Lady Cardinal

I have more flowers blooming that I was going to photograph today, but the wind kicked up and it started to rain, so that nixed that idea. I looked out the window and saw a female cardinal hanging around the bird feeder, so I quickly got my camera.

Techie Corner
Unfortunately, I had to hand-hold my telephoto lens for this shot, so it isn't very crisp. Very little post-production.
Shot at 1/20 Sec @ F11, ISO 400

Tulip

I went on a bit of a hiatus last week, but now that there is stuff to get done outside, there may be a hiatus here and there. I have a few tulips blooming right now, so I took a few photos yesterday. Considering the bunnies roaming around our yard, I'm surprised I have any tulips!

Techie Corner
Used a #4 close-up filter on my big lens. The sun was so bright that I had to do quite a bit of post-production to keep the highlights from blowing out completely.
Shot at 1/350 Sec @ F8.0, ISO 200

New Do

Took mom to get a cut and perm today, so I thought I'd get a picture of the new hairdo. She's my curly-cue lady again. And when we pick out the curls, she's a nice fuzzy poofball.

Techie Corner
Held off-camera flash at arm's length. A little post-production, including vignetting.
Shot at 1/60 Sec @ F2.8, ISO 200

Fence

I didn't have time for a photo shoot today. But I did take a documentary photo of part of our new fence. Isn't it lovely? Ok, so it doesn't look like a fence yet. But it was a lot of hard work getting it this far, so I thought I'd at least take a picture of it.

Pins and Needles

It was still raining today, so I thought I'd wrap up the week with more close-up photography.

See you next week!

Techie Corner
I decided to try my big lens this time and it went much smoother than yesterday. Used a +4 close-up filter. Post-production in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Shot at 1/15 Sec @ F16, ISO 200