It is so (insert your own expletive…) cold and foggy here today! After going to the gym, I drove down to the water hoping to catch a view of the bridge shrouded mysteriously in fog- you couldn’t even SEE the bridge! When I got home, I opened the fridge to get milk for my cereal and discovered the milk’s date had passed- YUCK! So I went to the grocery store and drove BACK down to the water just on the off chance a great photo op was waiting for me. Well, there were seagulls, so I got some pretty ordinary seagull shots. I have been experimenting with back button focus (at least I THINK that’s what I’m doing…), so I took a few shots of the railing near the water. I like this one.
I had no coat, and it was freezing- my hands were shaking and contributing to my focusing problems. So I got in the car and made the loop to turn around when I saw a tugboat! That means a ship- another photo opportunity! So, shivering, I got out and snapped a few of the ship through the fog. Interesting results- all shots today are straight out of camera.
BONUS PHOTO:
The clickin’ moms Project 52 theme for the week is NEW- which I interpreted as BEGINNINGS. Here is how my husband likes to begin his day!
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These are fabulous. I love them all. The bokeh’d tugboat shrouded in fog, (I think bokeh effects are my favorite) and the railing is really quite dramatic; it draws you into the picture; and a bonus, the front knob IS in focus (why else do we need VR lenses except to steady us when we’re taking photos in the freezing cold?) I don’t know what back button focus is yet; I’ll have to look it up. And the black and white Bonus Photo shows real emotion; even with the shallow depth of field and the eyes not a part of the picture, you can tell that the mouth is almost pleading for the hand to bring the coffee to it. Great job!
LOL, Carol! I’ll pass on your comments to Lon! I did make him wait for me to snap a few shots before I let him take a sip! I think the black and white post-processing (and vignetting!) added to the drama . . .
My favorite is the last boat shot. Beautiful.
Love your shots that first one is magic! I just started a 365 stop by if you can 🙂 http://flowerphotography1.blogspot.com/
Way to stick with it and get some interesting shots. I need to be more creative.
Happy Friday!
~ingrid