It seems like a good time to return to the Iowa State Fair flower garden.
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This also isn’t the picture that got me kicked out of the flower garden, but that one is coming up soon. I swear.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
ISO: 800
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 – 15:22
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 42.7″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.8″
ALTITUDE: 247.12 meters
I particularly like the lone tendril leaf. The rest of the flower is beautiful, but it is interesting.
I do feel that too many flower pictures are taken of “perfect” flowers. Often the imperfections are what make them interesting.
What do you think of the website redesign?
I really enjoy it. I think it’s great to have your most recent stuff right up at the top of the page. I LOVE the headers, they’re really wonderful.
I do miss your movie reviews and such – any plans to bring those back?
Probably won’t be a return of movie reviews until I’m independently wealthy and have all the time in the world.
I started trying to write a short story a week, but have struggled with that. I hope to get that going again.
I can understand that. I kept meaning to get the kids to Ledges on a weekend to get photos of them with the leaves, but every single weekend filled up. It just happens.
Seems like as good of an excuse as any to take a day off from work.
That’s a really good idea; I’m already taking off part of next Friday to take Alice on a field trip.