Month: March 2019

Floral Photography, Goodnight Flower

Goodnight Flower

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Someone once spoke of the Geranium as if it was too lowly to photograph. (I suspect he might actually have been referring to the Pelargonium, which is often confused with the Geranium since the common name of the Pelargonium is geranium, because I know he had a lot of them growing in his area.) In any case, I think they are lovely and so I share one with you today. The common name of the Geranium is cranesbill.

Purple Geranium, 4.18.18

First Shot

Finally!

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I’ve not been using my camera much at all. Between getting ill, a bad knee, opera and symphony, and my teaching schedule, photography has had to take a distant back seat. Today, though, I managed a two mile walk (thank you ibuprofen!) and I’m hoping to continue doing two miles until I’m completely healed.

I can’t blame only the things I mentioned above, though. I’ve been in a photography slump. (I’ve not been in a processing slump: I have plenty of photos from past years to work on!) Slumps happen, and I know not to worry. I wade through them and eventually my eye will be back to seeing things to shoot, I’m sure.

Of course having written that, I DID manage to take a few photos today. Here is the first shot. I continue to try and find “that” shot of these blooms. I’ll get there … eventually.

A funny thing about this image is that I’m using the 4:3 ratio rather than my typical 3:2 and I rather like it. Dan uses 4:3 nearly all the time. Go figure.

First Shot: Magnolia, 3.4.19