Flowers, Angel’s Rest Trail
Flowers on Angel’s Rest trail. A very popular hiking spot in the beautiful Columbia Gorge. It was a damp rainy day in the middle of summer. That’s why you see water droplets on the flower. I liked this flower for the striking colors. Shot with Nikon D80 with Nikon 18-200mm VR lens. No modifications besides cropping.Z
Flower, Hoyt Arboretum
A flower. Family hiking in Spring 2010 in Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, OR. Shot with Nikon D90 and Nikon 10-24mm lens without tripod.
Hibiscus
This beautiful pink Hibiscus flower was in Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee, WI. We were visiting a friend there in Spring 2004. Hibiscus flowers come many colors including blood red and white, but this color is very interesting. Shot with Nikon Coolpix 4500 point-and-shoot camera in macro mode.
Macro mode. Matrix metering.
Spider on the flower
This photo was shot on a hiking trail (Angel’s Rest) in Columbia Gorge. I spotted this very small spider on the flowers trying to weave a web (look carefully you can see it too in the photo). Shot with Nikon Coolpix 4500 point-and-shoot camera. July 2003.
Macro Mode. Matrix Metering
Flowers in backyard
I like to shoot macro shots of flowers. Flowers with bright intense colors look very nice. This photo is interesting because the angle is different. Instead of the usual practice of shooting flower photos from top looking down, I put the camera below the flower “looking” up towards the sky. Shot with Nikon Coolpix 4500 point-and-shoot camera. This camera had a swivel back panel so I could compose the photo when the camera was held low near the ground looking up. July 2003.
Program Auto mode. Center-weighted metering.
Tulips
Tulips always fascinate me. For the range of colors and beauty. Their short life span makes them even more precious. I like this photo especially for the saturated colors and depth of field. The quality of this photo is not as good because I had scanned the negative with a consumer grade scanner and later lost the negative, so this is only copy I’ve left besides the prints. Shot with Canon EOS Elan IIE and Sigma 28-80mm lens. Spring 1999. Woodburn, Oregon, USA.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea is native to South America, but is found everywhere in India as a decorative plant. This photo was shot at a Mahabaleshwar resort during Winter 2002. Bougainvillea is interesting for it’s flowers are not as spectacular as the leaves surrounding it are, they turn bright magenta! Shot with Canon EOS Elan IIE with Sigma 28-80 Macro lens.
Flowers
In August 2002 I bought my first digital camera. This was Nikon Coolpix 4500 with 4MP sensor. It was a slow-as-a-dog point and shoot, but produced good images. These are some of the first pictures I shot. Some of the backyard flowers.
Butchart Garden Flowers
Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Summer 2000. Shot with a film camera Canon EOS Elan IIE with a cheap Sigma 28-80mm Macro lens and Kodak Max 400 film.