Flower Photography – Water Lilies

Taken with Iphone 13 pro max (RAW) at the Chicago Botanic Garden; Adobe Photoshop Elements, Nik Collection

Landscape Photography – Before & After

It’s been a while since I have done photo editing on my tablet. Thought this photo would be a good test revisiting the Adobe Lightroom app. Was pleasantly surprised.

Bird Photography

***Sometimes you just get lucky!***
Canon Rebel T-5; f/5,6; 1/1600; ISO-800

Bird Photography – Chickadee

Canon T3; 250mm; f/9; 1/600 sec; ISO 800

Chickadees are one of my favorite backyard birds. I get many visitors throughout the seasons.

Travel Photography – Lighting

Most of us when we travel and are touring do not have the luxury of bringing a tripod or time to change our camera settings for the tricky lighting conditions. I found when in indoors the best way to capture lit up scenes is with my cell phone. It seems to work far better than my mirrorless camera. These photographs were taken in Crystal Onyx Cave in Cave City, KY. Some of the most beautiful formations I have ever seen.

Photography – Impressionism – Abstract

Floral Mushroom-s f/5.6; 1/100 sec; ISO-800; 60mm

The Chicago Botanic Gardens offered an abstract photography class so I decided to enroll. Discovered that the best take away from this class was it pushed me to think outside the “box”. The above photo is a flower placed on a tree trunk mushroom ledge. With a little camera movement when the shot was taken, this was the result.

Flower Photography

Blue-wp “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” Maya Angelou.

Flower Photography

DSC05848-wp “A flower blossoms for its own joy.” Oscar Wilde

Flower Photography – Lensbaby

Clamatis-lensbaby Lensbaby Sol 45 with 16mm extension tube – Sony A6000 – f/6.3; ISO 250; 1/400 sec.

“Expectation is everything. Every day can be your day, if you expect it to be.” Bob Moawad

Thought I would try taking some more photographs with the Lensbaby Sol 45. This time I added a 16mm extension tube. It seemed to work really well. It was a little windy today so I set the shutter speed to 1/400 of a second and was surprised at how sharp the focal point was given the wind.

Bud-Lensbaby

Bee on Bud-Lensbaby

Bird Photography – Reflections

goose reflection “The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.” Deepak Chopra

Although Canadian Geese are quite plentiful where I live and can be photographed almost any day, they are still one of my favorite things to photograph in the water. On a calm overcast day, the reflections are wonderful.