The family went up to Valley Center, CA this weekend to see the Lavender Fields . My wife loves lavender. We've got several plants spread around our yard. I thought it would be a good opportunity to shoot some more macro-style shots. I also wanted to travel light since we had JCO in tow. All I used was my 50mm and +3 close up filter.
I was a little disappointed with the shoot but here's one of the shots I took of a bee "working" the fields. Apparently they produce lavender honey that the gift shop sells. I think I could of used some more depth of field. I tend to shoot in the extreme apertures when I use this lens (f/1.8 or f/22). I need to learn to spend some more time in between. I think an f/5.6, perhaps, might have brought more of the long flower into focus. Alternatively, I could have aligned the camera's plane of focus to be parallel to the flower.
Perhaps in a few more weeks the flowers will be in more full bloom that would make for more colorfull photography. As of this past weekend they were only partially blooming.
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