Just park in the Park . . .

 . . . take out your camera and stay awhile. =)

The last time I was in this park with a camera, it was just my Kodak point-and- shoot, now, armed with my Nikon D5100 and 18-55mm lens, I was able to take actual photographs; not just snapshots.

Some of you might have caught that middle part of the sentence,  "armed with my Nikon D5100 and 18-55mm lens..." didn't she just tell us she LOVES the 1.8-50mm? 

While that's true, on the other hand, I knew I'd want a wide angle lens for specific shots like this:

So, sadly, I left my Precious at home and did the best with what I had, and got some rather good shots. Still, a lot of the time I was frustrated because that lens doesn't have a low enough aperture to isolate, say, a particularly interesting tree from all of it's crowding neighbors. I would have liked to focus on a tree near the path, then gradually blur the background to a gentle curve with still recognizable trunks and leaves fading into the distance . . . but that' will just have to wait till another time. =)

I also found that the Posterize effect works pretty well on leafy subjects, so I scattered a few throughout this post; let me know what you think! 

Posterize

Posterize

Posterize

Posterize

Posterize

        God Bless!

                                        ~Jenny  ♥