Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia humifusa)

(1/40 sec @ f/14; ISO 200; -2 EV; natural light)

My wife and I made a morning trip to Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (New Hope, PA) to see what was blooming and what I could photograph while she did some birding. Truth be told, she had a much better day birding than I had [...]

Experimentation

Wide-angle Close-up

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned an ill-fated attempt at wide-angle close-up photography. I had a chance to try again this past Saturday while photographing a field of Virginia Bluebells at Bowman’s Hill. I read about this technique in Bryan Peterson’s new book - Understanding Close-up Photography. I put my Sigma 10-20mm lens [...]