Hydrangea at Hatagaya Fudouson Temple - Comparison of Photos This Year and Those of Last Year Let Me Understand How I Grew through the Year

Canon EOS 6D, Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1：1 VC USD (90mm, f/8, 1/100 sec, ISO-125)

I took photos of Hydrange at Hatagaya Fudouson Temple today. I took photos of the same Hydrangea last year, too. The photos in the post are summarized here.

Wow... I do not want to see my photos last year. Composition, bokeh, focus, blown out hightlights, ... those photos lack something important in every point of view...

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Probably after taking photos of the same Hydrangea next year, I will be like not willing to see these photos, too. I know what the effort of one year gives me so I will do my best.

Canon EOS 6D, Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1：1 VC USD (90mm, f/8, 1/100 sec, ISO-160)

Of course, I tried the beautiful kind of Hydrangea called "Sumida-no-hanabi" alone. I was a beginner of macro photography last year so I often thought that I must use as low the F-number as possible. This is why I couldn't control the bokeh. I must make clear images of what I want to tell to my friends. Now my photo is like the above. I set focus on each of the petals. I took this photo while imagining how beautiful it would be if I made a flower crown with Sumida-no-hanabi.

I will take more beautiful photos next year.