Awareness of the outside world. Space.com: See 1st photos of the moon’s south pole by India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, Pultarova, 23 Aug 2023.
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It’s Hot Out There
Central Alabama
Heat advisory
August 2023
What I Learned
How do you photograph heat? You can’t. You have to work indirectly.
Effects. Boiling water. Panting dog. Person wiping sweat from brow. Wilting plants.
Measurement. Mercury bar on a thermometer. Numbers on a digital thermometer. Colors on a weather map.
Associations. Desert sand. Beach. Palm tree.
Do I always know the subject? No. Some days I know what I’m looking for and I get it. Some days I spray and pray. Some days I am convinced the best way to look at the subject will be X, but the answer turns out to be Y. Often Y is a shot on which I took on a flyer. In this case, I have multiple images of a solo plant in a vertical orientation. Seemed the logical choice. Hence the meta pic. Once downloaded, the clear winner was many plants in a horizontal orientation, of which I have one exposure. Is still an exposure in digital photography?
Do I know what I’m doing? Meh. I was on f/5.6 due to light restrictions. No idea why a sunny day should have limited light. Possibly my nice, but moderate lens does not hold up to zooming. I had a similar issue photographing Coach Kate’s Derby. Given that I didn’t have much choice, I had the vague feeling that limited depth of field would not be bad in this case. [Tennessee Travels, Photography]
Success? Yes. Went somewhere. Found a suitable photo subject at home when I didn’t feel up to going anywhere. Did something. Check.
Technical Details
Stats. f/5.6.0, 1/125 sec., 48.0 mm, ISO 400. Manual.
Post production. Resize, border, and watermark.
Last Week [Coosa River at Gorman Park]
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Did something. Check. Sounds like you are feeling a bit better. Check?
Better, yes. Get tired way too fast. My doctor sees fussing about my recovery rate as a positive sign.
Weather is a constant subject. What and how to photograph is the challenge.
Yay! for getting out and about with your camera. We all need to do that, in spite of the summer heat. Thanks for the push.
Weather photography. Dramatic conditions come to mind, but I guess every outdoor photo is weather photography.