Found this little beauty next to the driveway of my apartment building today just around 6pm. The flower sits nestled between two parts of the building, so the light was bounced in off the walls of my building, keeping out the harsh shadows you usually get at that time of the day. I really like the background blur and the sharpness of the flower, even though this was shot full open on my new-to-me 70-200mm f/4L. Canon 10D ~ 200mm ~ f/4.0 ~ 1/160s (handheld) ~ ISO 400.
Yes, even more black and white! This photo was made in the Sleepy Hollow cemetary, up the hill from the Old Dutch Burying Ground and Washinton Irving’s grave. I really find the husband / wife pairings in the burying grounds interesting, and this shot turned out better than most of the others.
A hydrangea that lives in the driveway to our apartment building. I like the contrast between the flowers and the trunk, but I think I blew out the highlights in the flowers just a bit. Oh well.
First off, I have to give credit to another photographer for coming up with this idea. I don’t remember the gentleman’s name (I’ll go find out soon), but he has a small art exhibit at the framing shop in Tarrytown at the moment. His effort was executed with more precision, but the general idea is the same. What do you think?
[update] the original photographer was Rick Prokop.
Another shot of my garage in the morning before the daily commute. It really is quite a dreary way to start the day.
On a side note, I’ve been hanging around in the forums over on fredmiranda.com and kept hearing about “chimping”. I had no idea what they were talking about, but finally, a video explains it all.