Spring Break!

Well, here we are! It's been a while since I've been able to get out to take any pictures; hopefully this spring will afford more opportunities to do so as the conclusion of graduate school nears. During my spring break earlier this month, I was able to get out on a couple short trips around the Puget Sound and take a few pictures. My skills are a bit rusty, but while none of my landscapes turned out, I did make a few flower shots that I ended up pleased with.

My favorite is this one of red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) in Sharpe Park, south of Anacortes. I used an aperture of f/5.6 - which is not as wide as I could have opened it, because I didn't want the flowers in the background to be indiscernible.

Second is a fawn lily from the same location. I found it on the forest floor, and this was the only flower of its kind that I saw blooming on the entire hike. I've photographed fawn lily before, but wanted to take advantage of the even lighting and soft breeze to try a closer perspective. F/5. This will take some lighting adjustments (and noise reduction - I had to use ISO 500) but I think it should be doable.

Lastly, here is an image from Saint Edward State Park near Seattle. There were some Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) just starting to bloom. I played around with a few different compositions involving this particular flower; I liked this one because I was able to achieve a forest-floor perspective with some discernible tree trunks in the background. I've also done similar perspectives with bleeding heart, but this one has a different feel. F/5.6.

Cheers!