Flowers at II's!

I believe this is a Datura, also called the Devil's Trumpet, it blooms at night and wilts in the day (if this is wrong, tell me). Used a flash with a diffusion card over the front and sidelit it as to not have light spill into the background. Also used the 1/250th sync to get rid of any ambient light. The hard part was the focusing, which consisted of setting the lens to it's minimum focusing distance and moving either closer or further away from it while snapping photos until I had one in focus. Oh yeah, this is not studio.

Canon 30D
ISO: 400
F/7.1 @ 1/250
Lit with SB-28
24mm FL

1304 Bikes!

Kelly Beck, of Raleigh, NC, hopes the new Earn-a-Bike program at 1304 Bikes will bring order to the volunteer-ran community bike project in Raleigh, NC. The new program accesses each donated bike based on condition. More volunteer hours are required for bikes in better condition. After volunteering with cleaning and organizing for the given amount of hours, the volunteer can begin to work on the bicycle. After the bike is complete the volunteer can leave or stay and continue to volunteer. 1304 Bikes is located at Chamberlain and Mayview St.. and opens shop Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. and Thursday 6 to 9 p.m.

Charles Lottress, 45, of Raleigh, NC, checks if the gears are changing correctly Sunday afternoon at 1304 Bikes. Lottress is in roofing construction and uses his bike mainly for transportation to and from work.

Canon 30D
ISO: 400
F/4.0 @ 1/125 w/ off camera fill
24mm FL



ISO: 400
F/4.0 @ 1/125
93mm FL