Today it was a hot and humid Sunday in Miami, but I was determined to have some fun with my camera! I decided to use the weekly assignment suggested by DPS (Digital Photography School) as my inspiration. DPS is an Internet site that is comprised of a community of photographers of all experience levels who get together on-line to learn, share and grow in their understanding of photography. The assignment was to photograph trees, but in a unique way. So, I decided to go to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and see what I could do! Fairchild is a really beautiful 83 acre Garden and is a popular Miami tourist attraction and also one of my favorite places to photograph nature. Below are three of my attempts to do something a little different.
This is an image of a Cannonball tree with it's amazing flowers.
I used a 70-200mm lens and zoomed in as I took the photograph.
Here is a reflection of some palm trees
This is an image of single palm tree. Again I zoomed in as I took the photo.
What I liked about this assignment was that it made me take chances and try some different techniques. I'm not saying I think these are amazing images, but for me this was fun and a useful challenge!
Below are links to:
Digital Photography School and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
The zooming in technique is very interesting! How would it look if you used the same technique but zoomed out instead?!
ReplyDeleteZooming out would create a similar image. The goal, for me, was to keep the center as focused as possible! It took some trial and error shots before I found an image I liked!!
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