I know- these aren’t Nikes. Just going with the topic- health and fitness. . .
Putting on the shoes has been as far as I’ve gotten with the whole exercise thing lately. . .
f/1.8, 1/13, ISO 500, 35mm
Day 315- Eleven Eleven Eleven
11:11 AM on 11.11.11
Day 314- Zig Zag
I’m continuing right along with the daily challenges this week; after 314 days I am very grateful for ideas for photographs!
Today it is zig zag. This carved out bowl (from a gourd?) that I’ve had forever seemed a likely subject. I shot the photo with only window light in a dim room hoping for more dramatic lighting than I got, but I like the result anyway. I used sepia processing to de-emphasize the table and backdrop.
f/22, 10 sec (I THOUGHT it seemed like a long time!), ISO 160, 85mm
Day 313- Soft Light
Today’s challenge is soft light. I used window lighting, a tripod, and a long exposure to capture this image of garlic on my kitchen table.
f/11, .8 sec, ISO 160, 85mm
Day 311- Hard Light
This sweet figurine/vase was my mother’s, and I’ve always loved it. I used it for today’s Flickr group challenge- Hard Light. I wasn’t sure how to go about it, but placed her under my kitchen table light, which cast harsh shadows. I then processed the image in black and white (although the piece is already white) to emphasize the contrast between light and dark.
f/10, .8sec., ISO 200, 85mm
Day 309- Neat?
I am going, somewhat reluctantly, with today’s challenge: NEAT.
Anyone who knows me would be certain that I would have to leave my house to find anything that is neat.
But…it turns out that I just had to open a cupboard!
f/1.8, 1/125, ISO 160, 35mm
Day 305- Skittles!
Here are the Halloween leftovers (de-bagged for the photo)- SKITTLES! These have always been my son’s favorite candy- so Matt- this photo is for YOU!
f/1.8, 1/200, ISO 400, 35mm
Textured with one layer of Kim Klassen’s “and then some” for Texture Tuesday. Follow the link to Kim’s page to see some wonderful textured photos!
Day 304- Happy Halloween!
Day 303- No Brainer
Loving the ODC challenge today- TAPE! How easy is that?
No, the package isn’t for YOU (whoever is reading this. . .)!
Or for anyone- I wrapped an empty box.
Now here is the “impressive” part: a few months ago I created some presets in Aperture 3 to try and imitate some of the actions I have seen for Photoshop. This one has a yellowish haze- I call it 1970’s extreme. I’ve only used it twice, but I like it for this one.
f/1.8 1/100 ISO 400 35mm
Day 300- Boo!
DAY 300- Woo Hoo!
I’m following the daily theme today from my Flickr group- through a hole. Since it is almost Halloween, this seemed like the obvious choice to me. I exposed it correctly, but ended up darkening it in Photoshop to make it SPOOKIER. . .
f/13, .4 sec., ISO 400, 85mm
Day 295- Starts with J. . .
I’m using ODC’s topic today- Starts with J. Seemed pretty easy as I was pouring a glass of orange juice. . .
Day 280- Campbell’s Soup
I thought a quick photo of some soup cans (bracketing for HDR) would be a piece of cake for today. I would use it for In the Kitchen, one of the topics for ODC, and it would be over and done. Plus, it is kind of a nod to Andy Warhol (and my friend, Kathryn). . .
Well, I discovered lighting was an issue (the cans reflect), stacking evenly (never did get that right and don’t care now!), and then there was the HDR processing. I like HDR more for the fun of doing it than the actual end result, but this time it was not fun! I ended up retaking the photos twice and doing the HDR conversion many, many, MANY different ways. It bothers me that the lettering, which IS in focus, looks out of focus in the photo- but I guess that’s part of the HDR effect. So, as sick as I am of this photo, here it is!
Day 255- Seven
Macro Monday plus the Flickr group ODC’s topic seven= today’s photo. I used seven beads from a craft project that I’m working on and called it DONE! 🙂
f/22, 1/80, ISO 800 85mm- and used my FLASH (!)
Day 252- Spoons
My grandmother collected coffee spoons- those little spoons you see on sale at tourist shops everywhere. When I was a little girl, I was fascinated with them. They are all different, and most are over a hundred years old. The one in the foreground is from the 1892 Chicago’s World Fair, the Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in America. I think her mother must have bought it, since Mimi would have only been four years old at the time.
I used a sepia tone and texture in the processing of this photo.
Day 244- Sparkle
I think there must be an art to photographing crystals.
My goal today was a quick indoor tripod shot of a crystal sparkling in the morning light. I could see the sparkles, even occasional starbursts at certain angles. I used a small aperture (f/22-29 most of the time) and a slow enough shutter speed for correct exposure- but no starbursts. Lots of bokeh, however . . .
Good focus was difficult for me today too, even though I was focusing manually. Finally, I took the crystal outside, because the good indoor morning light was going away- and I got a pretty good exposure with the front part of the crystal in focus. No starbursts, however.
f/29, 1/160, ISO 250, 85mm
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