Nope, I did not get my photo done this morning before life with grandbabies and company began. I took a few random photos during the day and uploaded them- but nothing blog-worthy. So during naptime I started to- not really panic- but kind of obsess randomly, if that makes any sense. As I was looking through the photos I did take- and rejecting them all- I saw that my friend, Carol had already posted for the day- yikes! Pressure! I needed to get going! I grabbed the camera and went outside. Wandering aimlessly around my over-photographed garden, I checked out the hummingbird in her nest and rejected that- no zoom on the camera and too lazy to change lenses. I noticed the azaleas were in bloom and quickly snapped a few photos.
As I walked back in, I started thinking- hmmm, Carol had white flowers on her blog- and I think they were azaleas!
But- I am too lazy and unfocused to figure out something else, so today I am shamelessly copying my friend. The lighting is different- it is cloudy right now and later in the day than when she made her shot. And we used different lenses- but they are pretty similar photographs.
So with apologies to Carol, here are my azaleas . . .
f/9, 1/125, ISO 2500, 35mm
Note to Carol: I also always forget to check my settings- ISO 2500? – good heavens! And I am also on continuous autofocus because of the babies. . .
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They do look almost identical. How many times have we posted such similar subject matter?
I like your composition better than mine. It has more interest and the eye moves through the photo to the profile of the azalea at the top. Very nice.
very pretty, my “phriend” and I often post similar photos. I guess it’s true, grand minds do think alike.