I’m not talking just a few stray sprinkles. It rained a lot.
On the plus side, all of the vegetation in our backyard got wet. Why is that good? Because droplets on plants are fun to photograph.
This first series of shots features the honeysuckle bush that is beside our house.
If you’d like to see some more honeysuckle images, click on one or more of these links: Image 1; Image 2; Image 4; Image 5; Image 7; Image 8.
Just about all of these images were cropped (small pieces of larger images). Some more than others. The lighting was adjusted, too. That’s the beauty of post-processing. All you have to do is make sure your subject is in focus and not severely over (too much light) or under (not enough light) exposed.
The picture immediately above is not the honeysuckle. It is some type of small tree, hence the straighter lines.
Speaking of trees… evergreens, because they are green year-round and have interesting leaf shapes and clusters of leaves, are my favorite kind of trees to photograph when wet.
You can see two more evergreen shots using these links: Wet Evergreen 1 and/or Wet Evergreen 2.
I’ve always found ferns interesting, too. Earlier this year, I bought and planted some ferns in our backyard. I have no idea what kind of ferns. I thought ferns were ferns, i.e., annual plants. Well, the unknown ferns in my backyard are apparently green year-round. Until being buried under almost four feet of snow, they looked fantastic. Now they are all quite smushed. But, as you can see in these images, they are still very green.
The two fern images shown above are the same image, but with different frames. I thought the black frame was boring. I think the black frame/white mat combo really makes the image pop.
So, do you find these images depressing or interesting? Click on “comments” above and let me know.
