Ice Woman

From the Medina Ice Festival 2013.  I think it was 22 degrees and my fingers were starting to freeze when I took this shot.  It's not as sharp as I would have liked..  I think it kinda looks like an alien from this view, but I think it was some sort of angel.

(Nikon D5100, 1/20, f/6, ISO2500)

Flash me!

I've been working through an online photography class, and one of the topics covered is about using flash.  The course talks about off-camera flash which I didn't have with me when I took the pictures below, but I did have a chance to play around with the on-camera flash and settings to see what I could get out of it.

I think there are plenty of times where the on-camera flash makes a picture look ... flat or like a 35mm disposable took it.  But I think there are also many situations in which the on-camera flash can save a photo.

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The face of the orchid

Funny where you can see faces.  This was one of the orchids on display at the
Franklin Conservatory in Columbus, OH.
(Nikon D5100)