When the HEAT'S ON !

The weather can get uncomfortably hot around here in the Summer, and the watering and deadheading of the roses is best done in the mornings and evenings.  So, when the HEAT'S ON,  a good way to spend  mid-day time is to re-visit the User Guide for my Canon camera and see what interesting things can be learned and applied, especially since I have so many willing subjects (rose bushes) wishing to be photographed.

With the assistance of the PhotoStitch computer software supplied by Canon, I tried my hand at stitching up a "panoramic" (sort of) photo of my big rose bed.  The composite photo came out very nicely, aided by the early morning sun of August 8th.

MOST of the rose bushes in this photo were grown from seed

Update of August 9, 2013:    I tried my hand at another photo today, but from a different vantage point and with some different light of an overcast morning.  Remember that you may click on either of these photos to enlarge them.

MOST of the rose bushes in this photo were grown from seed

Update of August 22, 2013:   Summertime experimentation continues!  The following "assemblage" of photos didn't use stitching, but it did entail usage of a couple of utilities on my computer.  The featured rose blooms are from some of my 'Queen Elizabeth' rose seedlings --