Karmardav sent me this email today…
I swear reading your site and getting involved in this little photo community is starting to influence me. I was looking out my front window this evening, just wondering if any more “wintry mix” or whatever the weather channel was calling this cold stuff falling from the sky was still falling. The front porch light was on and shining on the new coating of ice on my lilac bush. (Remember my other picture of my lilacs from the gallery? **sigh**) Anyway, I think a bit of brc and a bit of ivoryhut got into me. I was looking at that icy bush and thinking, gee that’s kind of like abstract art, I should get a picture. In my fuzzy bathrobe, hair still wet from my shower, I proceeded to remove the screen from my bay window, crank the window open into the 30 degree night, and stick my arm out the window to try to capture what I was seeing. It being night time, of course my flash went off. The shot I got was interesting, but not exactly what I was seeing (icy1). I thought, Shrew would say, do it without the flash. But won’t it come out a blurry mess since I have no idea where my tri-pod is? (And even if I did know where it is, I don’t think I could stick it out the window and get it firmly on the ground) Well, I did it anyway, and I think it came out kind of cool. (icy2) It is somewhat blurred, but I could see the icing effect better. Anyway, I just wanted to share with you that you all are having an effect on how I think about pictures.
Karmardav…I couldn’t help myself and played…
and I used the flash photo, too!
