Month: February 2015

First Shot, Floral Photography

First Shot & Getting Reds Right

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First Shot: Red Ranunculus, 2.18.15
First_Shot-_Red_Ranunculus,_2.18.15

Reds are tricky, as anyone with a camera can tell you. Getting the color true to what our eye sees can take time. This, though, is truly what my eyes saw. And it was lovely. I had to desaturate (WordPress tells me that desaturate isn’t a word. Funny.) the flower in order to get the red to work properly, and work a bit with contrast as well. But this is it. Finally.

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Good Morning and a Bit ‘o Chatter

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We have another overcast day here, but no rain. I will continue to hope and pray we don’t have yet another dry month, but February is passing by and we’ve certainly not had many days where I’ve had to keep the camera home because of the wet stuff.

I’ve been slow about getting this site fully operational. I do plan on having galleries. I do plan on having information about sales as well. It’s just taking more time that I would have liked, mostly because it’s the less fun part of photography.

Meanwhile, it’s time for a walk, so I will leave you with this flower and be on my way. I know this is Malva, but I’m not sure about which species. Maybe a reader out there will fill me in. (I’m not as familiar with this flower, even while it is seen a good amount in our neighborhood.) This was from yesterday’s walk.

Malva (I), 2.17.15

Malva_(I),_2.17.15

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Goodnight Flower

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I walked six miles. I taught (only) one student. I worked on some photos and even printed a couple to see if they are “wall worthy”  (Still deciding on them.) because of some upcoming fun (Stay tuned!). But mostly? Well, I finally balanced our checking and savings accounts (only one month of those) and THEN tackled the credit card. I hadn’t realized I’d not balanced that in over three months. Ack! (And yes, I still balance all of our accounts. I know that’s becoming a thing of the past, but I guess I’m a girl of the past, so there you go.)

Now I think it’s time to hit the hay, so I’ll go ahead and post my goodnight flower in case I actually do manage to step away from the computer.

News flash: Lavender isn’t always lavender.

Lavender (I), 2.17.15
Lavender_(I),_2.17.15