Well with Autumn now upon us...........

the chance of green is getting rarer. Whilst I like the colours that Autumn can bring, I'm reminded that it is a short splash of clour, before we return to cold dark days of winter. With this in mind, I am going to spread a bit of colour here. Samsung colour, that is, of course.

This flower, can be seen in abundance along the riverside, in varying shades from an almost white, through to a deep pink.

Below is another shot, this time a very pale pink.

Another one below, but this time a deeper shade of pink.

Yet again below I have another of yet a deeper shade of pink. The variety, and colours that are on show in nature, if one only takes the time to look at it, is truly wonderful.

There are also a lot of various berries on show at this time of year, especially blackberries, if any of you are into foraging for some free, fruit.
There were also a lot of berries around on our walk, and I liked the red berries, contrasted against the green leaves.

Below is another.

Below is an image that clearly demonstrates the effects of a shallow deoth of field. See how the flower is in focus, and everthing in the background is just a pleasing blur. This brings your eyes to the flower, which is the item of interest in the photo. This effect is easier to implement with a fast macro lens. The one I used here was the Samsung 100m.m f2.8 MACRO, which is perfect for these kind of shots.

Another ability of manual lenses of this type is to control the shutter speed. How? Well as we know a camera, has to have a certain amount of ight hitting the sensor at a given ISO in order to take the optimum photo. As a rough quide it used to be called the "SUNNY 16 rule." This stated that in bright sunlight, with the film speed, (ISO), at 100, the shutter would have to be at 100 too, and the aperture, (f stop), would be set at f16. This was the starting point for a good exposure. Nowadays, of course, with Aperture Priority, and Shutter Priorty, cameras, it is automatically set for you. But lets say you want to get that dreamy looking,  silky effect of running water, the trich is to slow the cameras shutter down to get the desired effect. To do this, you can set the camera to Apeture Priority and close the aperture down by using the largest number in the f stop range. This forces the camera to use a slower shutter speed in oreder to get the correct amount of light on the sensor. See, simples.   ;-)

Am example of a water shot is given below.

                             
                             Well that's all for now guys. Take care out there. Regards Twm.