Pretend and Dream,,,,,,I have a Macro lens :)

A long shot to get on topic, but using my creative side :) Playing with my little point and shoot in my flower patch. Not too bad for a point and shoot :) Thanks for looking!

Just a few from my town

Here are a couple pictures that I snapped at UNL East campus the other day. One thing I LOVE about Nebraska that I don't remember seeing much in Utah is the BIG BLUE SKY with WHITE PUFFY clouds. Seriously, the blue sky here is SO blue! I love it!! Also, love all the vegetation at the Campus. They are an Agricultural school so the grounds are beautiful!

Long time......But on theme :)

WOW IT HAS BEEN FOREVER!! I have missed the challenge that the photo of the day gives me :) I have actually been working on sunburst shots, but am completely lost. I took some pictures of my liitle sis and her hubby and tried to get a sunburst shot.

My first question: Are the red circles towards the bottom normal? Am I trying to get too much sun in the picture? I took a million pictures of this and this was the best one because the circles are off their face and not as dark as the rest.

Does anyone have some advice for taking sunburst/sunglare pictures? I would LOVE to hear it! Thanks!

Here are the settings (thanks janett)
ISO 200
SS 1/160
f 4

All I did to edit was a LAB color pop and lighten them a little.

BTW, I have missed you all! Hopefully I can get back in habit of the POTD!