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Another Day, Another Daisy

2008.05.12
Shallow Coolness - Taken in late afternoon shadows so the light has a blue cast to it.

Edge To Edge Warmth - Taken in the warm light of the early morning with detail on parade.

Woo hoo! So what's so exciting about more daisy photos? The fact that I was able to take them this weekend because...

I.Knocked.Over.My.Camera. With my 70-180 macro lens on it. Some of the sweetest glass ever there was (which they don't make anymore) and it went over like a tipped cow. Lens first. Can you say heart attack?

It happened last week - I had my camera on my tripod and I had just set a tray with the rose's petals on a chair. Spike came snooping over so I picked it up and turned around and the tray hit my camera! I said a little prayer that just the tripod went over and somehow, magically, my camera was floating in mid air. But no. It was on the floor.

I dropped the tray and picked up my camera and started checking it out. The lens wasn't cracked. Whew. Everything was fine and functioning!!! The photo gods were smiling on me. :) I gave it an intense workout on Saturday and some on Sunday and it's all good. Woo!

D200...a lot of money, 70-180 macro lens...a lot of money, both still working...priceless. :)

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25 Comments
Anuxa Wow..Amazing Macros!!!
Anuxa · 2008-05-12: 00:36
harryOB Great photo but the story and last line were even better. (: I am happy everything survived to photo another day.
harryOB · 2008-05-12: 01:27
kopackukac Wonderful flowers!!! Great pics!!!
kopackukac · 2008-05-12: 01:33
Kovac Cute shots! :D
Kovac · 2008-05-12: 01:48
facan BEAUTIFUL !!!!
facan · 2008-05-12: 02:13
slowpete scary moment
great photo to prove everything is working
slowpete · 2008-05-12: 02:18
ronin53 :):):)
ronin53 · 2008-05-12: 02:51
sandmoon beautiful daisy shots, vollenda... so soft and delicate!

ps: thanks for your sweet words.
sandmoon · 2008-05-12: 05:41
photopoet The photo protectress was smiling down on you that day—

Love the way the daisy has been elevated to pure artistry.
photopoet · 2008-05-12: 06:36
jagungal Shoooot! A close call! So glad your lens lived to fight another day. These images are scrumptious Lisa!
jagungal · 2008-05-12: 06:47
kangshung Wow Lisa - glad both camera and lens are ok - must have been a bad feeling in your stomach. I can still remember that feeling when I went into a creek with my D70 and 18-200 lens, and neither survived! But they do say that Nikons are bulletproof.

Lovely images here Lisa - love the dof effect in #1 and the snappy crispness of #2.
kangshung · 2008-05-12: 07:07
Peche I have one word to say that sums it up for me...
PHEW!!!!!
:D
See, someone out there is looking after you, Lisa ;)
Gorgeous shots... love those slightly coloured tips of the petals in the second shot :)
Peche · 2008-05-12: 07:08
rolpa Close call that one What a relief! Another beautiful set, thanks to you and the photo gods.
rolpa · 2008-05-12: 09:26
Lynda Very pretty
Lynda · 2008-05-12: 12:11
Emma Whoa! You are lucky Lisa and so are we....if they either had been broken, we would be missing out on your beautiful pics :))
Emma · 2008-05-12: 13:28
meiling Great close-ups!! Glad to hear your camera remains unscathed. Thanks for sharing, and best regards.
meiling · 2008-05-12: 15:14
TIM927 yeah,,,heart attack,,,I understand u perfectly lol...
Second one is outstanding, u can touch it when u enlarge..
TIM927 · 2008-05-12: 17:44
SheriJ Whew!! Why yes I can say heart attack and B-Arf all in the same sentence. Well I guess we should add heart stop-age and a non-breathing human as well!! Glad all turned out well!! Awesome snaps!!
SheriJ · 2008-05-13: 13:18
Jannie Oh thank goodness your camera & lens survived!! Whoo Hoo is right!! Beautiful shots!
Jannie · 2008-05-13: 18:01
maharba you made me sigh of relief..
maharba · 2008-05-14: 13:12
emmetan no 2 is great.... oh spike... wat have u done....

thank God, everything is ok
emmetan · 2008-05-14: 19:05
Nayah :))) Good to hear your camera is still ok! Great shots!
Nayah · 2008-05-18: 01:38
jwideman well that is great news!!!!!
jwideman · 2008-05-18: 18:20
TheCrazyCroat These are ART
TheCrazyCroat · 2008-05-18: 19:58
MHJphotos Wow Lisa! I've been going back through your posts that I missed ... and I thought your self therapy sessions were oustanding. But this story ... I'm sure you would have had to have been committed if anything would have happened to your gear!

Per usual, your work is stunning, and as TCC says, ART. So glad your camera and lens made it through with no issues!!!

MHJphotos · 2008-05-19: 18:59
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