April 17, 2009
This time of the year is all about gardening. Yesterday was spent in the kitchen garden (when I wasn't helping kiddos with sewing projects, babysitting slugs named Peanut Butter and preparing meals). Unfortunately the garden as whole doesn't photograph very well right now; there's not much growing.
But if you get a little closer there is a lot of beauty to be found. One of the pleasures of photography is finding these beauties in otherwise blah surroundings.
So here's a couple tips for taking better garden photos: If the whole scene is rather lifeless (like the photo above) get up close and personal and find the pretty pictures where you can. And take photos in the morning, evening or on an overcast day because bright afternoon sun is very harsh lighting for photo taking.
And what exactly was I doing in the garden yesterday? So glad you asked. I love to talk about my garden.
</ul> Oh, and one more photo tip. If you're taking photos of plants growing in dark soil you'll need to fiddle with your exposure so that your camera doesn't automatically overexpose the shot and "wash out" the soil.
That last pic is my favorite. Seedlings make me happy.
I will have to plant a butterfly bush so I can have trellis-makings for next year! I built a twig trellis for one of my beds, and stomping through the scrub and brambles in the woods behind the house to get my twigs was difficult. Maybe I can grow my future trellises in the yard, and have pretty flowers, to boot!
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Karen on April 18, 2009, 1:22 a.m.
Excellent tutorial for zooming in for the details.
Karen on April 18, 2009, 1:27 a.m.
Zoom, as mentioned in my first comment, didn't mean a setting on the camera, but rather that the physical eye should do such and capture the image close up. At least that's what I have to do with my camera because I'm never quite happy with the results from my zoom option.
renee on April 18, 2009, 1:34 a.m.
Yeah, I kind of figured that was what you meant. You might be happier using your zoom, for close up details, if you use the macro or flower function on your point and shoot.