Just Like Spring

I had the chance to get some sun and take pictures of some plants a few days ago. It is almost the end of June and rain has started to pour on most days this month. What's great though is that you still get to see the bright sun after the rain. That is one of the best times to take portraits because light is even and skin tone looks the most natural. And of course, the plants and trees are also wonderful subjects at this particular time.

The minutes just after the rain has completely stopped, you can happily step outside and feel a bit of warm sunlight softly bathing your skin, and you see the raindrops sliding down the delicate petals of the flowers and leaves around you, sometimes even giving you that illusion of a uniquely fresh feeling. The red fire trees in the area also gave out that bit of an autumn look. It would be very nice if these trees were everywhere along the Boulevard and are in full bloom all year long.

I tried out my portrait lens with max aperture of 1.4 but never really shot wide open because it fails to be sharp at that setting. It does give a somewhat swirly bokeh that I really like that reminds me of the Helios lens I've been wanting to get. I'm pretty sure though, I'd see better-looking bokeh with a Canon Eos. I may have said that too soon but I've never seen that kind of "buttery" bokeh with Nikon.

Nevertheless, I was happy to have taken snaps of nature's little details (how awesome would it be to use a macro lens on the bugs and veins of leaves!). I think I needed that from having shot too many wedding pictures in the past weeks. Whew! I'm also wishing I have new landscape photos to take. I miss the spectacular view that only the mountains and the outdoors can offer.