rule: Get close and then get even closer.