Not too long ago, Mom and I went to the Arboretum for a picnic. I took the camera and tripod in hopes of snapping a few shots. After lunch, I wandered around for nearly an hour happily clicking this and that. My one disappointment was that the waterfall was turned off (water is precious right now) and that was what I had particularly wanted to photograph. You see, as part of my fascination with the camera, I have been experimenting with shutter speed and aperture value--having no real idea what they do, what effects they create...etc. However, I did discover (by messing around) that slowing down the shutter speed lets more light into the picture: good for night shots, but bad for the day. Messing with aperture value
appears to have the same effect, but...I don't know. (I really don't know what I'm doing; I just press buttons and see what happens.)
Since night shots show up well with a slower shutter speed (mine was set to 15 seconds) I am interested in taking more, and a greater variety, of them. What I really want to do is stand on a freeway overpass and get one of those cool National Geographic blur shots of traffic head/tail lights. Not quite sure Mom and Dad would approve...(grin)
Now for the specimens!
The picture that started it all:
What it really looked like!
...And with the 15 sec shutter
At the Arboretum:
Flowers
...and their visitors:
The Jacarandas were dressed to the nines
Trees by the lake
Miscellaneous:
The moon and stars:
...through a tree
...with Venus on the bottom left--just above the tree
Ursa Major (The Big Dipper)
La Luna
