Picture-A-Week 2023 - Week 37

pierces · September 11, 2023

Pictures taken between Monday, September 11 and Sunday, September 17.

This week starts with some very sad memories. Please offset the mood with some nice images to bring cheer.

Rules: See above

That's it. This isn't a contest.

All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising).

Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize.

The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays.

Post one. Post many. Up to you.

Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others!

pierces · September 21, 2023

Wildflowers are a generally happy subject to shoot. They don't look away, blink or whine about how long it takes to get the right shot. They do, however, grow outside and are subject to such things as random lighting or wind. Lighting can be managed pretty well, but unless you brought an extra tripod with one of those little stem clamps to lock it down, a windblown flower can be as tricky as a two-year-old with a sugar rush. The best way to freeze a waving flower is the application of a high shutter speed, but this flower presented itself at a time when I was armed with only a phone. Thankfully, it was a phone with the ability to take several shots in a burst and assemble a reasonably clean image from the components. Perfect? No. Pretty darned good? Yup.

Flower Power