Memorial Day Bugs, Bees, & Butterflys

Memorial day was a nice relaxing weekend, full of good food and fun times. I was in the course of doing some yard work when I noticed the amount of butterfly activity due to the blooming of some of our plants. So of course I had to break out the Olympus E-30, 70-200mm, with extension tube and try to catch some of their business. I caught a few gems out of the hundreds of pictures I took, so here is just one of the many I would like to share.

And the Bees were busy as well!

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

What does High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography mean? Simply put you get to have a picture that has limited underexposed shadows and limited overexposed highlights.

Since I am not the expert and still the student, I will point you to a few links to help you understand the process a little better.

• Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
• Photoshop Tutorial: http://www.nill.cz/index.php?set=tu1
• Photomatix HDR Tutorial: http://www.hdrsoft.com/resources/tut_mac/part1.html

Bees

Truly an amazing insect...not afraid, nor concern for humans. I really enjoy being around Bee's, they have their own protocol, purpose, and direction. I can stand inches from them and still not affect their designed purpose. I discovered the term, "busy bee", really is a fact of their mannerism. It reminds me of the behavior of the people on the Washington DC, Metro...there is a purpose and direction of every individual traveling through the tube and nothing can influence or divert their attention from their end goal.

Non the less it was a pleasure photographing these amazing insects...and it appears to me they have a pair of eye's or sensors on the top of their head that can watch for on coming bees or other intruders that will intrude on their airspace! See below and look closely.

The Beginning of the Evolution

Hello All, or is it just me at the moment?

None the less, I am following the photographer’s protocol and establishing a blog. This has been recommended by many, but this lesson is taken from Chase Jarvis. It is my first recorded step in publicizing my photography evolution.

As this blog evolves, I am going to record all that I learn from others in my process to becoming a photographer. It will also record my process in becoming a more efficient and proficient blogger.

For those of you who become followers, I appreciate it and please be patient as I learn to evolve, improve and become more informative.

~Always Evolving. Sean