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In this wet day we found ourselves landed in a place of pink and purple. Never thought that such place exists, oh but it does. Flowers and mushrooms seemed to be the chosen plants, while rainbows and stars could be seen (almost) in every corner. I was lucky enough to capture this flying fairy before she went off and joined her giggling/dancing/hopping friends.
Nikon D90 | AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G | ISO500 | f/1.8 | 1/125 |
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Aside from nice to look at, having a baby around also can also help to keep you warm. If you are lucky enough to hold/cuddle him, that is. Baby R did not disappoint. Not only he was an eye candy, he was also the source of warmth, for some of us, in this nice but still quite cool day.
Cute pudgy hands were the focus for today’s image. Gotta love those little fingers..!
Nikon D90 | AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G | ISO250 | f/8 | 1/250 |
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The joy on her face while she was swinging high was so priceless. Her hair went everywhere. She was squealing and laughing so hard and so loud that if I hadn’t known better I’d guess that this was her first time on a swing. At one point she was even leaning back so far she almost flipped out of the swing.
My intention was to capture all the riot, but sadly I failed. Capturing flying hair of a moving child in a moving swing, and in shaded area was quite challenging. Well, it’s easy if you love non focused, bad composition image, but we don’t want to see that image do we. So instead, while she was winding down (a bit), I just called her out and was content with this capture. Being quite optimistic that the days will only get warmer going towards summer, I’m sure I will have more opportunity to capture another ‘riot on the swing’ moments.
Nikon D90 | Nikkor 50mm 1.4G| ISO1000 | f/2.8 | 1/800 |
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I considered my post today as a continuation of one post I did about a month ago. It’s a branch of the same tree and was taken in a different season, so there were more buds blooming. Today’s image was taken hours before the late afternoon storm, it was cloudy but not too dark yet. There was minimal sun to be seen, so in a way the whole lighting looked pretty similar to the winter ‘version’ of it. It was quite windy too it’s tricky to lock in the auto-focus, but it should not be an excuse to blow the highlight out of proportion. Oh well…
Nikon D90 | AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G | ISO400 | f/5 | 1/250 |
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I read an article about shooting with aperture wide open this week. The shots were amazing (you can see them here). Dreamy, as the writer suggested. And it is true that if you get it right you can have brilliant shot, but it is easy to get it wrong, especially if you use the auto focus. Well, that’s my biggest problem anyway. I find it tricky sometimes to “lock in” a focus point, because then just a slight movement to my camera, the focus suddenly “hop” on to the next spot just a split second before I hit the shutter. And just like that a shot was ruined. I have had a lot of these overall blurry shots, or shots where the subject I wanted to focus on was blurry when the background was super sharp. All crap. But, don’t take my word for it, because I have a slight suspicion that it’s just me; this is just the thing that I have to practice on. And, yes, I’ve started shooting with manual focus as well, gave me crossed eyes from time to time, but what the heck.
Anyway, I was using my fast prime lens (Nikkor 50mm, 1.4G) for today’s shot. I bought the lens less than a year ago but it seems that our honey moon period is far from over. It is now my most frequently used lens. I only have two options really, having only two lenses to date. My other lens is a kit lens which I take out for a stroll when the guilt (of not using it often enough) became unbearable.
I went outside to see if there was anything that caught my attention. My shadow, a.k.a Bruno my labrador walking close behind. Well, more like walking with his wet nose on my leg, that’s how close. Then I saw him just staring at the street with the setting sun lighting his face. I was not sure what he was staring at, or what he was thinking, but he was sitting still like that for a few minutes. I opened the aperture really wide at f/1.4, shutter speed 1/800 and using Auto Focus.
Doesn’t he look super duper handsome in this photo?