"It's rainin', it's pourin', the old man is snorin'" and I can't remember the rest of the nursery rhyme. Oh well, children are going to forget about nursery rhymes soon enough. Nevertheless, it was a Friday and super sunny Friday. Probably the hottest it has reached all year at a mere 92°F . The sky was insufficiently cloudy and soon enough, it looked heavy. The clouds then broke loose and it was pouring for a good half hour, but only a half hour. It poured and poured, and it was still pretty sunny too. The sun peeked out a couple times and sun + rain = rainbow. I searched left and right and went running around the house, but couldn't find one. Maybe it was really faint or I just wasn't looking in the right places..?
I went ahead and took some rain pictures without researching or knowing how to focus on the rain. It was tough because the camera had to be in the right setting to see the drops. I still have to find out how to do that because it's obvious I didn't get it right in this picture. For my camera to focus on some rain, I had to be in the rain. So I took an umbrella with me, quickly hopped outside and took a couple pictures. . The only way you can tell it's raining is by looking at the rain pound on the deck. Which meant, I had to crouch down with the umbrella to get the deck in focus.
The sad part was that I couldn't find a rainbow! If you check this picture out, you can tell it's pretty sunny and rainy. And I looked hard to find a rainbow, but nothing but clouds and sun. Anyway, these are the droplets hanging off a table. I'm not really sure why this picture was intriguing, but I can talk about it's depth of field. The DOF here is pretty good because the table is in focus while the background is blurred. It makes the droplets standout. Another important element is the light here. The sunlight is shining specifically on two droplets, which is the reason you can see them clearly.
This was the umbrella I was under to take pictures in the rain. You know, I wonder how the professionals do it... do they have an umbrella, or a waterproof camera? Oh yea and you can see the water droplets on the umbrella too. See? It was rainy and sunny, so there should have been a rainbow.. but nothing was visible!
These are called lilies, or scientifically, lilium. These flowers bloom pretty late in the season and don't stay long either. I took this picture right after it finished raining, and all the water droplets were just sitting there. I would have liked to zoom up furthermore, but I'd need a better lens for that. Here's some easy science for you: the water sticking together to form droplets is an example cohesion (like molecules sticking together). The water forming spherical shapes is an example of surface tension. And lastly, the droplets hanging on to the flower is an example of adhesion (dissimilar molecules sticking together).
This is the same lily flower. I personally really like these flowers because my name means lily flower. So these are one of my favorite flowers, and they totally look cool after some rain. The color of this flower looks really cool too. There are so many versions of the lily: red, orange, white, pink, yellow, and then all these mixed colored ones. In this picture, the stamens (the brown parts at the top) are the main subjects in focus. Those are the first things that the eyes go to because its centered and focused.
There was a quote that I came across recently and it basically says to observe the world more so that you don't need to take pictures. In more words, you should be able to remember and enjoy the beautiful moments and not need anything to remind you of it. "At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough." -Toni Morrison. Well despite that, take lots of pictures so you can remember those forgotten moments.
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