Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: maple

I learned a bit about myself when I moved from my older Canon SX30 camera to my current Canon 5D Mk II. For a very long time I wanted to distance myself from the old and embrace the new. So, whenever I saw an older picture from my previous camera, I immediately hated it. I could only remember the frustration that built upon itself as I outgrew the capabilities of that camera. I didn't think about all that I learned. The fun I had with it. The joy it brought to me and the gift of being able to take any sort of picture I wanted to take because the lens would go from macro to telephoto. It was--and still is--a wonderful camera! It may not be able to produce the quality of picture I wanted so badly, but for a great many situations, the pictures are very nice! This picture is a great example! When compared to my husband's 5D Mk 1 pictures, I was sick and tired of the richness of his pictures, super details and the incredible background blurring which I so adored. All I could see were the flaws of my images. Now I can look at these older pictures with joy and pride. They are still really pretty and I'm happy to let people see them! :)

This was one of the last pictures I took in Oregon with my old Canon SX30 superzoom camera. Steve and I went down to Ashland for autumn photography and spent a few hours taking pictures and enjoying lovely Lithia Park. I would soon have my current camera, a Canon 5D Mk II, but while the SX30 was my main camera, it gave me the chance to learn so much! Here is a study of light glowing through a maple leaf.

Oh, how I adore these trees. The delicate, colorful leaves of the Japanese Maple tree are lovely in all of their life stages. Here, in June, the leaves are as colorful as if it were the height of fall. With their natural red color, it's an easy thing to get a wonderful back-lit image which show all of the fine details! And I even got a bonus strand of spider web to get everyone's attention! :)

This image was taken during the month of October, 2011.