I was driving to MOPS today I noticed some beautiful cat tails on the side of the road. We drive by them every day and I always think they are pretty. But today it actually registered above my subconscious thoughts.

As we were heading back Raeleigh was in a good mood, and she was in a cute outfit, so I thought why not try. I told her we’d go get her some ice cream if she gave me some pretty smiles. She agreed so we went to get the camera and came back. I drove in front of the cat tails and set a little blanket on the hood of the car.

Raeleigh had to be reminded about the ice cream once or twice and then the smiles turned back on like a light bulb. She insisted on holding her puppy, if I wanted the shot (instead of a bunch like this second one) I had to agree to the puppy or the photo shoot would turn into a three year old tantrum on the side of a busy road. As it turns out she had a good idea because I really like the color combo of pink and aqua on the straw colored background.

I’m having some issues with focus. I’m sure it is user error. After I finish my 12 weeks to better photos exercise I’ll be able to hopefully evaluate if it is the lens or me. This is as sharp as I’ve been able to get in situations like this with my active three year old. Also, this was way under exposed, I’m thankful for being able to fix it in RAW. I’m hoping once I learn to control shutter speed AND aperture my focus issue will be resolved!

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