Day 14 – “Lines” 351 days to go… I found this item in the basement – it’s a small electric fan that set on my desk and used to keep a stack of external hard drives cool. I used a gooseneck lamp for lighting and shot it with my macro lens. I tried to get […]
0ºF • Sunny • Slight Breeze (0-2mph) ………………………………………………………………… HBW! What does HBW mean? HBW = Happy Bokeh Wednesday – a term in the Flickr community. What is Bokeh? According to Wikipedia, Bokeh (derived from Japanese bokeaji ボケ味, “blur”) is a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas in an image produced by a […]
I just returned the Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM and I am going to miss it. I had the lens for a month and shot just about everything with it – landscapes, wildlife, moon, close-up nature, etc… This is the first push-pull telescoping lens that I have used. I was a little wary at […]
Day 13 – Fruit. Had some apples in the fridge. Up until I started this challenge, all of my photos were of existing landscapes, architecture and things as they were in nature. Most of the photos for the challenge, on the other hand, have been set up with props and special lighting. I have found, […]
Canon EOS 5D Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Day 12 – Minimalism 353 days to go… This photo challenge has gotten me more interested in lighting – mostly because I am shooting just about everything indoors. I don’t have a flash or dedicated photography lighting, so I have had to get creative. The red background in this photo was created in photoshop then […]
Canon EOS 5D Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Day 11 of the 2009 photo challenge – today’s topic was “landscape”. I shoot landscapes almost daily, so I wanted to do something a little different. I used a Christmas ornament for scale, plopped it down in the snow and this is what I came up with. It’s supposed to be somewhat reminiscent of the […]
Canon EOS 5D Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Canon EOS 5D Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
