Playing with Light (or the lack thereof)

 pho·tog·ra·pher

fəˈtäɡrəfər/

noun

noun: photographer; plural noun: photographers

a person who takes photographs, especially as a job.

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I don't consider myself to be a photographer,

but according to Merriam Webster, I do fit the first part of the definition...

...a person who takes photographs, as most of us bloggers do.

And yes, there are some of you who do officially fit the whole definition

 because you either take photos for a living and/or get paid for your work.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, it's the photographer in me (and again I use that term loosely)

that notices how the light plays on certain objects at certain times of the day.

No matter what I'm doing, it makes me want to run and get my camera.

The evening sun sets through the woods in the backyard and when it's in that golden stage...

 

...it sets the leaves aglow, creating the most beautiful effects.

And as the sun continues to sink lower in the sky, the rays seem to set the woods on fire.

I have been waiting for this pink knock-out rose to bloom so I could distinguish it from the others.

I had bought several small ones with no blooms and failed to mark them according to color.

It opened up during a rainy night and I snapped these on the dark, dreary morning after.

I was using a manual setting so I could adjust the light due to the lack of sunshine.

This is the same bloom a few hours later.

As I said, it had rained the night before,

 leaving everything covered with little water droplets.

Have I told you how much I love little water droplets?? :)

I thought so.

So it sounds as though the sunshine will be absent for the rest of the week around here.
I love little water drops but enough is enough.
And I have seen that a few of my northern friends are still getting some snow!
Come on, now!
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But it is what it is...May...and I guess anything goes.
And so, my fellow photographers, enjoy your week and go out and find your light,
be it rain or shine...or even snow :)