It had been a dark and stormy night, I had been unable to sleep so I found myself wandering the streets of a strange city. I came upon a very lovely building with a gnarled tree blocking my way. I wasn't sure if it was reality or just a dream. I accepted my fate and took a picture of it. It was real.
The petals of a white rose with red edges was the subject matter of this photo essay. I has a lot of fun getting these "just right". I used two flashlights to get the light on them the way I wanted it.
A white Carnation represents Love, a white Lily represents Purity and a white Rose stands for a New Start. I was just thinking about depicting the life of the Savior in flowers, so much more but this was a fun start.
Shooting with a 2" homemade extension tube and a 24-120 lens on a Nikon D750 camera I was trying to capture a close up of a yellow rose. I had the ISO at 640, +2 exposure value, aperture priority, a window open beside the flower, room lights on, and two flashlights on the subject. It is very difficult to get enough light to focus the camera and it still gave me this very soft focus.
As we started up the trail to Angels Landing this is the view we saw. It began to lightning and rain just a bit but we pushed forward and were rewarded with some very beautiful scenes. I really enjoyed the clouds and the subdued light that they provided. This is a 5 shot HDR.
There is a wonderful little slot canyon just east of the main tunnel in Zion Canyon National Park that I just happened into a couple of years ago. I really enjoy going there to take photos. Every year the slot has changed due to flooding, not so much the walls but the floor and there are sometimes trees jammed into the walls that add interest. The light filtering into the canyon from above reflects off of the walls and adds a nice golden glow to the rest of the canyon.
This shallow grotto is on the way to the Zion Canyon Overlook, a one mile hike that starts just east of the main tunnel in Zion National Park. I was standing there next to my wife when I realized this is actually a pretty nice view.
