I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love.......
And I am sure the neighbors and Bootsie were wondering what was going on last night as I danced among the towering sunflowers on my deck, calling out to Gar.
Gar! Come and see, come and look.
Then when he left the golden sanctuary of his favorite chair, and ventured out onto the deck, he would check my LCD screen of my camera. Saying, wow, it is really interesting how that works isn't it?
It was dark enough to have difficulty seeing, and normally that is when my camera shuts down. My main telephoto lens is just not a good shot in the dark.
But this new lens, my new baby, my 50mm 1:1.4 is amazing. A night owl, cats eyes, it leaves me dancing in the dark. Tip toeing from flower to flower, shooting at the moon, and reaching it.
It lets in substantially more light, all these shots were taken after the sun had set. But most of them look almost like daylight.
I'm in love, and dancing in the dark, with my Gar, among the 7 foot sunflowers.
Life is good.
It lets in substantially more light, all these shots were taken after the sun had set. But most of them look almost like daylight.
I'm in love, and dancing in the dark, with my Gar, among the 7 foot sunflowers.
Life is good.
Oh WOW! I'd be dancing too! The results are phenomenal. I love the soft bokeh lights you're getting in the background and the warmth. So beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCindy
Wow, I'd have never guessed those were taken after sunset.
ReplyDeleteOoooohhhh you got the new lens. Excellent. I expect we will see a plethora of new Jen works of art. Dancing in the moonlight.
ReplyDeleteOooo, I want a lens like that!! I have a macro lens on the top of my wish list but a lens which allows me to photograph at night would be great also, my lens I have now is like your old one, it shuts down at sun down...
ReplyDeleteThese shots were wonderful!! Full of character, even in the dying sunflowers..
Hope you have a week worth dancing for too. Super shots. Amazed that they were taken at dusk.
ReplyDeleteCal x
Those are pretty. How fun it must be to experiment with that new lens!
ReplyDeleteJen , I felt that excitement come through this post like a huge electrical shock girl !
ReplyDeleteCan you message me back to tell me what camera and what lenses besides this that are your favorites ? and why you didn't expect this lens to do such a fantastic job ? ..
I would really appreciate it girl !
Wow ! on the pictures .. that is terrific : )
Joy
Wow! really an excellent, very helpful lens you have, Jen. Now, light is no more a limitation for you. Congraulations! :D
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the dance and wear the moon in your hair!
ReplyDeleteJen, you are getting some wonderful shots with the new lens.
ReplyDeletehaving different lenses for different things is great...my favourite lens is out of commission. i miss it.
ReplyDeletei am loving the sunflowers this year.
What fun! I love the photos!
ReplyDeleteWow, those ARE amazing shots! Damn...I need a new camera....
ReplyDeleteMost impressive, although I am now wondering what else you may start photographing in the dark (are your neighbours getting nervous?).
ReplyDeleteAlso it makes me feel woefully inadequate as I have one lens to my camera and it now has a nasty tendency to drop out at inappropriate moments since it was dropped during a slightly disastrous visit to a French zoo last year...
Awesome! A new lense is like to make me break in song also, Kim
ReplyDeleteLove the last shot, especially.
ReplyDeleteI want one too!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, you have been busy whilst I've been swanning round France (and visiting Rob!) on my holidays - looks like I've missed out on quite a bit of stuff and your new lens is great. It lets you take even better photos! :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the new lens! Very nice shots!
ReplyDeleteYou'd asked at my blog (thanks for visiting!)...I have a Sony a350 SLR with a 300mm macro lens that I use for my wildlife photos...I mainly use a Fuji FinePix A900 point-and-shot digital camera for my botany photos. I'm figuring out taking photos of the larger, taller wildflowers w/ the SLR.
I'll bet your were dancing & are in love ... the pics are breathtaking. You have an amazing eye ... TTFN ~Marydon
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos..you can photograph all night long and dance !! I get strange looks during the daytime, I can't imagine what a ruckus night photography would make around here:)
ReplyDeleteOK I have lense envy! Of course I wouldn't swap my 18-200mm Nikon for all the tea in china... but a 1.4 50mm. Mmmmmm.
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