As I wrote on a post last year, every April, photographers walk the streets of Sacramento, trespassing on people’s lawns and driveways, to capture the beautiful Dogwood flowers that grow in the residents’ gardens. The neighborhood around the McKinley Park is one of the best, and the Capitol Mall also has white and pink dogwood flowers.
On March 31st, Easter day, my friend Beth and I headed to town very early in the morning to photograph the Dogwood flowers there. It’s become a tradition to go together to do this. On my last post about photographing dogwoods, I mentioned that I felt that I was too short for this type of photography. This year, I tried a different strategy: rather than taking my macro lens and feeling like I’m not tall enough, I took my Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6.
The FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH (f/5.6, 1/1125s, ISO 800 @480 mm) was taken with that lens, handheld. As you probably already know, ISO is no longer a limiting factor in photography. I cleaned the noise from the photo in Topaz DeNoiseAI.
What prompted me to show the FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH, repeated below for convenience, is the curve, and the gentle light over the roof of the house. I understand that this photo is not for everyone, but it does appeal to my sensibilities.
If you feel like having a dogwood portrait on your wall, consider my “Dogwood Flowers, 2022” in my GeoGalleries folder “Flower“. It is available on paper and metal on various sizes.
Question for my readers: in your area, are there recurring photography themes the local photographers join each year and post on social media? Besides the dogwoods here, there are the lotus, the Lupines and California poppy on hills, mustard fields and sunflowers.
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