zooming...zooming..

Just to put the size of the flowers in perspective...

18->51->115->154->200 mm

That will do Sigma.. that will do.

Have visions of me saying like that the way "Farmer" says it to Babe...

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Flowers'r'us - photoblog

A new bunch of flowers in our backyard. One of those bulbs which we planted two years ago.

Somehow this one was not there last year.

We are not complaining. It always makes our day to open the door and find such beauties.

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Spring is in and so are the flowers

The tree in our yard is just blossoming with nice rose/purple flowers the size of my hand.

Absolutely beautiful!

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Bloom

We have a new cluster flower blooming in our front yard. There was no breeze and the stalk held steady enough to be used for multiple shots in sequence.

This is the best superimposed HDR image that is blog worthy, given the sway and the sun setting behind the flower.

Now that the camera has graduated from still objects to slightly moving objects, more exploring will be done.

Tomorrow brings us new subjects..

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More photos from around the house

Playing with the software, realized that there is an alignment feature to align each picture to a reference to capture the light variation without increasing the blur.

In spite of using a tripod and taking the individual images in self timer mode, the few seconds it takes to change the exposure setting and clicking the shutter somehow moves the center of the image by a few pixels and that is enough to change the quality of the picture.

Found this trying to image a cabbage rose in our front yard.

Went back and zoomed in on a single rose in the flower vase and it came out crystal clear with fantastic detail even inside the shadows within the petals.

Original plan to go to take a picture of the golden gate didn't come through. Will have to try that another day..

For now, I am like a kid in a candy store.. so many possibilities with the same camera...

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