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this tiny bee was landing on a bleeding heart flower.
Sony ILCE 6500 with Sigma 180mm F3.5 APO Macro, single shot, no flash
Rediscovering analog:
Photo taken with Minolta SRT 201, MC Rokkor 100 mm f 2.5, Velvia 50 slide film, no adjustments other than slight crop.
I love the colors, but am not sure whether soft light is the film's strength. Also, the film seems to be extremely sensitive to the slightest overexposure, i.e. washes out immediately. Last, I had the film in the camera for about a year. The exposures taken more than 6 months ago (prior to development) seem useless.
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Nikon D7000. Tamron 180mm macro. 1/320th @ F4.5. ISO 500. EV = 0 WB = sun. Shutter Priority. Single Point AF. Photographed May 6, 2011
Flower Garden, Madison Wisconsin.
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It is almost time for Smugmug to close down Flickr for maintenance so that they can perform the mammoth task of transferring every single thing on Flickr to a new server. Hard to imagine, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that the transfer all goes smoothly. There will probably be a few glitches to iron out afterwards, but these will no doubt eventually be fixed. An interesting, and important, read, if you didn't see it:
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157691537882093/
The day before yesterday, 19 May 2019, I was out for the day with my daughter, to celebrate Mother's Day and yet another birthday for me. I always look forward to a day like this - my favourite way to spend a day! I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did. Unfortunately, the weather was cloudy and windy, especially when we went to Frank Lake after spending time at the Saskatoon Farm. We both still managed to get a few photos and, today, the colourful ones are most welcome, as we have yet another gloomy day. I think it must have rained again last night, as I can see there are puddles out there.
Our day started with a delicious breakfast at the Farm, after which we walked around the grounds. I always enjoy seeing the farm cats and dogs wandering about, inside and outside. Visitors are not allowed to bring dogs, which means that the farm animals can roam in peace.
The gardens have not yet been planted with flowers - just as well, as I noticed that there was a risk of frost on two recent nights. There are flowers blooming in the greenhouses, though.
Our next destination was Frank Lake, where we hoped to see at least a few birds. It was very quiet, with little to photograph - not the best time of the day. Two Eared Grebes were swimming near the blind, but what a challenge they were! Non stop swimming and constantly changing direction, fast. I think I ended up with a couple of photos that might be sharp enough to post - the rest have been deleted. A Yellow-headed Blackbird, perched on a cattail, was swaying in and out of the viewfinder.
It felt really good to get out, as I have been spending so much time going through all the images from our trip to South Texas. It did feel a little strange to be driving, as I have barely been out the last few weeks.
I'm still not quite used to this early Springtime blooming out west ! I had an abundance of bleeding hearts in my old garden (none here...yet!) and an abundance of photo's too so thought I'd give these the B&W treatment for a change.
I participate in about a dozen flower award groups. These groups are not large, don't have a wide variety of flower photo types, and actually have rules which make little sense to me. However, we deal with what is available.
In those groups, though I see a definite style, different from most, and it is quite lovely. Given the photographers, I would be comfortable calling it a 'Far East' style. Soft, light, but not out of focus or badly exposed...just a different look and feel.
This is an attempt by me to show these Bleeding Hearts in the 'Far East' style.
This photo of my Bleeding Heart plant is from April 09..
Most of my newest photo's are/were on our other computer now being repaired after a power cut yesterday .. :(
Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you :-)
― Rita Mae Brown
bleeding hearts, little theater garden, Raleigh, north carolina