When a girl gets a new lens, all she wants to do is play! But first things first, she must go to class first.

So after class, I took my new 105mm 2.8 lens out for a little stroll, just the two of us.

This shot of ground covering and all that amazing color had me at hello!

Nothing stopped me from getting right down on the ground.

There was a clear ground + flora + lens = bond, happing right there on the spot.

This little branch (from a sweet-gum tree) has the most amazing little buds forming. It was pretty cool to get behind the lens to see the detail as it’s very hard to make this out with the naked eye.

A fun shot playing with the settings to see what I could come up with.

I did not change the color of this deep magenta shot below. There were a sea of these flowers all in bloom. My goal was to focus on the little pedals just in front of me and to blur out the rest. I think it turned out to almost give a painterly feel.

This last shot was an old antique contraption of sorts in my neighbors yard. I thought it would be fun to shoot the wheel on an angle. And to give the prime focus on that bolt out front.

Overall, I’d say my little stroll not only turned out to be fun, but to view the world around me with a fresh set of eyes aka the new lens was quite refreshing.

I’m smitten with that lens, totally SMITTEN!

Blessings – Debbie