We got a bit of Spring rain earlier this week with that massive system that swept across the country. I'm sure pretty much everyone got some form of precipitation from it. I feel bad for anyone living West of the Mississippi River because I think they got the worst of it. Fifty degree temperature drops in 24 hours does not sound fun to me. We were getting a nice steady rain so I decided to go lay down on my front porch and try my hand at trying to catch a raindrop splash.
I used my 50-200mm lens so I wasn't having to worry about getting The Precious wet. I'm not as happy as I wanted to be. I zoomed too much and still have tons of work on learning proper settings. BUT... I am excited that I actually caught a drop! I'm looking forward to the next time it rains now.
I wasn't satisfied enough with that one photo and today was beautiful. We've been spending entirely too much time indoors since the weather became distinctly more Spring-like. My oldest daughter is gone to the in-laws for the weekend, my youngest daughter went to my mom's house for a little visit so we decided to get out of the house and go for a hike.
Dragging my 67 year old dad to the 2 mile hiking path about 30 miles from our house that has a beautiful waterfall at the end. Since we've had several inches of rain recently, I thought the water would be flowing down the fall well. Perfect for a splash photo!
Except we were so out of shape that we didn't make it all the way to the end!! Definite motivation to get moving more! Instead I settled for the peaceful splash-less view of the quiet lake.
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