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Raindrops. That looks like being the theme of the day when I set off, weatherproof jacket at the ready in case the cameras are in danger of getting wet. And it is, for a while, because droplets require the use of the old camera and its capacity for close-up. As soon as I contemplate a broader view, I hear a voice saying “Not CIM. You know better. Use your knowledge.” So I take a chaos of shots, twiddle a multitude of knobs, and select a bevy of options, to the point where I have no idea what new understanding took what photo. When I look at my collection of shots I find that I am in the middle of my Blue Period, although lacking Picasso's intentionality. At least now I know I need to make two different kinds of photographic excursions – one with an earnest notebook and pen, in the true spirit of skill development, and one with CIM frivolously engaged. Technique has interfered with the pleasures of the walk.
Which are many, beginning with raindrops on leaves. The bitumen only reaches a certain distance, as I expected, far enough to join the road that winds its way down the mountain: and then the combined road travels over a bridge near a cluster of houses, an old church, and a hut where I spent many evenings a lifetime ago. Droplets still draw my eye; and tiny purple pea flowers (blue with the learned camera); and the precariousness of trees whose roots are revealed in the cutaway earth; and the twistings of vines, and the framing of scenes (and a horse) by trees. The road in spots is paved with the round yellow balls of wattle blossom, and the long orangey needles of the casuarinas. The creek allows indulgence in old passions for reflections and ripples.
GALLERIES
FRAMED
TWISTED
RAINDROPS
CIM = Complete Idiot Mode, i.e. automatic shooting mode. My favoured mode, in fact!
I like the way you have done the galleries Meg and I especially like the photo of the horse watching you go by. So pleased you explained what CIM meant I was scratching my head wondering. I must admit that is my favourite mode too.
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Why bother with your own intelligence, when the camera does it well?
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HAhaha, so right, then you can concentrate on all the other variables, composition, light, posts sticking up in the wrong place, etc, etc
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Aren’t raindrops quite magical things? Especially love the second one and that white flower, Meg. 🙂 Ooh, can I have an itinerary smorgasbord too? I’ll come along in my imagination.
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I nearly didn’t post the second one. Just goes to show.
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Some stunning shots here Meg – love the close-ups of the raindrops. I have a pea flower photo too, but mine is more pink than violet. Maybe a different flower altogether. And I >3 your galleries!
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oops that is supposed to be ❤
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Mine may also have been more pink than violet given my fiddling with parameters on the camera. To be frank, I was so focused on the camera I can’t actually remember! I’m glad you like the galleries – they were semi-inspired by the way you use challenges to sum up your week.
This time next week! I’ll email you a draft itinerary smorgasbord towards the end of the week, when I can see what the weather is likely to do.
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So with the pea flower, which is the most accurate, the purple or blue colour? My favourites are the tiny white stars.
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Good noticing and good question! I think the answer might be neither – somewhere in between? Is that allowed? The blue is too saturated. I’ll settle down shortly.
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