Sorry, I think I promised I would share this yesterday, but I guess I was just too excited to share that tiny velvet mite that I forgot. I guess to make up for the bait-and-switch and since it seems to be a theme, I'll just share a pair of photos today with not too much blabbering.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Tokina AT-X M35 Pro DX AF 35mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1, 1/250 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in auto mode and wireless control. Image Stabilization on. ISO 200. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw. Trillium Trails, Fox Chapel, PA.

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Tokina AT-X M35 Pro DX AF 35mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1, 1/250 sec at f/16. Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash in auto mode and wireless control. Image Stabilization on. ISO 200. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw. Trillium Trails, Fox Chapel, PA.

I really wanted to capture the look of a field of the trilliums, but was hitting several problems. First, there were very few areas without large distractions like downed trees or uneven flower coverage or uneven lighting. Then when I did manage to find a fairly decent area of flowers, the shots just looked drab and boring. So I flipped to my Tokina 35mm macro lens and captured the shots you see above. Bringing one of the trilliums large in the foreground with the wide view of the 35mm lens allowing for a nice background showing just how many were around.

Drop me a line and let me know what you think.

- Bill