Tuesday, April 29, 2008

New Do


Took mom to get a cut and perm today, so I thought I'd get a picture of the new hairdo. She's my curly-cue lady again. And when we pick out the curls, she's a nice fuzzy poofball.

Techie Corner
Held off-camera flash at arm's length. A little post-production, including vignetting.
Shot at 1/60 Sec @ F2.8, ISO 200

Monday, April 28, 2008

Fence

I didn't have time for a photo shoot today. But I did take a documentary photo of part of our new fence. Isn't it lovely? Ok, so it doesn't look like a fence yet. But it was a lot of hard work getting it this far, so I thought I'd at least take a picture of it.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Pins and Needles

It was still raining today, so I thought I'd wrap up the week with more close-up photography.

See you next week!

Techie Corner
I decided to try my big lens this time and it went much smoother than yesterday. Used a +4 close-up filter. Post-production in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Shot at 1/15 Sec @ F16, ISO 200

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Chicklets for Adult Girls

It's raining cats and dogs today, so I had plenty of time for photography practice. I decided to work on a little product photography, which can really frustrate me at times. Several hours and 62 images later, I finally finshed for the day.

Techie Corner
I used my +4 close up filter. I couldn't get the gems lit the way I wanted, no matter how hard I tried. I did tons of post-production in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Shot at 1/60 Sec @ F16, ISO 200

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

A Little Squirrelly

I'm trying to get a lot of spring cleanup done this week, but I'm finding it can be difficult to work in my blog/photography during all this. I see the squirrels have found the feeder again, so I decided this would be my photo shoot for the day. I don't try to keep the feeder from them, because that is a losing battle. I just wish they wouldn't knock the food everywhere.

See all the dark wet marks on the roof? Before the serene image you see above, there were two squirrels with wet little paws duking it out for the food. I took this image (below) through the window, and by the time I opened the door to get a better view, the victor was serenely munching on the spoils.

Techie Corner
I used my big lens for these feeder shots.
Shot at 1/500 Sec @ F4.5, ISO 400