Week #8 in the Photo-a-Day thing!!!

From the back yard.

I went out and bought this egg with a stand because I am woking on learning about light and how it effects the subject.

Then I got the Sphere. It turns out white balls are the best way to see how shadows change with the angle of the light source. Here is a series with the main light source at many different angles.

Light is at 11 o'clock.

Around 10 o'clock 

Around 9 o'clock

The most obvious thing we see is the shadow on the table. What I was looking for however, was the way the light was reflected from the sphere. In all these cases the highlight is on the left and the dark side (Shadow)is toward the bottom and right. The way the light progresses across the top through the bottom was this part of the lesson.

There will be more!

At 8 o'clock.

And then it snowed the day before Spring started!

Mallard at Beaver Lake. It was the middle of the morning-not such a great time to take a photo- however, I like the way the light shifts from too harsh to pretty nice.

My stand by place if I have a few minutes between deliveries is just outside the airport. A Marine    C-131 landing at AVL.

A wild turkey here in the neighborhood.

We have another week in the can. I hope enjoyed it and please leave a comment(Start a trend!)

olc

This is Spring??!

Spring was just a word in the lexicon of weather. Guess I was right.

What do ya' think?

olc

Week Number 7 of the Picture-a-Day Project

Now here is another one of those clay objects from the things I have found in my parents basement. There is no pin on the back, nor any identifier.I might need to redo this one because the green is not as vibrant as I would like.

I just now went back to PS and played around with the Saturation levels and got this. Which do you like better? 

Again with the found treasures. But this time I added a candle.

Another of the ceramics, but this one has a pin on the backhand some kind of makers mark.

On Wednesday, I sat at the bird feeder and this is what I got.

And Thursday came along and I took a day off from the camera.

Friday at the Drum Circle in Asheville. Can you see the major flaw in this picture? Let me know! I think I called this one HAPPY!

I found this Durkee's spice container on our spice rack. I think it is too old to use, but I really like the character of the can.

Here is this weeks P-a-D post. I hope you enjoyed it. If you did, please leave a comment here!

Later, olc

Drum Circle Happiness

          Last night I went to the Drum Circle in Asheville. There were a few drummers there but, I think the fresh air and beautiful day took many people off guard. The open area where most gather to dance to the rhythms was pretty empty until a brave soul started to pull people up. That was all it took. I captured more images than this one---I just wanted to get it up now.

 I guess I am calling it Bright Toes a' Dancing.

         So, what do you think?

olc

Week #6 Picture-a-Day Project

I had a choice between this image and one of my Mother and Father. I think I'll make a separate post for that picture. Now about this one---Can you see the biggest flaw with it? Leave a comment letting me know what you see.

Sometimes even the most common bird can make a pretty Picture. 

This is the same Cross I have been trying to get a good image of. I like the way the gold reflects on the white background. What do you think?

I worked on this image for a bit trying to pull out some details in PS. Truth is, I was getting bored and did not want to wait until sunset, mostly because I did not have a tripod for the long exposure. I think I did a pretty good job, though.

It is becoming a thing, every week I seem to miss a day of photos. This is this weeks missed image. Maybe I'll have to keep track of just how many days I miss during the Project and extend the end to to include the missed days.

Boring, Huh?

However, the next day I pulled out my venerable 5D while I was at Owen Park and got this image right around sunset. Again this one is hand held, so I could not use a very slow shutter speed, but it came out alright though.

Whenever in doubt, I can almost always get one of the great hunter.

Here it is---this weeks' submission to the Picture-a-Day. I hope you enjoyed it!

Three missed days.


olc

Week 5 during Picture a Day Project

We had lunch with Mom at the VA in Black Mountain. She was really happy. Pizza is a treat!

The lens was about 2 inches from this key. I love the detail a macro lens can pull out of an image.

I was really tired after working and could not find anything to take a picture of. Then The Runtyun came home. Too bad I am still learning how to use the ETTL feature on the flash! However, after I took this picture, I figured out that I should shoot in fully Manual Mode and let the flash figure out how much light it should create. 

Still I kinda like the dreamy quality of this image.

I know it is one picture-a-day. But I learned an interesting lesson with the two shots. The first one is using the ambient light from the "studio" lighting inside the light tent.

The second is the same lighting and camera set up, except I used that flash (the one with ETTL) for fill light.

Wow what a difference!

Which one do you like better?

And then there is pretty Nova. I am getting better with that flash. This image is one of the first where we can see details of this very difficult animal to photograph.

          On Friday, I did take a picture of something, I forget what though. Unfortunately, I deleted it. I was trying a new workflow, but it failed and so did the image.

I was out in the backyard and this precocious beast escaped the porch. She had a walkabout. Then looked at me and posed. I especially like the way the sun highlights her lustrous fur.

         So, there is it another week, another week completed in this project. Please leave a comment. It is pretty easy, just click on the comment window.

Later! olc