Showing posts with label raindrops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raindrops. Show all posts

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Rain wouldn't go away, so ...
we simply dealt with it

At first, it didn't seem to make sense to drive to Bloomington from Indianapolis for an outdoor photo shoot on a day that forecasters were promising yet more rain, extending what has seemed to be an unending string of extraordinarily wet spring weather. But that's just what I did Saturday, even though I don't own any serious weather-protection gear for my equipment, nor do I have rain-repelling outerwear.

My plan at the 100-acre private property, opened to members of the Indy Meetup Photo Club by a relative of one our members, was to bring along my umbrella for protection during any drizzle or light rain, limit my gear options to just the lens on the camera (I picked my mid-range Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8) and head for the house for cover if any rain reached downpour proportions, even though there could very likely be an extensive haul to that house if I happened to be anywhere near the outer perimeter of those 100 acres.

There was rain during the several hours we were out and about, but except for some very short spurts, it never got too heavy to warrant getting out of it. I used some of the opportunity to pursue photographs of leaves and flowers -- and even an umbrella -- adorned with raindrops. There were also mushrooms, rock formations, critter paw and footprints, trees and logs (including heinous-looking thorns on one tree), mud holes, interesting vistas, and a puddle large enough to surrender a nice reflection shot. We saw no critters except for Joey and Friday, the host family's two dogs.




























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Sunday, May 3, 2009

A last stab at spring flowers

I saw an opportunity I couldn't pass up Saturday morning: first-year tulips in my gardens with raindrops still clinging to the petals, moisture the sun would dry up within three hours.

So I went out and took 56 frames with my macro lens.

I was fortunate ... the sun peeked in and out from a series of clouds that would move away for good in a very short time, giving me intermittent highlight, shade and translucent lighting (top and right), giving me multiple tones and contrasts for a petal already graced with dual hues. In one shot (left), the foliage from a neighboring day lily plant presented a neat complementary linear balance element. Heck, I even got lucky and snapped an ant smack dab in the middle of one of the bulbs (below).