I have spent much more time than I should have today battling with my 70-300 lens. We have had heavy rain for much of the day, and I thought it would be cool to capture the action of the raindrops either dripping from something or hitting something. I should have known better.
After many, many, MANY attempts, I had the choice of either abandoning the project or uploading images with soft focus. I think the problem was compounded by low light- it was a rainstorm, after all. So, a few minutes ago I snapped this photo with very little effort.
f/5.6, 1/160, ISO 1000 at 300mm
When I made the same shot at 200mm, the focus was sharper, but the bokeh wasn’t as nice. I went with the bokeh. . .
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This is beautiful. The bokeh is great, the water drops a nice touch (you DID get water drops) and the colors are bright and vivid. Nice work.
What happened to the magnolia? The drops were cool on that one. I do like the colors and bokeh on this one better than the other one. Pretty!
Thank you. . . yes, I like that one too. I put it on Flickr.
Water droplets are hard for sure! Love the bokeh!!
very pretty!
Great shot! The bokeh is perfect.