What a year its been!!! Some random thoughts in no particular order:
WHAT’S NEXT
For tomorrow, I want to do a personal “best of“ series by month. I’ll pick 1 photo from each month and repost it.
Beyond that… I will continue and commit to another year. My primary goal is to do more with off camera flash and multiple units. I have the radio triggers, the speedlights, the light stand, and an assortment of other gadgets so why not put them to use. I fear that if I don’t continue all of these will simply collect dust. I’d like to get a softbox and other light modifiers so please make some recommendations.
More snow!!! I’m on the cusp of the 5-8 inches (13-20cm) and 8-12 inches (20-30cm). I’m hoping for less snow. It rained all day but has since changed over to snow. A good deal of the old snow was washed away today.
I can’t believe I completed the year. Tomorrow I plan to share some thoughts on my 365 experience.
The first shot was taken at 6:32pm, the second at 6:39 just before the plane entered the clouds and the final one at 6:50.
To be young, innocent, and carefree. I had an opportunity for a tranquil moment to sit on the beach and watch this young boy chase the birds, collect shells, and skim rocks over the waves. It was 72 degrees (23C) with broken clouds but I had to go back to work…
Too bad it’s Naples Florida and not Naples Italy. It’s a short business trip and they don’t have any snow there…. These are a few quick snaps from the plane and here you’ll find a few more.
This juvenile was feasting in my backyard this afternoon. Bird – It’s what’s for dinner.
I was not happy with today’s pictures because any shaded snow came out blue again. This is the second time I’ve had this white balance issue and I’m not sure what’s causing it. It’s frustrating as hell.
It’s 9:30pm, I’ve yet to pickup my camera and I have no clue what to post. Doing what all 365’ers do, I wondered aimlessly around the house looking for something, anything. Finally, I stumble upon a piece of Lenox and figure out a creative way to light it so that its more than a snapshot….
Valentines Day brings many photos of the obligatory red rose. Nearly every bouquet of roses contains greens and tiny white flowers named baby’s breath. These rarely get any attention and that’s why I choose them.
I went to the snow covered beach hoping for a spectacular sunset. It didn’t happen. It was cold, windy, and anticlimactic.
These are hanging along side my front porch. To capture the shot I hung the rose gelled flash from the soffit using Christmas light hangers and rubber bands. Then I set a ladder on the front porch to gain some height.
I attempted this back on Dec 22 but I’m happier with these results.
Playing with the extension tubes again. This is an extreme close up of my front door.
The red near the bottom of the frame is my car parked 30 feet way. The dark strip down the center is a telephone pole across the street.
It snowed for 23 consecutive hours and I ended up with 15 inches (38cm) of wet heavy snow.
A view from the ground looking at the walkway pavers and the wall of snow
The wind chimes taken at 1:30am, shortly after it stopped snowing– these were a recent 365 subject
A lonely pine tree across from the Post Office
A Rose-of-Shannon in my yard. I like the way the snow sticks to it
Icicles forming on the bush
Our Zen Garden, updated from yesterday
Maple tree in the front yard – also updated from yesterday
A lone leaf I found in the snow
The bird feeders. They’ll need to find an alternate food source for the foreseeable future.
PUNISHMENT
This is what happens when you leave your car on the street and the plow comes. I suspect we won’t see the car again until May.
The lanterns around my front walkway
It’s been snowing for 21 hours and we have over a foot (30+cm) of the very heavy, wet stuff. I took about a dozen photos today and had trouble with the white balance on most of them, which forced me to perform some editing. I know to slightly underexpose my snow shots but this is the first time I ended up with cool (blue) snow.
The little bit of snow we received the other day is still lingering due to the frigid temperatures. Groundcover will soon take on a different meaning as we’re expecting another 12-16 inches (30-40cm) of snow on Wednesday.
This is the cover of my pool, frozen solid, slick, and sprinkled with wind blown snowdrifts.
We had a major snowstorm that passed 10 miles south of where I live. They received 24-32 inches of snow. Me, I got just a light dusting.
I don’t know the name of this but the leaves start out red/yellow and then turn green.
NYC taxi’s have a notorious reputation of being reckless, dishonest, and having a lead foot. The title of this post is a quote from the movie Elf, staring Will Ferrell as Buddy. Additionally, this is my follow-up to post 342 (Panning).
Where am I going and which one of these am I supposed press? Without a doubt, it was that kind of a day.
Maybe I should have titled it “Practice” because this is trash. Even sadder is the fact that this is the best of a bad lot. I clearly muffed the timing because the taxi was supposed to be clear and sharp. Among the many mistakes I made with this photo was believing the 3” display on the back of the camera. I’ll have plenty of opportunity to redo this one.
The most significant aspect of this photo is that I got out of the house. Something I need to do more of.
