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Tree Trunks: Miquelon Lake Photography Project 1

My only photography goal for May's camping trip to Miquelon Lake Provincial Park? Crisp focus or at least as few blurry photos as possible. Lofty and ambitious, right? But taking baby steps is my way of cementing a strong foundation for my photography skills.

Since focus was my only objective, I didn't worry too much about fancy things like composition.

My Miquelon Lake Photography Projects

I picked out 4 subjects that should prove useful as reference photos.

Tree trunks
Trees, buds and leaves
Sky and water
Fire

Over the next few weeks, I'll be featuring my best photos for each of these subjects. Today, it's tree trunks.

Project 1: Tree Trunks

I took about 50 tree trunk shots in less than half an hour. The sun blistered and the spider webs clung, but I plunged into the brush anyways. (I didn't see any actual spiders or I would have wailed all the way back to my husband.)

Only a hand full of the photos turned out blurry, so I'm going to give myself
a B minus. Here are 3 of my favorite shots: