Natalie+Baum+-+Flowers

These are the impatiens in front of my house. I used a Nikon Coolpix 4600 to take these pictures. Although I have had the camera for a few years, I don't take as many pictures as I should and am not familiar with the settings. I no longer have the owner's manual to make sense of the setting icons. So, I stuck with camera angles. Pictures 1-4 were taken taken during the daytime, number 5 in the evening. The daylight pictures turned out much better - the rest of the nighttime pictures I am not even displaying here. I am not a terribly good photographer, and not knowing my camera better made this a frustrating exercise for me.

1. Corner of the planter.

2. Extreme close-up.

3. From above, bird's eye view.

4. Close-up of the planter. This is my favorite, although I wish I had held the camera a little higher so there is more foliage in the shot. I like the contrast between the sharpness of the leaves and the weathered and blurred faces of the cherubs.

5. This is one of the evening photos. It's blurrier than I would have liked, but I would like to play with this angle again - I like the trees in the background.