Tuesday, August 28, 2012

#241 of 365 for August 28, 2012

I am really struggling with outside flower shots here in Michigan.  It is always windy, in fact it is rare to look outside and not see the leaves and limbs swaying in the wind.  Of course this feels wonderful on a hot day but it makes shooting macro almost impossible.   I love to visit Dow Gardens and they have the most beautiful flowers but I really struggle with getting them sharp enough. 

This zinnia is in my garden.  I shot it last night and was not very pleased with my results.  I tried going out early but there was still some breeze, at times I would get focused on a flower and the wind would blow it completely out of my frame.... finally I just waited till I thought the flowers were either still or moving only a little and managed to get a few shots.  I decided to bring one in to try some inside macro shots for later in the day.

Any tips or ideas for shooting macro in a windy place?

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Finally Caught Up!!

Hello everyone!  Sorry for letting my 365 blog get so far behind.  My life was crazy busy this summer.  I did make sure to take time for shooting,  but my time for editing and posting was non existent to greatly limited.  I got so far behind in posting that it became overwhelming so I had to wait until I had a big chunk of time to catch up :)  

My allergies have been crazy all summer but they finally eased up for the past month so I quit taking my allergy medicine.  Now they are back and I have to readjust to my allergy medicine.  So as I lay in bed, wide awake from 3 AM to 4 AM, I kept thinking.... you know I could get my blog caught up now, but I really should work on the 12 dozen ears of corn I need to cut off the cob and put in the freezer today.  Somehow though, I just did not really want to get up and work so early.  Finally after an hour I got up and updated my blog!  I am still wide awake, but I will probably not be when I am in the middle of putting away my sweet corn.

Thank You for looking at my pictures, please comment so I know you have been here.... pretty please :)

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