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| Shadows on Pyrocantha Berries |
After yesterday's gloom, today's bright sunshine was more than welcome. Errands and chores kept me busy until the afternoon sunlight was reaching the peak of golden glow-y-ness, at which time I went out to revisit some of the spots where I shot yesterday.
With ample sunshine, I had the opportunity to use lots of different settings and to do lots of bracketing. Turns out that, at least with this camera, I can get some nice results using the aperature-priority mode and stopping it down as far as I can and still maintain reasonable shutter speed. So that was fun.
My one disappointment was something I should have anticipated. I wanted to shoot the lush lichens, mosses, and fungi on our pines now that I had real light to work with. This biologist forgot, though, that bright sunny days are anathema to those organisms. Instead of yesterday's miniature rainforests, I got deserts instead. Everything was withered, flat, and bleached of the rich colors I saw yesterday.
I'm sure there's a deep metaphor in there, about how one person's sunshine is another person's doom, or something. Whatever. I just need to keep shooting on the rainy days until the camera and I see eye to eye.
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| Still Life With Acorn Cap |
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| Leaves |
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| Twining Horizontal |
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| Twining Vertical |
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| Bracket Fungi |
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| Floating Leaves |
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