Agapanthus-Queen Mum

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Floral Friday21-1202-A-Great-Idea

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I have never seen flowers in makeshift vases before.

I suspect, after the wedding, they were gathered

and may have been the decorations at the reception also.

What a good idea…if they were.

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Floral Friday

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Floral Friday

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Jaipurgardening

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A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Depth-Of-Field

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I had intended to rush out and

take some fresh shots this morning.

But wind and showers dictated otherwise.

So, my landscape shot is the

Million Dollar View in Banff, Canada. 

Foreground to background is reasonably sharp

but by no means perfect. 

A higher f/stop would have produced a better result.

Camera settings:

Focal length: 18mm/27 (equivalent in 35 mm film)

f/stop: 6

Exposure 1/320

ISO: 400

This shot was aimed at getting a large DoF….

from the fence a far back as possible.

The fence and first two trees are okay, however,

there is some softness creeping in with the third tree

and the stump behind it.

Compare distance between each of these objects

with distances in the following photos.

Camera settings:

Focal length: 50mm/75 (equivalent in 35 mm film)

f/stop: 22

Exposure 1/640

ISO: 1600

 

 

Last weekend I did capture our

Queen Mum Agapanthus…

…some shallow Depth of Field.

I like this shot as the bee and the petal/stamen

it is standing on are in focus

while everything else is soft

in varying degrees.

Camera settings:

Focal length: 75mm/112 (equivalent in 35 mm film)

f/stop: 8

Exposure 1/640

ISO 160

 

This cropped version supports my above comments.

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Depth-Of-Field

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Cee’s-FOTD-Challenge-2019-0131-Agapanthus

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No rain and a few forty plus days is wreaking havoc

on some of the younger plants in our garden.

I’m sure our Queen Mum Agapanthus was thankful for

some cooler weather after a couple of hot ones.

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