On my way to the grocery store today, I detoured through an alley in town and grabbed a few shots. I have most of the main streets in town memorized as far as photo possibilities that I have to find new places to explore. Back alleys always offer something of interest that few get to see, so they’re worth exploring on occasion.…
Month: March 2011
365-89 Fun, well not really, with plastic
Today started out bad and kind of destroyed my mood for the day. I didn’t go out to shoot anything so I had to look around the house. My wifes plastic hair clip was sitting on a table so I tried some macro shots of it. All shots were done with a Super-Takumar 50mm, wide open except for the last overall shot…
365-88 Familiar color scheme
The only place in town that has bright colors and is somewhat clean is an industrial supply warehouse. This is a gate entrance that caught my eye as I was traveling past the building. I think the blue and yellow combination works well for photos. I’m including another picture I took earlier in the year at another location. Both with K20D and…
365-87 Classic still life
Thought I would do a fake painting shot for today. Really fake – even the fruit is plastic! My Rembrandt lighting consists of window light from almost straight on. I was just doing a lens test when I shot the fruit and afterwards I thought it would make a good textured shot. The original picture didn’t turn out too bad…
365-86 Awkward shooting and gear
When I parked my car at a restaurant today, this was the scene in front of me. There is a small bank up towards the tree which exaggerated the shadow. I placed the camera near the ground in the shadow and shot blindly towards the tree. A case where an articulating LCD would come in handy. As a matter of fact, I…
365-85 Still hanging in there for 365
Some subdued color for today. Bases for birdbaths at a lawn ornament business. I like the “southwest” feel to the shot. The store, an old barn, was actually closed and I shot this through the fence. I’ll throw up a couple extra shots I took there also. All with Pentax K20D and DA55-300 Bases
365-84 One created, one found
A couple “abstracts” for today, and I use that term loosely. For my 365 shot, my wife and I stopped in Starbucks and she tried one of their new mini-deserts, which come in these small cube boxes, for some reason. I was playing around with the empty box and held it up against the blue sky and liked the contrast of the…
365-83 Orange and Blue
Besides being the title of my 365 shot, an abstract detail of a dumpster in front of a former Blockbuster Video store, it’s also the title of an album by Al Di Meola, a phenomenal jazz/fusion guitarist. Orange and Blue is an album that you have to listen from beginning to end to get the full experience. There are individual…
365-82 No traveling today
After a long day yesterday, I just stayed around the house today because I need to catch up with my guitar playing :-). This is a ground cover plant near my fence. I still don’t know what it is. It gets little white flowers in late spring/early summer. I punched the colors up a bit using Topaz Adjust. Shot with my…
A few extra shots from yesterday – Dawes Arboretum
As promised last night, here’s a few extra shots from yesterday. Like I mentioned, I had to go to Columbus, Ohio and along the way is Dawes Arboretum. I didn’t have too much time to spend there but I made a detour to check it out and see what was available to shoot. This early in the year, I didn’t…
What I Pic 