I am trying to catch up on the 52-week challenge, this week I went back to week 14. Week 14’s theme was a zoomed in landscape, instead of the usual great sweeping vista. I may have miss interpreted this one and zoomed in a little too far for my images, by going almost macro for one and just focusing on a tree for another. I took both of these images around two in the afternoon; which means, I was shooting in harsh direct sunlight. For these images, I used a Canon 70D with my 18-200mm lens (love that lens) with a 100 ISO. The first image is of a purple clover like flower that likes to grow in patches. To take this photo I got down on the ground, flipped out the LCD screen on the camera, and used lived view so I could position the camera how I wanted. Thus, I did not have to contort myself into awkward positions to use the viewfinder to frame the shot. For this photo, my lens was set to 40mm, and I used an F4.5 aperture with a 1/320s shutter. ...
Photography and Travel