The Old and The New: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and Camera Update
I think that I finally have a solution to my camera needs. Last year (well, really only a few months ago) I wrote about my quest for a new camera and over the holidays I found the solution: a basic point a shoot for my purse and a new macro lens for my DSLR. So far I’m happy with this solution. The point and shoot is just a little Canon Powershot SD1200IS that I chose after trying a few different basic slim cameras. I liked this one best because it’s small, it’s fast, and it takes good pictures. The photo of the VanDusen Festival of Lights was taken with this camera with no tripod – not bad!
The much more exciting addition to the camera family is the Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens I got for Christmas. While I really didn’t want to have to switch lenses for different shots, the quality I get with this macro is just so much better for close up shots of the garden. I used it for today’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day shots after our rainstorms cleared and the sun popped out for a brief visit this afternoon.
The theme for this month’s photos is “The Old and The New”. I’ve used my old Digital Rebel with my new macro lens to take photos of the evergreens, overwintering veggies, and spent foliage that keep my winter garden interesting as well as the mighty new growth that is already pushing the leaf mulch aside. Spring may not be here yet, but it already feels like the dark of winter is behind us. The new growth is emerging from the soil and it can also be felt in the air. That combined with the building excitement for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is making these short days full of promise. So without further ado, here is “The Old and The New”.
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- Evergreen foliage of the Euonymus Emerald Gaiety
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- Pine Cones
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- Purple Cauliflower
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- Curly Rush Grass loves damp soil
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- Blueberry branches still looking sharp
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- Rudbeckia Seed Heads with a Rock Rose
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- Winterfurst Cabbage
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- Hellebore Christmas Rose…almost there!
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- Sarcococca Confusa “Sweetbox”
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- Euonymus japonica ‘Microphyllus Variegata’
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- Blue Bells Emerging
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- Pieris Buds Starting to Show
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- Here come the Snowdrops
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- Rhododendron buds
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- White Phlox starting to grow
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- Purple Sprouting Broccoli
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- Sedum Autumn Joy New Beginnings
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- Bergenia getting ready to send a flower
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- Hairy New Oriental Poppy Leaves
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- Friendly little Crocuses
January 15 2010 | Flowers and Gardening and Photography | 8 Comments »
