My mother had a beautiful hedge of wild roses. Everyone told her she had green fingers because everything she took slips from grew. Her wild rose was a beautiful dark pink one that started from a slip she took from her mother's garden in Mullinasole, Co. Donegal. She hoped that her thorny hedge would keep out the ball playing hooligans that tormented her.
I've planted several slips of wild roses and a few of them have actually taken so I hope i have inherited my mother's green fingers. This is my favourite, it's not unlike my mother's.
Lens used 18 - 135mm @ 85mm, Exposure 1/250sec, f16, ISO 100, flash used as the rose is growing in the shade of a Sycamore tree.
Hay Hay
It's that time of the year again and the farmers are busy with the hay. The rolls aren't half as picturesque or as fun as the hay stacks of old. We had great fun as children climbing the haystacks, the local farmer didn't appreciate our antics though. Maybe that's the reason they changed over to rolls.
I took these images in Ring Co Waterford today. There was no golden sunshine which is always nice for hay.
Camera Settings
Lens used Image 1 Canon18-135mm @18mm, Exposure 1/200 sec, F7.1, ISO 100
Image 2 " " @ 30mm, Exposure 1/320sec, f7.1, ISO 100
Grass and Hedgerows
The fields and hedgerows are full of material to photograph, especially if you are walking around with a standard lens on your camera. The wide angle lets you get physically close and fits in lots of detail. The clarity, contrast and sharpness of these images are all adjusted in post processing.
Camera settings
Lens used, Image 1 Canon 18-135mm@92mm, Exposure 1/320sec, f7.1, ISO 100
Image 2 " " @18mm, " " " "
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