Lily pads and clouds

While heading up to Dunbar Falls, I passed this pond of lily pads in bloom. I made a note and returned with a friend for some shooting time. It was raining off and on - so we chatted in the car when the rain increased, and shot when it let up.

This was shot on Canon 20D, Canon EF 70-200mm f3.5-f4.5 lens + Tamron 1.4x Teleconverter, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/500th sec., -1 exposure compensation, at 200mm (well 200 x 1.4TC x 1.6 crop factor = 448mm effective field of view), and a circular polarizing filter.

We also had some dramatic cloud formations in front of the house a few weeks ago - I couldn't resist!

This one was taken with my Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens at 33mm, ISO 100, f/16, and 1/100th sec., +1/3 exposure compensation.