May 22, 2007: Bridal Veil Falls, Multnomah County, Oregon: Chris and I tried once again to photograph wildflowers in the State Park known as Bridal Veil Falls. The canopy of the forest causes low light conditions and my digital camera was having problems with focusing and because of wide apertures depth of field was nearly non-existent. The solution was to provide supplemental light with a flash unit. I purchased a micro-flash and this was the field trial for the new equipment. The instructional booklet for the flash unit referred to the camera’s documentation (which was nonexistent) so I was on my own to figure out how the combination worked. The unit required batteries (the salesman failed to mention this) so an extra trip was involved in getting the proper batteries. Finally, it all came together…
Fragrant Fringe Cup
Uncommon flower… Bronze Bells
byLarry
