Fuschia in the hanging baskets in the garden close up with rain drops on them. Settings: 55mm. 1/400 sec. F/5.6 0E.C.
So, the next day I spent almost all my spare time reading different photo websites looking for guidance and for the first time in my life, read through an entire instruction manual and whilst I understood a little of the French and Spanish sections, I really struggled with the Japanese, Urdu and Welsh! (Only joking of course, Nikon don't publish their manuals in Welsh).
And a few more fuschias this time with 44mm, 1/160 sec and F/5.6 and no exposure compensation (I hadn't got to grips with that yet)
My brother Jim, who has been using his DSLR for years had given me loads of good advice. One of the best though was to look at http://www.kenrockwell.com/. This is a superb site and I don't mind plugging it as it has so much information on there about everything that you couldn't read it all in a day!
I learnt loads from Ken's website and ended up making laminated 'cheat' cards to put in my camera bag so that I always have a quick reference for a given situation until I know instinctively or naturally what settings to apply.
This grass/bamboo plant grows at an alarming rate! It is cut down to 6 inches from the ground each winter but by Summer it is 10 feet high. It is very 'architectural' though. Settings for this one were focal length 34mm, 1/1000 sec. and F/6.3.
It rained most of the day two with just a 8/8 grey claggy cloud cover, so it wasn't much of a photogenic day anyway but between showers, I did take these few in the back garden.
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