Photography

I pulled out my camera yesterday and took off to the Richmond Offleash Dog Park in my neighbourhood. I haven't played with it for quite some time. I was pleasantly pleased to be reminded what it feels like to splay yourself on the ground and create a stable tripod out of your arms bent at the elbow, this is great support and allows for you to get a minimal amount of movement. It did flash through my mind once or twice that I was laying on the surface of a giant toilet, however I didn't let that interfere with my mission.

I like taking photos of flowers. The best flower I ever wanted to take a photo of was one that was growing out of a small crack in a local nearby road. A pretty blue wildflower popped up through a crack in the road, and it was amazing to see this small fragile blossom finding enough nourishment in an asphalt crack to blossom into such a beautiful and delicate flower. I went home with the best intentions of getting my camera and setting up an interesting shot. I wanted to capture the flower in perfect focus with the background blurred showing cars and the road. The light was amazing, it was about 5pm in the afternoon and it was a slightly overcast day, so no bright light to give glare. When I got home, I got sidetracked with day to day business and by the time I got back, the flower was gone. I imagined some small little girl walking alongside her mom and their pet dog named Rover, bending over and picking it to take home and put in a small vase.

Anyways, I digress. It has been a while, but while Rowan ran around the dog park in absolute bliss, I lay amongst the long grass and took some photos. Here are a couple of the better ones. I hope to spend more time on this hobby, and perhaps with time, I will get better.