| Trellis shadow on the side of the house. |
This one was taken with my new macro lens. The gold thimble belonged to my great-grandmother. The coverlet was handwoven by my great-grandfather's great-grandmother. Both are treasured heirlooms and older than me.
More testing out my new camera. My previous cameras did very poorly with low light, and the photos were always grainy. I was curious how this one would do in low light without the flash, so I chose an outdoor night shot for this theme. I'm not disappointed!
This one made me think. It would have been easy to obtain abstract with a photo editor or one of the camera's built-in creative filter modes. But I'm working in beginner mode (auto) until I learn my way around the dozens of menus, so I challenged myself with this theme to use the camera as I have it set up now. The camera wants to "correct" shots in the auto mode, which further adds to the challenge.
One thing I learned from this exercise is, if I'm closer to the object than the lens can accommodate, the camera won't shoot.
I was experimenting with the flash for this one. Flash versus no flash versus turning on various kitchen lights.