- My New Lens! -

This weekend my friend got married.  Her name is Jenny and she married a lovely young man called Podge (Yes, that is his name.  It's Irish so it's pronounced like Porrick.).  We had some time while we were waiting for them so...I got a chance to play with my new lens.  We were waiting in the grounds of the LDS Temple in Chorely, Preston.  It's a beautiful building surrounded with lovely gardens so I practiced on the flowers!  They're all taken using natural light and a 75-300mm lens.  I didn't use the macro setting on the lens, but I'm gonna give it a go pretty soon!  I'm not used to still life but I think they're not too bad.  What do you think?

I love the shape of this flower.  I also like the red/green contrast.  I like the highlights on the petals too, but I do wish the colours in this image were a bit more vivid.

I don't like this image.  Even though it's quite bright, I think it's kind of a sad picture.  It just seems a bit lonely.  I don't like the composition of this image; I generally just find it to be a boring photograph.

This flower has caught the light so nicely! The highlights make it look delicate and silky, despite it's imperfections.  I like the contrast between the light petals and the shadowy background, I think it makes the flower pop.

I can't make my mind up about this image...  Likes; lots of detail, nice highlights on the leaves, the dark pink flower has a really interesting shape and I like that the image is predominately green & white with only hints of pink.  Dislikes; too busy, not vibrant enough and I don't like the shade of yellow in the middle of the flowers.

The arches in the Temple grounds...A gorgeous place for a portrait!  I love the smooth curve of the path and the straight lines of the bench.  I think they sit beautifully with the wildness in the gardens.