A Visit to the Denver Botanic Gardens

[coloradoamigo]

My wife and I went to the Gardens this weekend, and of course, the D70 took the trip as well. I was very happy with this shoot because I really feel like I'm making progress towards knowing what settings to use and when. Of the pics I've gotten to so far, I've had to do little or no post-processing, save for sharpening, resizing, or cropping, if needed.

I've also set up a gallery of what I consider my best images, from both the D70 and N80. Please take a look if you are interested. It would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.pbase.com/brianfj

Here are a couple from the Gardens:

This first one is a Golden Columbine. D70, 28-105mm, 1/640sec, f/11, 105mm, ISO 200
The second one is the Blue Columbine, and the blue version is the state flower of CO. Yes, this is more purple, but that was the actual color, and people still consider it the "blue" version.
D70, 28-105mm @ 105mm, 1/500sec, f/11, with Fill-Flash, ISO 400. Gotta love that flash sync of 1/500sec!!