Challenges by maggiemae

Challenges

"Try an out of focus foreground by positioning yourself close to the object you want to blur (in this case grass). Use a long zoom lens and a wide aperture (small f/number). Then all you need do is focus on your subject."
This I tried getting a damp front in the effort. It is winter, after all! Yolanda was a good subject.!

Thankful for:
My back gave up for a while - agonising but the pills helped plus a whisky or two! Shivermetimbers!
Well done with the technic! I like the association of colors : green/ purple
July 22nd, 2020  
@cocobella
At 8pm on my night, you are my first comment! Thanks Corinne.
July 22nd, 2020  
Ha ha, I wondered where she had been hiding lately! Now we know.......

hope the back settles down speedily. Pills and whisky are useful things!!
July 22nd, 2020  
@maggiemae 10am here : ready to comment ;)
July 22nd, 2020  
Intriguing and full of mystery - are we starting on a new adventure !! Sorry re your back pain I can empathise - not all fun as we grow older !
July 22nd, 2020  
Cute… and a little spooky… :-)
July 22nd, 2020  
Nice to have a cooperative subject. Be careful about combining pills with whiskey.
July 22nd, 2020  
That's pretty cool and cute! Are you still on the mend?
July 22nd, 2020  
Very fun photo! I love Yolanda peeking through the grass. When I was young Mother would give me a small “hot toddy”, hot water, whiskey and honey, to make me feel better.
July 22nd, 2020  
Lol, Lots of fun!
July 22nd, 2020  
Lovely shot and technique, unfortunately it does not work with my bridge camera. The aperture is not fixed and goes according to the amout of zoom 🙄
July 22nd, 2020  
Bep
Cute capture. Nice to see Yolanda again.
July 22nd, 2020  
Fun shot
July 22nd, 2020  
Cute capture...Nice focus...
July 22nd, 2020  
I think you did it! I was wondering who that was in the background. How could I forget Yolanda?! Sorry about your wet front and your bad back. Good to know the whiskey helped with the back!
July 22nd, 2020  
Well done! I find the out of focus foreground to be quite a challenge ...This one makes a lovely pic.
July 22nd, 2020  
fun and creative shot,
July 22nd, 2020  
Ha, Yolanda. What are you up to now?
July 22nd, 2020  
Yolanda has come out of lockdown looking very glamorous! Has she been isolating with Mr Man...all loved up!
Lovely focus on a sharp figure & nicely blurred surroundings.
Sorry about your back but the cure sounds spot on!
July 22nd, 2020  
@happypat No cure just a softening of the pain, Pat. I must have mucked my back up bending. Bit difficult not to bend though in life!
July 22nd, 2020  
@grammyn Trouble is, Katy you can't drink whisky all day!
July 22nd, 2020  
@ludwigsdiana Mine is a bridge camera too - I used the A setting and put it to 3.8 but the zoom turned it into 4.5.
July 22nd, 2020  
@beryl I don't think i have the will to do another Yolanda adventure, Beryl. She's back on the shelf, poor girl!
July 22nd, 2020  
@maggiemae I think we forget what age we are sometimes but you have to keep moving if possible.....lie quiet for a day or so & keep that back warm!
July 22nd, 2020  
Well done. I wonder what Yolanda has been doing in the long grass.

Sorry to hear your back is sore, hope you feel better soon.
July 22nd, 2020  
@happypat mmm... you are right, Pat! Here comes the trampoline work!
July 22nd, 2020  
@onewing making daisy chains of course, Babs!
July 22nd, 2020  
@maggiemae LOL, well............you can but would lose a day if you did! ;~}
July 23rd, 2020  
Looks like you had a lot of fun doing this one. I suck at this kind of exercise.
July 23rd, 2020  
Well done. Cute shot.
July 23rd, 2020  
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