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Week 47 – Flowering

Flip — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:49:28 +0000

Macro shot of a flower.

I decided to get another macro shot this year, as I’ve taken one before and figured this project could use two before week 52.

Week 29 – Lizard, Again?

Flip — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:32:18 +0000

A lizard holds onto a blade of grass.

I know I recently took a photo of a lizard (a month ago) but that one was taken with my phone. This one’s with my real camera! And I ran out of ideas, so a backyard lizard is a fallback. We’ll try to spice the photos up with some people or something next week.

Week 25 – Friend Bird

Flip — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:59:32 +0000

A bird waits on the steps of the castle on Saturday night.

I came home on Saturday night and this bird was sitting on the front porch of Chris’ house, right by the door. I was able to get nice and close for pictures, which made me think something wasn’t quite right with it. It didn’t mind the flashes and clicking. The following morning, the bird was still there, and equally unperturbed by my photographic endeavors. I assumed it would be dead once I returned from my tasks that day, but interestingly, it was gone. I’m really not sure what happened.

As an aside, anyone know what kind of bird it is? I don’t think pigeons usually come that color, but I could be wrong.

Week 24 – Lizards By Phone

Flip — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:35:42 +0000

A Green Anole lizard climbs up the wall outside of BJ's.

This week I ended up with a better photo via my smartphone than with my camera. So, since I’m making up the rules, I decided that would be my photo of the week. So here it is– a random lizard!

Week 21 – Wildlife abounds!

Flip — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:28:42 +0000

A butterfly prepares for a incoming landing on a flower.

This weekend was fun– I went camping, and there were lots of neat photographic opportunities. Even an alligator! But my favorite I shot was this butterfly coming in for a landing.

Week 20 – The Wild World of the Driveway

Flip — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:20:02 +0000

A tiny ant crawls across Chris' driveway.

In a somewhat last-ditch attempt for a photo this week, I surprised myself by getting a photo I am quite pleased with. I went and sat on the driveway with my poor man’s macro setup– one lens on regular, and then another lens focused to infinity turned around and held onto the front element of the attached one. Not the best or most controllable macro, and obviously there’s lots of issues with vignetting, but it is a technique that can produce usable images. It helps if your subject is less than active. I think this ant was alive, but not feeling too hot and wasn’t long for the world.

Week 18 – Quackers and cheese

Flip — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:48:26 +0000

A duck bobs on Lake Woodlands.

I didn’t get any outstanding photos this week– I didn’t put enough thought into taking pictures over the past 7 days. So I took some pictures of critters at Northshore. Duck pictures are a dime a dozen, but I picked this one out of a big batch and I like the composition. Hopefully next week will end up with a more unorthodox photo.

Week 14 – Spring Flowers

Flip — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:58:04 +0000

Shawna admires bluebonnets at Spring Forest park.

It was a nice day, and all sorts of flowers are growing now, so Shawna and I figured we’d go get some pictures of the bluebonnets we’d heard about. They smelled good.

I tried some artsy photos.

I also tried some silly ones.

But for this week’s “Official Photo,” a plain ole portrait worked. I used the fill flash on that one, but I’m not sure it showed. It was glaringly bright, so there were going to be shadows no matter what. Still, not many ways to mess up a picture of a girl sitting in some flowers.