Winter's Morning After A Rainy Night

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Catriona wrote at Jun 1, 11:26 pm

That’s lucky; I nearly didn’t post the second one. I thought it was too mundane—and then I remembered that I’m all about mundane.

I like the first one: it’s not an accurate evocation of what the light looked like, because I caught the eave from too far back and it’s too shadowy. But I like the heavy outline on that one drop (almost cartoony) and there’s something about the quality of light and colour in the background—even though it’s a trick of the blurring—that reminds me of how autumn looks at dawn or sunset in a more deciduous climate, where everything’s much more black and white (and orange) than it is in still-green Brisbane.

I know all that’s just a trick of where I was standing, but I like it anyway.

I also like the macro shots of drops on the frangipani branch: the main force of the sunlight was directly behind the drops, and I like the way the light refracts through and up onto the branch.

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Catriona wrote at Jun 2, 12:29 am

I’m a fan of lichen, too!

But it’s a shame that in my desire to focus strongly on the drop (and the refraction effect), I couldn’t also keep the lichen in focus. I don’t know whether I just had the camera on a funny angle or whether I would need a different (perhaps a wider?) lens to keep the entire width of the branch in focus and still get that super-macro effect on the drop.

Of course, my camera can’t take different lenses (or can it? No. I don’t think it can.) but that’s not really the point.

I’m pretty impressed with how sharp the focus is on the drop, though.

(And, yes, I did just admit to be impressed with myself. See earlier posts re. blogs as exercises in narcissism anyway, so why be restrained about it?)