113/365 - Last One

Aha!!! I know I have mentioned in my last post that it will be the last entry of the Flower Theme. Unfortunately, that's not the case.

Earlier today, I was hoping to get some shots of Madison. Well, I just could not take a snap of her. I am battling my crazy allergies and she's all over the place.

Allergies! Yes, it came back again!!! After I took an allergy pill, I thought I'll be invincible (at least for a few hours), so I went to take a walk with hubby and Madison. I took my camera with me with the hopes that I'll be able to shoot something interesting (aside from a flower). But then, a few houses away from ours, I was greeted by this beautiful purple flower. There were three of them blooming but two of them were about to die. Luckily, as I examined it thoroughly, the other one was blooming prettily. It was about past 3 pm. Normally, around that time, the sun would be beaming but today was different. Clouds are all over which means, it's a perfect time to do a flower shot. My vision was to shoot right above the flower. I know, a lot of pros do not recommend such positioning when capturing a flower. Why? Because it's how we usually look at flowers. They recommend to shoot flower at a different angle, giving a different perspective on how we see flowers. You know, just to give an interesting appeal. But I thought I would not be able to present the beautiful flower if I'll compose my shot as what is best recommended. In the end, I stick to my guts. Why? Because I want to show how beautiful the contrast of the yellow is against the purple which by the way composes the colors in this particular flower.

I took snaps and got what I wanted. With the clouds above, I was happy with my exposure. I usually have a hard time providing a soft feel to my photos. But today, I got how I wanted it to be.

PS. Last night, I was playing with how to create a brush for my watermark. Finally, I have a watermark that will be uniform with all the other photos if I decide to use it. I have used watermarks before but they vary from photos to photo. I had a blast experimenting with it last night.