It seems that we had April showers in May this year. After a week of dodging the rain indoors I decided to take another view of my backyard with a different lens and chose the Tokina 2.8 100mm macro/micro lens. All photographs are items that fell on my deck after the strong winds and rain. In addition to the Tokina lens a Nikon D810 was used handheld. I will include exposure settings under each photograph.
Resting f8 1/60 sec ISO 200
In this fallen leaf branch I see an abstract of a feathered animal resting on its side.
2 Petals f8 1/125 sec ISO 900
These two tree flower petals were on a glass top table with the sunlight reflecting from below. The image below resulted from processing the petals in Topaz Studio oil preset to produce a painted effect with saturated colors.
Challenge f11 1/100 sec ISO 800
An ant came by and saw a pod that might be a source of food to take home. The challenge was too great so he decided to leave without it.
Petal f8 1/125 sec ISO 360
This single petal was on a glass top table with a partial sun coming from one side and was sitting in water on the right side. This created a white reflected rim at the top right edge of the petal. I like the variety of lines that move from the left center and spread over the entire petal.
Decomposition f32 1/20 sec ISO 800
Another glass top table with sunlight reflecting from above and directly below with a little water remaining on top produced this image of a decomposing leaf. The bird like look of the leaf is framed by the rope like supports under the glass.
Several people who responded to the May Blog asked that I include information about how the images were taken. All of the images in the last Blog were taken with a Nikon D810, Nikon 300mm 2.8 at f8 1/2000 sec with automatic ISO.
All comments are welcome. bill@williamcsmiley.com