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*Guess* what didn't happen this afternoon.
But I went out and fetched up plants for my herb garden. A couple of mints, a cinnamon basil, an oregano, and rosemary--the original target. Also a dwarf spruce, which is getting potted for now while we decide where to put it in:re the ground. I'm hoping it's our new Christmas tree. If nothing else, it's a little more Oregon-y. And it'll get my hands in the dirt in a manageable and not completely overwhelming manner, so here's hoping I can add that to things and keep it there.
Also, yesterday while I was on the patio noodling with my guitar I happened to notice how the light was behaving around the barn and decided to try coming back around that time in the evenings when I actually had a camera on me. Tonight was the first time I actually prepped a shot rather than just sort of stumbling upon it and trying to get some pictures before they slipped away. I liked the feeling of sneaking up on the shot, shifting things around, testing angles, watching the light change, but am disappoint in the results. (A) and possibly the big thing, there was no real direct sunlight. It was overcast all day and so it was diffuse. Which may have played largely into (B) which was that I really didn't notice that much of a difference with all the fussing and changing. (C) Mosquitos. I have set my canon 'gainst them and the bug light is on for the season but I will still have no truck with them, as friendly as they call themselves.
But I got hands-on time with the camera, and played with manual focus and thought about what my f-stop and compsec mentor had told me about depth of field and focus. Perhaps there was a lesson learned regardless of tangible results.
But I went out and fetched up plants for my herb garden. A couple of mints, a cinnamon basil, an oregano, and rosemary--the original target. Also a dwarf spruce, which is getting potted for now while we decide where to put it in:re the ground. I'm hoping it's our new Christmas tree. If nothing else, it's a little more Oregon-y. And it'll get my hands in the dirt in a manageable and not completely overwhelming manner, so here's hoping I can add that to things and keep it there.
Also, yesterday while I was on the patio noodling with my guitar I happened to notice how the light was behaving around the barn and decided to try coming back around that time in the evenings when I actually had a camera on me. Tonight was the first time I actually prepped a shot rather than just sort of stumbling upon it and trying to get some pictures before they slipped away. I liked the feeling of sneaking up on the shot, shifting things around, testing angles, watching the light change, but am disappoint in the results. (A) and possibly the big thing, there was no real direct sunlight. It was overcast all day and so it was diffuse. Which may have played largely into (B) which was that I really didn't notice that much of a difference with all the fussing and changing. (C) Mosquitos. I have set my canon 'gainst them and the bug light is on for the season but I will still have no truck with them, as friendly as they call themselves.
But I got hands-on time with the camera, and played with manual focus and thought about what my f-stop and compsec mentor had told me about depth of field and focus. Perhaps there was a lesson learned regardless of tangible results.