Monday, October 14, 2024
Sunflowers in Vases
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
Sunflowers 2024
I visited Goldpetal Farm on a lovely late summer day to stay until sunset. I thought it was an unusually nice one, mostly orange with a little pink. Early on, I even got to see a sundog in the sky. (It was very tricky to edit it so that it could be seen with the flower beside it). I enjoyed the fresh air and peacefulness and had fun cutting a few flowers in many colors to photograph later. (white, red, almost pink, orange and yellow sunflowers, plus a few zinnias) The many bees were busy pollinating, but they ignored me completely, as I navigated a few paths in the mild sunshine. There were a few pretty cast iron benches scattered around the cutting garden, making it nice for a nearby photographer to take pretty portraits. The only thing I had missing, was someone else to carry around my bucket of flowers while I played with my camera! This time, I tried to use the extra flowers as a prop to add to a few photos.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Budds Creek BMX practice
St. Mary's County Camera Club/Southern Maryland Special Interest Group and Bowie-Crofton Camera Club had a joint outing to Budd's Creek Motocross Park to watch the BMX practice. Beth Fabey set up the special trip. I didn't know anything about it, except that it wasn't the type of thing I usually watched. It was quite exciting to watch all those crazy thrill seekers go flying over the hills. Lots of mud and dirt everywhere! I learned quickly that it was best to get out of their way if you wanted to stay safe. It took a little practice to find a good photographic technique. I tried panning, but didn't have any luck, since it takes a lot of practice. I tried a whole lot of different locations. Some places were partially blocked or had lots of distractions in the background. I kept trying places until I found a spot where I could see their faces or at least the front of their heads. I tried a variety of places and angles. I did bring a long lens, but by the time I found a good spot, I knew I couldn't go all the way back to get it due to recent leg pain. These are mostly heavily cropped.
Monday, September 16, 2024
Point Lookout State Park Beach Trip
We wandered down to Point Lookout to hear the surf and view the Bay from a different perspective.
I grabbed a shot of a bird over the causeway and realized it was an osprey with a fish later. Many of the osprey have already flown south.We sat down to enjoy lunch and I spotted a few boats. I didn't realize the fishing net posts had a bird on every post till later.