More Flowery Photos

These are from last weekend at the Memorial Gardens in Concord. I had my trusty assistant/subject Erin by my side, who has gotten quite adept at holding the extra lens as I fuddle around trying to get things situated. It started to sprinkle a bit, but that just sent us indoors to Ellie's Coffehouse, run by an Argentinian family with a very loquacious 5-year-old cashier. Favorite part of the conversation:

Me: You're five, huh? Are you going to kindergarten next year?
Little Girl: You know that, too?

The garden:







So I tried to stretch myself with this new lens but I'm not sure I'm using to to its full capacity. I am amazed at how quickly my camera can auto focus on a flower blowing in and out of view . . . but also at how difficult it can be to eyeball if it's in focus or not. By the end I was getting some eye strain. Also I've realized that I'm really inept at Photoshop. I can't figure anything out! So I don't know how to edit anything yet. Thus, these photos are in their original state (except I did finally get one cropped). Isn't that red rather brilliant?