Project 365 d-152

     Still finding nice discoveries in my yard as we did not live here this time last year. These Day Lillie's exploded up around our big White Birch tree in our front yard. I had no stopped to try and figure out what they were, but tonight they just took my breath away. How did I miss them blooming; I cannot tell you, but miss them I did. I went into my studio, grabbed my long lens and set about to capture them.

     Kneeling down, I began to photograph them at many different focal lengths and F-stops. The light was not that great and I should have used a tripod, but I didn't want to take the time. Taking deep breaths and releasing the shutter as I exhaled to ensure the image stabilization did not have to work extra hard. There were distracting things that I tried to avoid as best I could, and finally settled on this composition. The way the green blades were moving up diagonally to the left and placing the flower near the top looked good through my viewfinder. My main concern was being hand held without enough light. As it turns out, I must have done OK with my breathing as it is acceptably sharp, and the DOF is good too. Who knows what else I may be discovering in the days ahead around my yard and in my life. Good things I hope, photograph-able things to boot.

Happy Shooting.