D-336 Water and oil part 2

Heather from our Facebook Project 365 wanted us to use the water and oil from Art for our Friday challenge. So I tried to make it different but I think it's about he same.


I love how the beads I used on the floor turned out in this one.


just changing the items in the background makes a big difference in the final results.
I also spent a little time (enough to almost get frost bite on my fingers) in my garden. I told David then when I got home I saw this plant and the Nikon Angels sang to me. AAAWWWWWWWW LOL


I took enough pictures to end my 365 project for this year, but I know that's not how it works. LOL
Are you still enjoying your project? I have a list of things I want to try, I have enough Ideas to get me through the rest of the year. How's your project going? Need ideas? What are your plans when you complete the 365 days?

D 293 Indie & Trumpet flowers

Sometimes it's a good idea to carry your camera with you because you never know when an improptu photoshoot will inspire you.

My friend invited my to her house at lunch time today so that I can see her "blooming tree" She doesn't know what it's called. I say Trumpet Flower Tree - LOL
A weird time for a tree to bloom - but they are beautiful.


and my friends baby, Indie, who is normally very shy, came out to visit.

I'm not normally a cat person but Indie was cute.

Also sitting in her garden was this fellow.

D258-259 Painting with light

I went looking for beauty in the yard today, I needed to start with a fresh view again.
Today's Daily challenge: The daily shoot: Use a door or window as a framing device to contain a smaller scene today.
Sunshine through a garden window





Nikon D-700
70-200 2.8

I played with the bokeh light and created a couple of other flower images they are posted on my facebook page and my flickr account.


Images viewed:
FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES & TIPS

D-163 Garden bokeh

Another daily shoot challenge.
Today's challenge is "Shoot wide open today. Make a creative photo that uses a shallow depth of field to good effect. #ds214"


I must confess that shallow depth of field and bokeh is no longer a challenge to me. So instead of the usual bokehliciousness I get with flowers and fields I thought I try a different subject. My Chinese Lantern with lights in the background.



Nikon D-300, 50 mm, F/1.4,1/50s, ISO 250
My reading corner:
Nikon D-300 User's Manual Pages 172-173
Images Viewed: Michele Winter Johnson Architecture photography

D-141 Square . . .

"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."


Daily shoot challenge:
#ds192 Lose the rectangle today. Make a photograph with a square (1:1) aspect ratio and post it. Crop if needed.


I'm sorry I keep forgetting to explain how I got the shot or what equipment I used.
Nikon D-300, 70-200mm@200,f/2.8, 1/80s, ISO 200, natural light.
Tweaked the image in p.s. with saturation and contrast.


Images viewed: Busath Studio & Gardens Jaw dropping beauty on this site.

My Reading corner:
Nikon D-300 User's Manual Pages 118-120
Getting Things Done by David Allen Pages 155-167
Professional Photographer Magazine May 2010

D-82 The end of the winter Garden

It was a long day and for the first time in a long time I went to bed at 10:30pm That's early for me.
I took the picture yesterday but posted it today.



Images viewed: Pareeerica on flickr

Pages read in the The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes by Joe McNally 64-67