The Last Geranium Bloom

So I've decided it's time for me to learn more about my camera and my lenses. I've got some books to read and hopefully time to play and experiment with pictures to see if I understand what I'm reading. This week, it's the macro lens. I didn't get to do any reading today- but hopefully tomorrow I'll have some time. Thankfully I've already used this lens quite a bit. So here we go, day one of macro week.

[Francoise]

what a beautiful red

[Kathy]

Very vibrant and detailed.

[Lisa Poland]

Beautiful!

[Maggiemae]

You have caught the red colour so well - sometimes it goes purple or a different colour in different lights!

[Chris K]

beautiful picture and what a great idea to take some time to explore your camera, something I really should do too

[Lee-Ann]

Beautiful pop of colour.

[Taffy]

What a beautiful rich color!

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Nicole Campbell]

I love macro week! I can't wait to see your amazing photos. This one is beautiful.

[Debs Stott]

Fabulous colour and focus. Happy learning!

[Peter Day]

Great start.

[Jen Hudson]

What good detail with that lens. The raindrops are showing well. Beautiful colour and lovely focus.

[Joyce]

Beautifully captured Ann. Like you I am determined to find out what all those settings I never use do and try to work them!

[alia_801]

Lovely detail and colours!

[Dione Giorgio]

Very pretty and very vibrant, too.

[katy]

An absolutely exquisite photo. I would expect you to already have the challenge of macro pretty well under your belt but I am looking forward to see what you come up with this week

[Graham Thresher]

Great focus.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[wendy frost]

Beautiful capture and the red has come out well .

[Sally Ings]

Great close up, wonderful colours. The water drops are a great bonus.

[Sarah Bremner]

That is beautiful!

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up capture of this nice flower.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Thank you for the favs Sarah, Graham, Lisa and Kathy!

@francoise @maggiemae @cruiser @leestevo @taffy @gilbertwood @nicolecampbell @dibzgreasley @peterday @jennywren @thistle @alia_801 @sangwann @grammyn @bkbinthecity @wendyfrost @salza @pyrrhula

Thank you for the views and comments Francoise, Maggie, Chris, Lee-Ann, Taffy, Denise, Nicole, Debs, Peter, Jen, Joyce, Alia, Dione, Katy, Brian, Wendy, Sally and Ferry!

I started reading through my camera manual today and am trying to wrap my brain around the differences between AV, TV, and P. I don't use P much and usually shoot AV, but learning that the TV setting was good for motion shots was the lesson learned today. I know I'll have to go back and review this info- as I don't usually remember it well unless I put it into practice. I don't think motion and macro will fit well together but it will be fun to experiment with that setting in the future.

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Daisy Miller]

Bright and beautiful shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@joansmor Thank you Joan and thank you for the fav!
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful macro and color of red!

[Nina Ganci]

incredible details and focus
looking forward to seeing more macro
fav

[alta]

Oh wow. So lovely.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@radiogirl Thank you Kathy!
@ninaganci Thank you Nina!
@altadc Thank you Alta!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@ninaganci Oh, and thank you so much for the fav too!

[summerfield]

whoa! you really got the red of this flower! nice!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@summerfield Thanks Vikki- the blessing of a grey day- colors don't wash out.

[alia_801]

I've only really used Tv for taking pics during plays and dance shows, where there are low-ish light levels. Not really sure about any of the others very much!

[Chris Johnson]

I love how vibrant geraniums look in photos! Love this bright and beautiful photo!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@alia_801 Thanks Alia- I'm going to give it a try when we visit the grands at the end of the month.

@cjphoto Thank you Chris! Overcast days really work to the advantage of color sometimes.