Month: April 2019

First Shot, Floral Photography

First Shot

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I took a short walk today — not even three miles — but it was good to get outside after being in a pit so much this week. The wind was blowing and I only stopped once to attempt to make a few images. This is, as the title says, the first shot out of the camera. There are many kinds of Tradescantia, and I’m not certain what this is, so I’ll leave it genus level and not guess the species.

First Shot: Tradescantia, 4.12.19

California, California Wildflowers

Testing an App

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I was always bothered that my iPhone camera wouldn’t shoot in raw, and I’d read that the PureShot app was a good one, so I gave that a go on our trip last week. While a camera is still the best option (when I zoom in the detail isn’t great, the PureShot is definitely an improvement over the Apple camera option.

Sun on Yellow Flowers, Carrizo Plain, 4.1.19

Death Valley National Park, Desert Photography, Floral Photography

Dust Storm

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While we were on our little Death Valley trip we did have one dust storm. It was nothing like one we had in the past, where we hunkered down in our motel room and had to block the door with towels, but it did mean we sat in our car to do a bit of shooting.

One photographer decided, instead, to go out on the dunes. I took in a mouthful of sand at one point, just sitting in the car. I can’t imagine what he was dealing with!

I wasn’t really thinking photographically when I shot this. I was thinking more about how crazy that guy was. (If I’d been thinking about the image I would have centered it a wee bit differently, I’m guessing.)

Photographer in a Dust Storm on the Dunes, 4.2.19Photographer_in_a_Dust_Storm_on_the_Dunes,_4.2.19.jpg