AzPicLady wrote:
It's beautiful.
Thank you Kathy
Depending on Mother Nature's mood there should be a lot more in the coming days!!
AzPicLady wrote:
That's a beautiful abstract photo.
Thank you Kathy
Do you know or can you tell what it is?
JimmyTB wrote:
Nice shots Frank. My peonies are great at predicting heavy storms too. Just about every year they bloom and then the storms come. Mine are still about a week away from blooming
Thank you Jimmy
I didn't notice any change before the storms, but from past experience I knew the open flowers wouldn't survive.
jaymatt wrote:
Nice work, Frank, and good for you for rescuing the lovely lady from the weather.
That you John
I just came in from checking to see how the rest of her family faired, she had one sister that was about halfway open , she didn't survive😟 however the rest of the buds are doing fine.
The Peony bush has one bloom fully open and the weather report is thunderstorms until 7:00p.m.
About 5:00p.m. I invited this lovely lady to spend the night indoors, Im glad she accepted, the rains started shortly there after, first a nice light rain, the a bit later Mom really got her knickers in a wad, first wind driven rain, then so heavy I couldn't see 50ft and peonies do not fair well in heavy weather .
Below are two Images, One is a single shot and the other is a 19 image stack both with a D810 and a Nikkor 105 f2.8 set at f32 shutter speed don't matter the Exfi data says f36, While I'm not comfortable with this lens it does a great job.
I bought this lens to reduce the needed working distance of the 200mm f4 when doing my Mini Still life's, only time will tell if I get what I am looking for.
#1 Shot in portrait ,cropped to 24"X24"
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#2 Shot in landscape, 24"X36" and slightly closer than the first image.
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