Something a little different

I don't shoot flowers all that often, but here goes:

Back and White

I played around with higher ISO, no flash, shot of my son after his bath and was very happy with this result.  My only wish was that I hadn't touched the frame on the right side:

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Higher ISO on 7D

It is pretty amazing what you get nowadays at higher ISOs.  The shot on the left is ISO 160 and the right is 640 on my Canon 7D (click to see uncompressed at 100%).  This is SOOC with no noise reduction applied in Lightroom.  Bottom line is that I won't hesitate to use higher ISOs for shots I'm going to print or use personally.

Natural Light

Who doesn't like to shoot in natural light when they can?  I certainly do, but so often I'm either outdoor during the day, or not taking photos.  This afternoon I had a nice chance to take some photos of my niece by their windows.  Nice expression, and fun to not be thinking about where to bounce or position lights...