Clevedon pier and seaside

Clevedon pier and seaside, originally uploaded by Daugirdas Tomas Photography.

Clifton bridge through a fog

Clifton bridge through a fog, originally uploaded by Daugirdas Tomas Photography (very busy in the lab).

Autumn

Autumn, originally uploaded by Daugirdas Tomas Photography (very busy in the lab).

Day out in Westonbirt arboretum

Red Arrows display

Red Arrows display, originally uploaded by Daugirdas Tomas Photography (now in Bristol).

Bristol balloon fiesta featured a Red Arrows display.

Crocus

Crocus, originally uploaded by Daugirdas.

Crocus is one of my favourite flowers, particularly the blue variety.

I chose very shallow depth of field to emphasize pleasing pastel colours, and create a photography that would resemble impressionistic painting. Diagonal composition helped to add interest and dynamism, while the several imaginary triangles defined by the flowers create a focal point.

The photo would have not been possible without my new Manfrotto 190XPROB tripod with horizontal column that enabled me to take longer exposure at ISO 100.

Snowdrops

Snowdrops, originally uploaded by Daugirdas.

2009 spring season has started in mid February with the first snowdrops. The vegetation is delayed by a couple weeks compared to the last year due to much colder winter.

The flowers are taken at the riverbank, Canley ford, Coventry. The out of focus orange background is created by the sunlit river with a much warmer colour tone. I used my favourite Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens for this photo and just a touch (-2EV) of fill in flash.