While I still have not found time to learn the camera or even adjust the settings (this Sunday for sure!), I am taking the advice of many of you and shooting everything I see! While on the way to work, I passed by the site of my Amateur Mistake and decided to try again.
One more thing … I’m attending a meeting at the Boars Head in Charlottesville, VA. This next photo is a a completely unedited photo of the sunrise on the ice of the pond.
Practice, Practice, Practice
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Nice! I especially like the pic of the brown weed in front of the red brick building. Great composition and colors.
Thanks! I liked that color contrast too .. next time, more clarity!
Excellent shots! Looking forward to what happens when you figure the camera out 🙂
Me too!!!! 🙂 Thanks so much!
Nice shots Laurie 😀 it good to see you are starting to use and enjoy the camera. Don’t worry about all the features on the camera, I’ve been shooting for over 40 years and I will be the first to tell you I only use a fraction of the features available on my cameras. Set it to aperture priority so you can control depth of field and go shooting and enjoy and most importantly, keep posting great photos 😀
I’m so excited that tomorrow, the main things on my To Do list (besides chores) is to read about the camera. Thanks for the info you sent. I’ll be in touch 🙂
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Keep up the good work Laurie!
Robyn, thanks for the encouragement!
Sharon … thank you! My first reblog (or at least my first that wasn’t a spammer). This means much to me!
I think you’re doing pretty doggone good! 😀
So glad you think so! I’ve much to learn but I’m having a blast!
Best thing you can do is to just go out and play! Nice photos Laurie!
Thank you! and tomorrow, I’ll be checking out that link you shared!
I love your photos! There’s something comforting and mesmerizing about them. That first one, the warm tones, being back-lit that way, the hazy background mirroring the fuzzing edges of the plant–beautiful, radiant. And the one with the looseness and flowing lines of the plants contrasted against the tight red bricks and architecture. So interesting. And the others are almost like abstract paintings.
Deborah, I very much enjoyed reading your descriptions. You write so beautifully, and I thank you for your comments about my photos.
Really lovely photos LB!
Thank you, Elina! That morning light is so wonderful!
I LOVE all those hues of pinks, purples and magentas in the last shot – must try and find those colours in my palette…..
Pauline, I am not sure when I have seen such vivid colors! I almost felt the need to tone them down in some of the other photos that I shot this morning. In real life, though – the colors were stunning!
What kind of magical part of the country are you living in? Pink and blue morning sky is a great way to start the day. Good on you for having that camera ready as usual. Love it!
Boomdee, you should have seen it! As I told Pauline, I’m not sure when I’ve seen a sunrise with such amazingly vivid colors! I’ll post one on FB tomorrow 🙂
I wish I did see it 😀 Way to capture the moment. I’ll watch for it on FB!
Looking good! The last one is my favorite. 🙂
I’ve made a bit of progress … then again, mother nature put on quite the show this morning!
Lovely photos one and all. I love the pink, frozen lake. It looks magical. Well done, Laurie.
Thank you, Alys. I about froze my fingers off this morning! It was 6:30 and the colors were so vivid that it did seem magical!
Time for some fingerless gloves. 🙂
All terrific photos! I love the sunset in the water, and the dry weeds. So not-amateur!
Thanks for the encouragement!
Wow! That last photo is “the bomb”!!!!! I see a quilt………for sure!!!!!
You’ve made me smile 🙂
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Girl…you are on a roll…keep it coming. Your doing terrific.
Thank you, Laurie … that means much!!
oh gosh, those pinks and purples, I could go for painting my walls to look like that!
The colors were amazing … truly!
Love that first shot Laurie – you go girl 🙂
Thanks Tina … that’s my fave too 🙂
You knew the colour in that last shot would be astonishing. Wow. I am continually humbled by what I see in the world sometimes. Thrilling.