My sister  was looking at Garven Gardens Facebook page and read about a free Micro Lens class for seniors.  Didn't take long for us to decide we want in. Our first afternoon we met at the Seniors Citizen complex.  Three photographers gave us a lot of tips and for me a lot of knowledge. The second day we meet at the Gardens and we were divided into three groups.   Each group had a professional photographer.  We spent time learning how to get the perfect shot.  There were times when we were laying on the ground with our cameras looking up to the sky.  Even though I am getting to old to crawl around on the ground I made it just fine. Here are just a few pictures that I took.

I took several, probably ten shots right here. Looking for the perfect shot. Macro lens let  you see so much more than the naked eye.  I am always amazed  that God created such beauty and most of the time we never see it. Only when we slow down and really look at God's Creation do we get to see all the details.

The picture below is the results of having the flowers in focus and the background blurred.  I could tell you that I  was a quick learn but really my camera did the work.

This flower has the background and the foreground blurred and the middle sharp.  This one I will try again because I am not sure how I got this shot.

This was just a fun shot that the instructor shows us how to do.  I had a good time doing this one.

This was so neat.  The sun was shinning bright but when you point the camera to a shaded area you get this results.  I love.  It was great trying to do this.

This was another shot.  I put the flower to the left so I could have the right side blurred.

This one I just took because I loved the color.

 I liked this shot because I could see inside the tulip.  Such a vibrant color.

One of the instructors has a Gallery in Bryant.  When we left the outing at Garven Gardens we decided to stop by and see his work.  He had mentioned earlier that he taught classes so we asked for the details.  Leaving his gallery my sister and I had decided to take the course.  I am so excited because I know I will learn a lot about my camera.  My sister and I both like getting the macro shots.  Before we had just used our point and shot but now we are learning about  our camera.  We are also learning to use our tripod.

Our instructor's name is  Taylor Ballott  has a Facebook page.  Check his work out.

MOON'S MUSINGS

I was so glad that I got to go to the Flag and Banner Store after we made our tour connected with Sandwiching in History.  this is the  Waldo E. Tiller House                

This house was a single level so it went on for ever and ever It had a servants quarters when it was originally built.

Rachel Silva is our tour guide each month.  She does a wonderful job researching were ever we go to visit.  We learn about the area and the house or building.  This day the crowd was so large we had to move out side for the lecture part of the tour. There were a lot of people and I am sure some of them were neighbors wanting to see inside the house.  I will show you a few pictures that I took.

This is my shadow in the gold fish pond.  I like to take my picture to have proof that I really did take this pictures and that I was really there.

The grounds were really nice.  In ground pool and fish pond and the back yard was sloped so we had steps to walk down.  Flowers where already in bloom.  I want this one in my garden.  Well when I have a garden.

After looking through the house I found this that I might could have afforded.  It is just a large branch but is sure looked good on that wall.

How would like to relax in a bird cage.  It sure looked comfortable.

Can you find the desk in this room?

I really liked this painting.  It had a lot of texture and it just looked like the painting was a live.

I hope to blog the Flag and Banner store tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.  Please scroll down to the bottom and leave a comment if you have a google account.  I like to know that you took the time to visit my blog.  Have a great Friday.