Brenda’s Blog

This one also edited using Efex Pro HDR plug-in.  I like the painterly look the filter can provide.   The photo was taken in late March during prime azalea blooming season.  Other flowering plants were in full bloom throughout the gardens.

Last night’s sunset.  Beautiful colors n the sky.  The bright reds only last a few minutes….

Another from a weekend trip to St. Francisville during azalea blooming season.  This is the road exiting Rosedown Plantation.

A singe image processed using HDR Efex Pro.   Houmas House plantation is on River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

This is the entrance to Afton Villa Gardens in St. Francisville, LA.   The image was shot in late March of this year during a weekend trip to St. Francivsille.  Perfect days for photography…mild temps, blue skies, and lots of white puffy clouds.  The cloud cover provided perfect diffused light for landscape images.  Just perfect!

For some reason, I find them more interesting from the back.

I purchased a handful of fresh cut flowers from a local flower shop and then had a few hours of fun shooting them close-up in my home table-top studio.  I use a Lowel Ego Light which provides a great main source of light.   Also a shaded window on the opposite side.  Using a tripod and cable release, I can get a sharp image.  I really like how the light falls off the left side.

This one from the Muir Woods, a beautiful peace of heaven just north of San Francisco.  Spent a few wonderful and serene hours wandering through the redwoods.   I think I’m going to have to print this one BIG!