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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 08:35 PM Mar 2024

These four photos are experimental. I took them at the El Segundo Farmer's Market today.

I decided to use my big lens, the 100--400mm. It's heavy and I need to play more with it. These are the four best ones. Most were taken between 100 and 150mm. And of course, I was standing some distance away.

Hope you enjoy!








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These four photos are experimental. I took them at the El Segundo Farmer's Market today. (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 OP
You've outdone yourself, again! Thank you. Nt spooky3 Mar 2024 #1
Wow, my dear spooky3! Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #3
Nice! SWBTATTReg Mar 2024 #2
Thanks so much, my dear SWBTATTReg! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #4
The color is gorgeous on all of them. I love the crispness of the first one. The tulips are beautiful and such a MLAA Mar 2024 #5
Thanks so much, my dear MLAA! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #9
Very nice! happybird Mar 2024 #6
Thanks so much, my dear happybird! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #11
Ohh! I want to teleport there and buy berries. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2024 #7
I wish you could do just that, my dear PoindexterOglethorpe! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #12
i especially like the berries MadameButterfly Mar 2024 #8
You have excellent taste in berries, and thank you for your lovely comment, my dear MadameButterfly! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #13
Ya done great, Peggy! These are stunning! Diamond_Dog Mar 2024 #10
Aw, you're too kind, my dear Diamond_Dog! Thanks so much. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #14
Do you go to the farmers market everyday? ;-) Callalily Mar 2024 #15
It may not seem like it, my dear Callalily, but both of the farmer's markets are open one day a week! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #16
Thank you Peggy for the four justaprogressive Mar 2024 #17
It's my pleasure to share what I have, and thank you for telling me! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2024 #18

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
3. Wow, my dear spooky3! Thank you!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 08:38 PM
Mar 2024

I always strive to do more and better. Andy always encouraged me to be that way. It's a great way to learn.

MLAA

(18,599 posts)
5. The color is gorgeous on all of them. I love the crispness of the first one. The tulips are beautiful and such a
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 08:53 PM
Mar 2024

wonderful framing of them.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
9. Thanks so much, my dear MLAA!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 10:44 PM
Mar 2024

I never really know how well things are going to turn out, and today was like that.

I loved the tulips too! I had to get that photo! So I did.

happybird

(5,113 posts)
6. Very nice!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 09:00 PM
Mar 2024

I love the berry shot. The angle, the way the different berries are organized, the lines of the turquoise containers and the green of the sugar snaps in the foreground is very pleasing. I think it’s the four solid colored rows then the patchwork quilt of different berries as your eye moves down the table that grabbed my brain.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
11. Thanks so much, my dear happybird!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 10:51 PM
Mar 2024

I thought that angle would work quite well, and it did. It was as close to perfect as I ever get.

Patchwork quilt is a very good way to describe it!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
12. I wish you could do just that, my dear PoindexterOglethorpe!
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 10:52 PM
Mar 2024

They are very very good.

Sharing is my middle name!

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
13. You have excellent taste in berries, and thank you for your lovely comment, my dear MadameButterfly! ♥ nt
Thu Mar 7, 2024, 10:53 PM
Mar 2024

Callalily

(15,012 posts)
15. Do you go to the farmers market everyday? ;-)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 08:05 AM
Mar 2024

Our famers market doesn't start until June. Can hardly wait.

I really like the perspective of the rhubarb and berries.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
16. It may not seem like it, my dear Callalily, but both of the farmer's markets are open one day a week!
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:09 AM
Mar 2024

I always go! They don't happen if it's raining, so then I stay home.

Glad you enjoyed the photos.

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,079 posts)
18. It's my pleasure to share what I have, and thank you for telling me!
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 05:02 PM
Mar 2024

You can help yourself to anything I share here, anytime you feel like it.

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