Photos were captured using a Canon 70D DLSR with either a Tamron 18-400 mm telephoto or Sigma 105 mm macro lens.
One of our family photo challenges for November was "smoke". I used incense to generate the smoke so I could collect a whole bunch of shots. I picked one for the challenge, but there were two others from the shoot that were close seconds.
I like the flow and the "drama" in both photos. I don't usually do well when I have to stage photos, but this effort really produced some nice photos. There were lots of rejects, trying to capture smoke and keep it all in focus with a macro lens was definitely a challenge. Capturing three good photos definitely feels like a win.
The second set of photos were taken just a few days later. We had some big rain storms in early November which produced some interesting puddles on our back patio.
There was almost no wind with these storms, which allowed the ripples from the raindrops to show up so well in the pools of water. I used a narrow aperture which produced the sharpness, but kept the photos dark. Only the green leaf in the second photo shows that the photos weren't shot as black and whites. I really like the patches of light and dark in each photo, along with the texture of the rings and diffraction patterns that are produced when two sets of rings overlap each other.
The last set of photos were taken on a date day with My Guy. We drove over to the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County to hike. We saw a few bison, none of those photos came out very well. You have to shoot with the angle the car allows because you don't get out when they are crossing the road in front of you. We ended up staying till sunset as another photographer told My Guy that if we stayed till dusk he could probably get some photos of some short eared owls. He did get a couple of nice shots, he has a much longer lens than I do. But I did get some wonderful photos of the moon rise over the prairie.
It was full dark when we left. I have to admit, I wasn't so thrilled to be staying so late, that wasn't the plan. But we both ended up with photos we would have never had the chance to photograph if I'd kept us on schedule. I would do well to remember that when I try to rush My Guy because his change of our plans doesn't always align with my agenda.
Thanks for sticking around for another non-quilting post. I'm not sure I have much of anything for a December Photo Play post. December was busy, we didn't even do much with the photo challenge. If there's anything worth sharing, hopefully I can get to that next week. Then I need to give some thought to what are my photography ambitions for 2025.
6 comments:
Mesmerizing.
The smoke and the puddle photos are fascinating, well done.
In all the years we lived in Oklahoma, we never made it to Tallgrass Prairie. Might have to put that on our future travel list if we ever get back up north.
the photos look really great! I like seeing the great photos taken from good camera's but have never had an interest in taking them!
Oh my--I love all these photos--you get a A+ from me--thanks for sharing--hugs, di
Great shots! Smoke is hard. I tried to capture smoke once, and really wasn’t happy with any of them. These are wonderful.
Your moon photos are beautiful! Looks like you had a great experience at the prairie preserve. I would love to see those owls, too!
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