D-323 What's your comfort zone?

The daily challenge: My image is just blah -
The Daily Shoot
#ds370 Tungsten light can often create a warming effect, depending on your white balance. Use tungsten light in a photo today.

Today I didn't have to many willing models. So I took a picture of a store window. I felt like I was peeking into someones home - lol



back to Mexico,
Going into this trip I had made up my mind that I wanted to take wide angle shots because I wanted to capture the feel of Puerto Vallarta and the feel of the towns we visited.
You see I'm comfortable taking close up images like these:

This bird was so graceful. We stalked him for awhile, then he got comfortable with us.





so taking images like these was out of my comfort zone.

That is where we stayed

and although I know the main subject is small, I wanted a dramatic look. The sky, the sand and even the tilt.

We have to keep pushing our creative comfort levels until we've exhausted what we can learn in that area. My friend Alexis suggested I go back to taking pictures of buildings - well one of the reasons I stopped was because I didn't know enough about how to photograph that subject correctly and I was very unhappy with my last attempts. I guess that means I need to look into that again, but for now maybe wide angles.



Images viewed: http://blog.yasserlens.com/

D-278 Where the Heaven's meet the Earth

The daily shoot today is Make a photograph that emphasizes the horizon. It's your choice whether to place it on the third lines or to center it.

The horizon is the apparent line that separates earth from sky, the line that divides all visible directions into two categories: those that intersect the Earth's surface, and those that do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc., and the resulting intersection of earth and sky is called the visible horizon.

Where the heaven's meet the earth:

This is the Chicago Skyline As seen from across Lake Michigan from Indiana.
I like the colored version but after posting I converted to black and white and I like it better.






Color enhanced with Topaz Adjust.

Images viewed:
Mi Belle Wedding Photography

D-199 Summer sky

Today's Project 365 Friday Challenge is
"Hot enough for you?"I started with just the first image to show the glow of the sky since it has been 98 degrees and higher here for a couple of days then the skies turned dramatic. In less than 15 minutes I got those 4 images of the sky in the same direction facing west.
I would probably do them justice by posting them separate but I did not want to overload blogger so I put them together. Amazing colors and look at the rainbow.



and The Daily Shoot today is: Double your art today. Make a photo of something you've created or crafted.
I recycled my daughters old army uniform. The army changed the patterns and she no longer had use for these and I knew I wanted to make something with that material. It holds my sketch notebook, pens, pencils, erasers and a few other things. I made it a few weeks ago but just now had a reason to photograph it. :)
I only used one pant leg. Maybe I'll make a purse with the other. Hmm...



Images Viewed: Today I studied Anne Geddes Images
My Reading Corner
Professional Photographer magazine July 2010 issue
Nikon D300 Manual pages: 307-309
Vision Mongers" by David duChemin