grapefruit relaxing
I love flowers and I would like to be able to photograph them so that they fill the eye in the way that happens in real life. The wow factor.
I am going to be posting more of the pictures I took one day in Cyprus - with my new camera, having foolishly left the manual at home in the UK. Some of them are not so good, as I only worked out about half way round how the closeup worked on this camera. At first I was using the zoom and trying to force it. Some of those are pretty too. the worst ones are those when I suddenly realised I could see the distance and choose what distance I wanted to take the picture at. Ridiculous how foolish I can be... slow to realise! Though I haven't yet found things as breathtaking as with my old traditional camera and tube, I think the pictures got better over the hour or two I was neglecting my hosts and shooting flowers. But I shan't post them in time order.
This was the picture where I realised I could get in close. Not successful, but the first try and I like the colour.
This is the second picture of a mantis and I think it is better. Don't hesitate to advise if you can see obvious ways I could improve my pictures. I am taking some of them to use as resources for painting and digital art, so sometimes they are concerned with textures and patterns rather than composition - if that makes any sense
