Meadow Dreams continue…

I wrote about my Meadow Dreams Series here some 2 weeks ago and it seems that you liked it. Whereas the first presented photos were taken under the bright day light and mainly on grassy valley meadow (next to our house) today I post images taken in late evening sun light on the mountain meadow (next to our cottage 🙂 ).

I was looking for some interesting scenes for this series for whole weekend when I saw that the very last rays of beuatiful warm sun light were lightening a near meadow one evening so I haven’t hesitated a second, took my camera and shot  following images. It was a pity that the sun went down so quickly but that’s the way it is, I guess.

You can see the radical difference in the atmosphere between images in this post and the previous one. Last time I wrote that light is the key element for this kind of photography and I think that following images only prove it. I would like to take another bunch of photos in the early morning light but it’s not so easy for me to wake up so early and go outside to shoot before my travel to work. Also flowers are usually closed in the early morning.

When I was processing these images I decided to name them to boost the atmosphere a bit and to give you a hint of what I see in them.

~ Hurry, A Night Is Coming! ~
~ Meadow Dreams Series ~
1/160 sec. @ 50mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

While I was processing the previous image I decided to crop it to square format to get a different image with a different story behind it.

~ Alone ~
~ Meadow Dreams Series ~
1/160 sec. @ 50mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

~ Family ~
~ Meadow Dreams Series ~
1/250 sec. @ 50mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Technical information: All shots were taken with Canon EOS 450D + Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 + HOYA Close-up filter +4.

I hope you’ll like it. Enjoy the summer!

Photos from new macro lens

Finally, I was able to prepare some of the very first photos from my new macro lens for posting. To say at least few words to the lens – it’s very sharp and the AF is incredibly fast and precise. It’s just perfect. Unfortunately the viewfinder in my camera seems to be too small for shooting macro so I see the image sharp in the viewfinder but later when I look at it on monitor I can see that the focal plane is 1 or 2 mm off (this happens when I use manual focus). I’m starting to consider buying a tripod seriously. OK, enough talking, here are those new images:

~ Cosmos Bipinnatus ~
1/100 sec. @ 100mm, F5, ISO 400
Canon EOS 450D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

We call them Beauties in our language. They are not commonly seen wild, they are mostly planted in gardens even though they are not considered to be priced flowers.

~ White Campanula ~
1/125 sec. @ 100mm, F8, ISO 200
Canon EOS 450D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

These are quite rare to be seen growing wild whereas their blue cousins can be seen everywhere in late spring.

~ Daucus Carota (Wild carrot) ~
1/250 sec. @ 100mm, F5.6, ISO 200
Canon EOS 450D, Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM

I never knew it’s a wild carrot until I looked into an encyclopaedia for an ID. These are pretty common here, it seems that they are on every single meadow blooming now.

I hope you like it. Have a nice weekend!