Posts Tagged ‘blooms’

Sunday Rest

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Warm out this weekend! It’s a good day to go to the park. Maybe take a photo of a flower or two. On this occasion, we took a trip out this Sunday to the Green Spring Gardens. Since it is so close to our home, it is our default destination for a nature walk.

©TimeLine Media - park flowers Sunday
©TimeLine Media – park flowers

On this Sunday, there were many blooms around the gardens. Although we have a lot of nice flowers around the house, this park has a great variety planted. Also, it is nice to get some ideas on what to plant in your graden. Especially since it is in the same climate, you can find what works well for this area. Moreover, they have some flowers and plants on sale out of their conservatory on site!

©TimeLine Media - park flowers Sunday
©TimeLine Media – park flowers

Being that this is a photography blog, I post about things that could be related to photography. However, let me know what you like to relax and recharge over the weekends. At this time I still enjoy my job, but a departure from working all the time would be nice. I hope you are enjoying a Sunday off as well!

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©TimeLine Media – park flowers

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Apertures and Macro Photography – Tech Thursday

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If you are looking to make extreme close-up photos of a subject, macro lenses allow you to make photos of a subject in a very different way than other lenses. What makes macro lenses different from other lenses, is that it is possible to shoot very close to your subject. The minimum focus distance on these lenses are much lower meaning you can get closer. Subsequently you fill the frame with a detail of your subject and still focus clearly. Most regular lenses require more distance from your subject. Only then will the lens be able to focus on a subject clearly.

Macro Photography

On point and shoot cameras, this is usually represented by a flower symbol, so I’ll use them here. The lens that I used for these is the Nikon 105mm f/2.8 Micro-Nikkor which produces tack sharp images of really tiny subjects. The details can be so large in the frame using this lens! At the minimum focus distance of this lens, the subject can be rendered 1:1. This means that when the lens is set to 1:1, the size of the detail you are photographing will be exposed on the sensor at EXACTLY the same size – making things like pollen on a flower easily visible.

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©TimeLine Media – macro photography of flowers
©TimeLine Media - macro photography of flowers
©TimeLine Media – macro photography of flowers

In these next two photos, I changed my settings a bit from the first two. This relates to the aperture or depth of field in the photos. The first two were exposed at an aperture of f/4  which is very wide open for this lens at this close to the subject. In order to get much more in focus with macro subjects, a smaller aperture is needed to make the entire flower and its details in focus. For these next two, the aperture was set at f/32! Additional flash was needed, but the entire flower is in focus – perfect for documenting them for textbooks or other collections.

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©TimeLine Media – macro photography of flowers
©TimeLine Media - macro photography of flowers
©TimeLine Media – macro photography of flowers

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Spring Saturday

©TimeLine Media - Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

It is a beautiful day for some gardening! After a busy week of photos, I think I’m going to spend some time outside. Thanks to everyone that has visited the website and the blog to view photos. We especially appreciate those of you that purchase photos from recent events. These in fact keep our photography studio going, and we will work to get more photos of you out there soon!

©TimeLine Media - Jefferson Memorial and the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC spring saturday
©TimeLine Media – Jefferson Memorial and the Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

These photos are from one of my favorite Springtime traditions. Walking along the Tidal Basin is especially fun when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Although they do not give off any fragrance, their color balanced against blue waters and sky make for easy photos. This Spring Saturday was perfect to enjoy this DC tradition. Have you ever been to the Tidal Basin during the peak? It can be a challenge to get photos without people due to the crowds. However, a little patience can give you just the right frame.

©TimeLine Media - Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC spring saturday
©TimeLine Media – Spring Saturday Cherry Blossoms in Washington, DC

You have kept me busy which I greatly appreciate! Hope you have great weekend, I’m going to get out and do something productive.

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