Flexibility is key

For today's shoot, I wanted to go to St. Edwards Park in Kenmore. I am in need of a Cokin p121 filter and had heard that a camera shop in near the park might have it... well, a few phone calls later and I found out that filter is pretty hard to find. Shoot. I also ended up running an errand in Everett... the opposite direction of the park! No worries, though, the park will still be there; I just needed to find something a bit closer to home.

I remembered a place that I have been wanting to go to for awhile - North Creek Park in Bothell. Del and I have driven past it, but I think we were running errands or something, so we weren't able to get out and explore it. It was a perfect spot for a little photo shoot! I only have a handful of interesting pictures for today, but I had a chance to learn more about the dramatic changes that the ISO setting makes, and how it affects the shutter speed. Neat.

The pic below is of the fence; I literally parked right in front of it. I didn't bring my tripod on this shoot, so I steadied my camera on the edge of the fence and found the fastest shutter speed I could to minimize the shakes. I like the blurriness of the background, but wish I could have the front part of the log in focus a bit more... in time...

Much like the Skagit Wildlife Area, North Creek Park is very marshy and is surrounded by these wheaty looking plants.

HOWEVER ;) North Creek Park is very, very close to Mill Creek. So, unlike the marshy yuckiness and general-lack-of-trail at the Skagit Big Ditch, North Creek Park has lovely wooden paths. No fear of mud on the soles of visitors.

I am such a sucker for flowers. Really, truly I am. I went to Alki & took a great picture of an iris. I went to Mt. St. Helens and found some adorable little pinkish/purplish flowers growing near a rock. I went to New York City (insert your best Pace Salsa "New York City!" impression here) and sat on a bench gazing at the Statue of Liberty then taking pics of some cool daisies swaying in the wind. So, in the middle of marsh land, I found some cute little flowers. I couldn't resist. The pic below was surprisingly tricky to take, both in terms of camera settings and sheer physical access. Good thing the park was empty; I must have looked so strange crouching on the path, steadying my elbows on the walk way constantly adjusting my camera settings... any way, I had to use all of my macro superpowers to take this shot. Can you believe that this little flower is about the size of a pencil eraser?

See? It is tiny!

Another day, another shoot, another lesson. Thanks for checking out my pics.