Elly
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Went dog walking at Conroy Pit – a dog’s paradise.
Miles of trails, a whole messa dogs, off leash, etc.
Watched the owners (at least half of them) leisure walk, sipping their double latte mocha chocolate framboise cappuccinos. Seems there’s a Tim’s at the Esso station right next to the entrance.
This is Elly – my sister’s constant companion.
A helping hand
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Snowmageddon #2 a couple of days ago.
Streets are the usual a slippery mess they get to be as winter sets in for earnest. I thought about making this B&W, but liked the blue of the coat and the rest of the muted colors.
Should be about time for some inside sports.
Macro – Plastic xmas tree
This scene was captured after tapping into the Hubble telescope’s eye on the sky. This undiscovered sun has many satellites around it, several of which are hospitable to human life. Maybe we’re not alone after all.
Another snowy day in paradise – again
This is the same view as yesterday – add driving snow & remove the screen that I didn’t notice yesterday.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it. 😉
Tomorrow I gotta get out.
Another snowy day in paradise
One of those recovery days. Didn’t get out, getting over that bug that drags you.
This is the view from my bedroom window in the early morning – the only shot I got all day. )=:
Christmas – 2012
Christmas day.
My sister spent a 12 hour day, Christmas eve, running her gourmet food business and making sure her customers got their xmas goodies. She & hubby hosted both a raucous Christmas eve and a somewhat quieter Christmas day with all the trimmings. Cooking, entertaining, support & backup – a much appreciated effort all around.
Before the yankee swap, a formal portrait of friends and family.
Learning something again – lighting. Main flash to the left, fill flash from the on board camera, no reflector, dodge & burn the darker areas, tone down the lighter ones.
Kazi
Christmas eve day. Busy, last minute stuff. Caught the cats doing cat stuff, which is usually lounging about, checking things out from on high or napping.
So, cashed in another cat chip (got 4 do choose from).
Learning something, though. I’ve had this camera for 4 years & just found out I can adjust the intensity of the pop up flash. Good thing cats are patient or the flash testing would have killed the shot.
Hands
My morning wake up is the morning paper with a couple of cups of joe. The local rag stopped the Sunday edition recently, so today I looked over some old photo mags.
I’ve seen several renditions of various body parts, but never paid much never mind. Now that the madness of the challenge is upon me, one image jumped out and decided to give it a shot (so to speak).
Window light, tripod mount, hunt & peck. A little tricky as I could not preview the image in real time – had to make several attempts while moving the model around to see what transpired. The camera is certainly unforgiving in capturing detail.
Root – Elephant Foot.
The latest image from the Mars rover somehow landed on my desktop. Here you can see definite signs of river valleys and, just possibility, life along the shoreline.
Stay tuned for updates as this incredible story unfolds.
First BIG snow
Well, I woke up & the world is still here. I’m pretty sure that’s the world out there on the other side of the white curtain. In place of Armageddon, snowmageddon. 25-30 cm (10-12 in.) of the wet, heavy stuff predicted.
Took a walk in the woods across the way before the snow started falling off branches. Pretty hard slogging. Got some postcard type shots, maybe next year’s Christmas card.
I liked this fence line, so this is it for today. I tried brightening it up, darkening etc., but the low light / low contrast here really shows the way it was.
Paul Dickie Creative Photography 365 Challenge 