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Friday, May 20, 2011

Great day with a new friend!!!

Went out today shooting pics with a new friend up here who shares a love of photography...



I've been experimenting with the metering mode on my Nikon...
this was taken with the spot meter...with the focal point on the flowers...
The challenges here was that it was pretty windy...I wanted the flowers in front to be clear and the mountains blurred...pretty much got what I was looking for, with a bit of wind interference in the flowers...
But if you look real close...that's not dust on the lens in the middle...that's a bee!!!



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25 comments:

  1. Sérgio PontesMay 20, 2011 at 4:10 AM

    The firt is amazing. Happiness is a Bliss =)

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  2. Louis la VacheMay 20, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    Excellent, Kathryn - and the bee is hidden bonus!

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  3. Laurie AlleeMay 20, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Gorgeous!!!

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  4. TheChieftessMay 20, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Thank you Sergio!!! And welcome!

    I know Louis!!! I giggled when I realized it was a bee and not a dust spot!!!

    Thank you Ms Laurie!!!

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  5. AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    I love the butter-color of the flowers.

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  6. TheChieftessMay 20, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    Hiker...My friend Linda spotted the flowers...we walked and stooped and crawled on the ground...getting covered with little tiny stickers and lot's of dirt while trucks and cars sped past and Niisa (her fabulous Golden puppy) watched us from the car with longing!!!

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  7. RimkogerenMay 20, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Thanks for your greeting.
    Your experimenting is absolutely sucesfully. Gorgeoua

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  8. R MontalbanMay 20, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    pretty

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  9. Pasadena AdjacentMay 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    I love the top one with it's transition of blue to green to yellow. About the bee...I tried, I can't see it. Don't be so stingy on file size Chieftess ; )

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  10. dbdubyaMay 20, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Get some new glasses, PA. The bee is right in front of you! Just to the right of dead center, and just below the mountain ridge top.

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  11. travelholicMay 20, 2011 at 1:45 PM

    Beautiful flowers captured amazingly! :)

    CLEAR, BLUE SKY
    RAINBOW
    Hope to see you at my pages! :)

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  12. AnonymousMay 20, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    Wonderful series. I like the combination of the yellow flowers and the blue mountains and sky. Nice to see you've shot a bee the way I shot a dragonfly. :-)
    Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.

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  13. thomasMay 20, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    lovely flowers shot.

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  14. BellisMay 20, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    Just to test you, what are the flowers called? I love all the Californian wildflowers, I don't think there's anywhere else in the world with as many different kinds. Great photos!

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  15. UnknownMay 20, 2011 at 11:06 PM

    terrific shots--gorgeous yellow wildflowers.

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  16. TheChieftessMay 20, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Rimkogeren...Welcome!!! Glad you stopped by to visit and comment! I enjoyed your skywatch photo as well...lovely yellows and blues and angles!!!

    Thank you Montalban!!! And welcome!!! Thank you for visiting!!! I saw your skywatch post as well...lovely!!!

    Thanks PA!!! DB pegged it on the bee...it's small, but right in the center of the mountain range!!! I'll look into enlarging the photos...just for you!!!

    Thank you travelholic!!! And welcome as well!!! Loved your top shot...I've had some really nice success shooting into the sun too!!!

    Thank you Rainbow!!! And welcome!!! I enjoyed your rainbow shots as well!!!

    Hey Bellis!!! Geeze...you would have to quiz me on that!!! My grandfather illustrated one of the quintessential pocketbooks on California flowers...and yet, I don't have a clue what these are!!!

    Thank you Luna Miranda!!! So glad you stopped by to visit and comment!!! I just clicked on your site and I loved your top shot!!! Nicely composed...wonderful clouds!!!

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  17. TheChieftessMay 20, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Thank you Thomas!!! I clicked on your blog but couldn't figure out where you're from??? Welcome!

    Welcome Afanja!!! I saw your blog earlier and was so impressed with the reflections...I missed the dragonfly!!! But I just went back and there it was!!! You're so right!!! Very similar captures!!! Thanks for visiting and commenting!!!

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  18. Petrea BurchardMay 21, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    Love this.

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  19. AnonymousMay 21, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    What a glorious shot that first one is! Love the dandelions.. so gorgeous!

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  20. TheChieftessMay 21, 2011 at 11:33 AM

    Thank you Petrea and LadyFi! I thought they were dandelions too, but my friend Linda who I was shooting with didn't think so, but she couldn't remember the name either...

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  21. Pasadena AdjacentMay 21, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Tell the man of many consonants that I know my bee's (and they're big) Like my heart

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  22. Sue McGettiganMay 21, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    I spotted the bee right away (moved the photo up and down the screen to make sure it wasn't a spot on my monitor :) - what an amazing photo, nice!!

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  23. TheChieftessMay 21, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I'd say you do know your bees with that one PA!!!

    Welcome Sue!!! Glad you stopped by to visit and comment! And I'm also glad you spotted the bee right off!!! I did the same thing...initially thinking it was a dust spot on my lens!!!

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  24. KaoriMay 22, 2011 at 7:00 AM

    Isn't it so much fun to be with fellow photo lovers? The photo is absolutely fabulous! I think you caught exactly what you were trying for :D

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  25. LindaMay 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    I love both of them! I'll have to try the spot metering trick.

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