SITS Summer Photography Challenge Day 3 - Macro

Day 3 of the SITS Summer Photography Challenge - Macro

We recently took a little excursion up to a Rhododendron Festival in Mentone, AL.  On the way back, we stopped near Little River Canyon and took a mini-hike out to Indian Falls.  

On the way, we spotted trees that were filled with these foamy patches.  I'm not sure what they are, possibly some kind of bug eggs, but we had to get a picture.  I snapped this with my Samsung Galaxy S3 in macro format.

As you can see, I forgot to remove the Macro setting for the next photo, thus the slight blur.

But you can see the foam in it's entirety.  If you know what this is, please share in the comment section.  I would love to know!  Like, I said, this stuff was everywhere.  Maybe these trees produce it?  Some sort of flying insect?  

I'll be out of town the next 4 days and a little bummed that I won't be able to keep up with the challenge, but hopefully I'll get some more great pictures while I'm away.  The tips and techniques have been invaluable, from the challenge sponsors and bloggers.  Thank you!

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SITS Summer Photography Challenge Day 2

 Today's challenge is all about mobile photography and lighting.  I've used the rule of thirds on this photo, and snapped it in the shade. 

There are some great tips on mobile photo apps to use, to get a better shot.  Personally, I use PicsArt for my Android Samsung Galaxy S3.  It has great editing features that I use, particularly in my crafting photos, to change exposure, saturation, etc.

Here's the challenge link:

SITS Photography Challenge Day 2

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SITS Summer Photo Challenge

I love taking pictures of nature.  I also love crafting.  So, I'm often on the road to attend a craft event, which is how I find myself on country roads at times, pulling over and snapping some beautiful photos.  As a craft blogger, lighting is so important and I love testing out lighting on nature photos as well.  As luck would have it, it was slightly overcast on this day, which makes for really great photos. 

I'm entering this into the SITS Day 1 Summer Photo Challenge, "Rules of Composition".  One object should be slightly off center, with the other object centered.  I also tinkered with the exposure on the second photo to lighten the background.

SITS Summer Photo Challenge Day 1

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