Earlier today I took a few minutes to dash out with my camera (well, I did have to go get the mail...) and took a few pics of the flowers in the yard.  Because it was necessary.

It seems one of the old rose bushes has a bloom. Since this "bush" is pretty much a stem with a rose on it, I decided it needed a picture for putting forth so much effort.



Pretty isn't it.

For some reason the next one just cracks me up. Don't know why, just the drapy nature of it I guess.



Still no idea what these ball type flowers are called, but this one is nearly done blooming and still looks good.



Coneflowers everywhere.  It looks like this one has some pollen from a passing bee - tiny dots of yellow in the center.



My rose still survives.  It's looking a bit wilty at the moment, but it's blooming again. Probably needs another handful of Rose Tone.  I'll get that this weekend.



Last of all, the ornamental grass is being very ornamental indeed. 



And that's all for tonight.  I was also working a little bit on bracketing.  Maybe more of that in the next couple of days.  We'll see.

Posted by: Teresa in Photos at 09:22 PM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 Second photo looks like a little sibling rivalry. Or Dinozzo and Ziva on NCIS (don't ask...just...don't)

Posted by: Da Goddess at August 27, 2009 01:29 AM (yS1tB)

2 Joanie - ROFL  - I don't watch the show and I'm thinking I really don't want to know.  

Posted by: Teresa at August 27, 2009 09:27 AM (epSz+)

3 Beautiful, beautiful!!!  Love them all... but there's something so ethereal about the rose... neat! 

Posted by: Pam at August 27, 2009 11:29 AM (l6NIn)

4 I thought the 2nd photo was McCain hugging Obama.

Posted by: JihadGene at August 27, 2009 11:50 AM (NeOuu)

5 Pam - glad you like it.

JG - ROFLMAO!!!

Posted by: Teresa at August 27, 2009 12:27 PM (epSz+)

6 I need to learn how to do this. I know, I know, high f-stop...but it just doesn't come out right when I do it. ...sigh...

Posted by: Erica at August 27, 2009 07:51 PM (f2hv8)

7 E - the higher the f-stop the more clear the background.  This is why point and shoots often can't get the effect above - they have a very high f-stop so as much of the picture stays in focus as possible.  It works well for many types of photography.

If you want the nicely blurry background you want the f-stop number to be as small as it will go for the lens you are using.  Lenses usually have an f-stop range printed on the outside so you can see it.  Have a look at one of the lenses you have and see. 

The lense I was using is an 18-135 mm kit lens. For the first pic: I had it zoomed all the way out  to the 135mm setting.  The smallest f-stop I can get with that zoom on this lens is 5.6 so that's where it was set.   I do have a 50mm lens that has an f-stop that goes down to 1.8 - that works even better for these types of shots, but I tend to like having the option to zoom in and out when I want.

Posted by: Teresa at August 27, 2009 09:32 PM (epSz+)

8 Beautiful photographs. I'll have to hit you up for photo tips : )

Posted by: Laura at September 04, 2009 10:45 AM (ua7hq)

9 Ask away - but I warn you I'm only a dabbler.

Posted by: Teresa at September 08, 2009 07:34 PM (epSz+)

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