Photography 101

Well, this wasn't what I had planned for the morning. But my friend Ron called to give me a few pointers in basic photography -- like aperture and shutter speed.

This was taken at 1/15; F8. A stool and phone book served as my tripod and I used 2 second delay. I reduced the size in Photoshop -- thanks to a great video tutorial by Darrel Priebe on YouTube.

Remember, the theme was raindrops looking like Christmas lights. This little sucker's right outside my kitchen window, so it's what I'm looking at while doing dishes or cooking.

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