Tis the season of the staghorn sumac turning red. A very good year this year for that it seems. For untold years I've been trying without success to get the quintessential fall sumac shot. There's always something wrong, wind, light, placement, depth of field, composition, you name it. Of course I don't actually know what I'm trying to get so all I can know as that this isn't it. One of the flimsy excuses for getting the 85/2.8 tilt shift lens was the thought that it might help with getting the depth of field on the sumac just right (I told you it was flimsy!). So anyway, I was out today doing something else, and I did just happen on some sumacs, and these are not the ultimate sumac shots, but at least the leaves are nice and red and the 85 is pretty sharp when I put it on a tripod.
Of course I keep taking sumac shots and will continue until I die and never get the one. It's something to look forward to.
PS the spiders on the first one are a lagniappe I did not notice until I got them on the computer.
