something I’ve come to realise over the last few months is that a little cropping can make a huge difference. In particular I find that I love working with square crops. This is an example of a square crop I really love. It’s a shot of a little cluster of Cherry Blossoms on a wild Cherry tree near my parent’s house.

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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:

• Camera: Nikon D40
• Lens: Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
• Exposure: 1/1600 sec
• Focal Length: 55mm
• Focal Ratio: F5.6
• ISO: 400
• Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
• Exposure Compensation: 0.0

[tags]Photography, Cavan, Ireland, Cherry, Wild Cherry, blossom, flower[/tags]