Had to get my shot in today. Wasn't till twilight that I really considered what I could shoot. Took a water reflection shot on campus, after the sprinklers shut off. Took a car window reflection at the gas station, with moderate sunset still in effect. They're a little blurry -- handheld, and I carry no tripod at school. I may have to put a strap on my
tripod and do just that.
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Both of these pictures catch and bring new things to me.
The idea that there are sprinklers in use somewhere in my hemisphere is just so amazing to me.
And I love twilight shots anyway, but the one in the car window at the gas station has a special appeal - found art.
I like them both. I often curse the lack of a tripod and will go to bizarre lengths to steady myself and my camera without one.
P.S. my husband took the shot that I am using for my header!
I have more photos that are blurry because - apparently - my hands shake something awful.
Gawdess, thank you for your comments. As much as we don't want to face it, SoCal is *still* a desert, and therefore we must water to keep things our favorite shade of green. I like what I found in the reflections, too -- the light and part of the speed limit sign in the first; the car wash sign and even the moon in the second; and I fell in love with the window's natural blur at the edges.
CDW, I am a natural light freak and despise flash, though I will stoop to using it if absolutely necessary (sometimes fill flash is cool). I, like Gawdess, will take strange measures to see what I can get away with in handholding. Anything steady becomes a brace. Slow exhalation keeps the body steady. Sometimes I just have to lay the camera on a window sill or table to make it work, at the cost of the angle I really wanted. And sometimes the tripod has to be used if I really want the shot. The newer digital SLRs have vibration reduction, which is a gift; it doesn't solve all the problems, but it helps.
Gawdess, I have a tripod; what I curse is the unwieldy bulk of it. I can't see carrying it around my school campus every day.
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