A flower or weed? A weed is only a flower in the wrong place, or so I’ve heard. This was taken at Seaside in Florida during the Automattic meetup there in 2010. Beautiful beach there, horrible humidity in September!
This will probably be my last post of the year here so happy new year and I hope 2012 is a great one for you!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 33mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Daffodils at the end of our estate line the edge of the road in a beautiful display.
Edit: I’ve just heard the sad news about Danny O’Brien. I never met him but his photography was always amazing. I hope his site can stay online for a long time so people can appreciate his work. My condolences to his family.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4000s |
A yellow rose in my father-in-law’s garden. Even in his mid eighties he’s very active and loves tending his garden.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2500s |
Fuchsia flowers are really difficult to photograph. You need a macro lens because the flower is so small and a regular lens has trouble focusing so close. The flowers hang down and catch the wind so easily it’s quite a challenge to get a steady shot. Here’s one I shot earlier in Fountainstown, Co Cork a few months back.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 21mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Some times you just have to post a cliche like a pretty flower, especially in the dead of winter.
I’m giving away a free print to two visitors to my blog. Leave a comment on my Carol Singers post to be in with a chance to win!
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 88mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
Daisies cling to the sparse earth at the water’s edge in Fountainstown, Co Cork. This was taken just a few metres from my previous Fountainstown picture and was mocking me for over 2 years, sitting in my “Work in Progress” folder, defying my attempts to capture the feeling of that cold October day in 2006.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Colourful red and white flowers in the doorway of Supervalu in Blarney. I half thought about posting Damien’s picture from yesterday’s get together, especially after what lexia said but that’d be too cruel!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 144mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Floods, hailstones, cold. Another typical Irish summer but thankfully it’s nice ad bright here in Blarney. Here’s a shot I took down at Allihies in West Cork back in April. It’d be perfect if the flowers were more in focus but I still love it.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Ballygarvan is 1 mile that way. Shot up by Cork Airport while trying to get a decent shot of a plane landing or taking off. I eventually moved to the other end of the air field where I got the shots I posted last week!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 125mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Pretty yellow flowers bloom in late April in the grounds of the Westlodge Hotel we stayed in while on holiday in Bantry. Spring was late coming to these gardens so it was nice to see a splash of colour!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 13mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Glowing red flowers captured my attention at Fitzgerald’s Park a year ago, but I was never happy with my work on this photo until recently. Now I love it. Hope you like it too!
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Another cactus shot from Arizona. I’m sure this is as boring as the flower pics everyone else posts for people who live in the desert but it’s all new to me!
Black vignetting caused by a polarizer!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |