I would now admit that I’m slowly getting back to photos. It finally feels good to see a subject, run for the camera, whine about the wrong lens and so on and so forth. I’m glad to be able to do this.
This weekend it started while we were having tea at the rear balcony. I was on the lookout for the purple-rumped sunbird to show up. I still need a good shot of that beauty. The camera didn’t make it with me yet though. It didn’t take me too long to spot the beetle in the neem tree. The other counter part blister beetle was hovering around too. At that time, I didn’t know the actual name but decided I’ll call this a bee. I wasn’t even interested in making a photo of it yet. And then it started to move about and the shine was something that you can not ignore.
OK! Time to get the camera. Luckily, I had the 1.4x on 400 – where I was sitting was close to the minimal focal distance. Took a few shots and checked – the spot metering that was hitting the various spots was showing variations upto 3 stops. Oh boy! I turned to Auto ISO and started shooting at 500th of a second. And there were some keepers for sure.
The muted green background from the monsoon is always a big one for me – I just love this green more than anything else.
rambling... 