Nikon D300, ISO 320, f/8 at 1/640 sec
It really doesn’t bother me that people look at me strangely when I suddenly lay down on my stomach on a public sidewalk to be able to get the angle I want for a photograph. When you’re serious about photography, you do what you’ve got to do to get the shot. We’ll ruin shoes, clothing, withstand inclement weather, get up at ridiculous hours, drive for miles, and even sit patiently waiting in the hope some perfect moment occurs.
Sometimes it’s worth it, sometimes you go home disappointed. But you keep doing it because you love it.
So here’s a plea for some honest feedback:
Today’s shot came at the cost of a close encounter between well-camouflaged, fresh, organic, canine variety fertilizer and my favorite comfortable shirt.
Was it worth it?
I Shutter at the Thought! 
yes.
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Thanks, Jill. 😀
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Love it, Earl. It’s tulip festival here for the month of April — largest tulip farm in the country and it has a show garden with dozens (if not hundreds) of varieties. Migraine-inducing fields of color, and getting down and dirty for the perfect shot is what your job is all about: cool.
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That sounds like an awesome place to be with a camera, Justin. I adore “migraine-inducing fields of color”… Glad you like the photo.
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yes! …i mean the “fresh fertilizer” made me question it for just a quick second 😉 … but this flower is gorgeous and i love the perspective…i love the curled leaves and curved lines.
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Thank you very much, Rachel. I like how this flower appears to be kind of “on fire”. 😀
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Yep!! DEF worth it for the beautiful shot!!!! LOVELY, Earl!!!! Skagit Valley in Washington state has a gorgeous tulip festival we used to go to with my dad and Thanksgiving Point in UT is advertising theirs.
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I’m wanting to get out to Thanksgiving Point – I missed it last year. I’m pleased you like the photo.
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Yes. A good picture is priceless in eye of photographer
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I agree completely. Thank you for your comment and for following my blog.
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Dog poo? Bah! That’s nothing. How about standing on the sidelines at a high school football game one night getting action shots, and getting taken out at the knees when the play goes your way and out of bounds? That hurt! At least the guy doing play-by-play on the radio saw fit to mention my name during his live broadcast as the victim. 😀
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Yeah, I can relate, John. It’s one of the reasons I stuck to photographing the swim team in high school. 😀
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Well…yes! And, a much more purposeful reason for such a close encounter than my last such encounter – an old friend and I seeing if we were too old to wrestle yet…in the yard…w/ a favorite shirt…Can you say, “Ey, chihuahua!”
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😀 Seems we’re never too old to realize we’re too old, eh?
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As long as whatever you have to do to get the shot doesn’t involve major bodily harm, then I say go for it! A little fertilizer would be nothing to get that shot, it’s beautiful.
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Thank you, Jean Ann. I’m happy you like the photo.
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