Used a makeshift tripod and f5.6 to get a long exposure in room light. My friend Mike is very talented - she made two lites for a birthday gift. The other has pink feet, of course.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June 29, 2009: Happy Birthday!
Chuck brought a Heath Bar Blizzard DQ ice cream cake (yum!) and we went to see 'Transformers'. And the cleaning service sparkled up my house, AND Larry and I went out for a trial ride. Could not have been a better birthday!
June 28, 2009: Cleveland MetroParks Zoo
Took a ton of pictures with the telephoto. This is one I really like.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Pine Cone from Hocking Hills
Maybe I'll turn this into a Christmas ornament - it'll remind me of a very fun vacation.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
June 20, 2009: Aftermath
We had friends over for dinner - lots of talk and laughter. Took no pictures until after everyone left.
Sootie
He lays like this a lot, usually with the top of his head on the floor. Does not look comfortable, but he seems to like it.
June 19, 2009: Out Riding
I have to haul out my tripod and the D60, and shoot better. I know how, just need to get off my butt and DO IT! The noise and blur are annoying.
June 18, 2009: Perimeter Defense
I spent a good part of the evening reinforcing the perimeter defense - landscape spiking the bottom of the fence, pounding in a couple more fence post, closing up chew holes, and putting tree netting around the tomato plants that got chewed. Next year, concertina wire and machine gun emplacements!
Friday, June 19, 2009
June 16, 2009: Migraine
Yow - went to bed without even opening my laptop. It must have been a horrible one!!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Mowed, Rode, and Towed
Mowed the yard, rode Larry for an hour and a half, and loaded pasture rocks in the car and wheelbarrowed them to various spots in the back yard. An early bedtime is looking pretty good!
June 13,2009: Note to Self
Leaving the ISO on 100 indoors is a very bad idea. I took a bunch of great photos of relatives I haven't seen in a while, only to find blurred faces.....
This is my favorite, though - Sheila, Kenzie and Mom.
June 11, 2009: Hank's Retirement
One of my former bosses retired this week. He's moving to South Carolina. Tough guy to work for but a heart of gold! I'll miss him.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Critter Control or Jungle Gym
Took this just before finishing the fencing and planting tomatoes. I'm 100% sure that the deer, groundhogs, bunnies, and chipmunks will find a way in, but for now, I have the illusion that the 'maters are safe.
Well, I guess I'm not posting this photo tonight.....
Well, I guess I'm not posting this photo tonight.....
ETA 6/14, no problem adding this photo tonight. Hmmm.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
June 9, 2009: Cinnamon Sugar
Mmmmm - a couple of scoops of sugar and a generous amount a cinnamon - treats for a month!Monday, June 8, 2009
June 7, 2009: Luck!
Feeling kind blah and went to take a lame-o pic of my new plant stand. However, the peonies were looking lush, so had to get a few shots. Then I heard the unmistakable sound of a hot air balloon - it was just above the tree line to the south and floated eastward, giving me enough time to get a bunchs of photos.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
June 6, 2009: Kids
The blond boy is the child of friends, the brunette is his buddy. The stitches and bandaids are the result of tripping over a chair and landing on a filing cabinet at school. No roughhousing involved (of course not!).What I learned from these photos is that taking pictures of active kids in low light, even with the aperture wide open, nets plenty of blur. And the two of them are never in the same focal plane.
June 5, 2009: New Tree
A beautiful new Heritage river birch for my front yard. Amber Tree planted it today. A purple plum once stood here, but was killed last year by scale insects.Thursday, June 4, 2009
June 4, 2009: Morning Light
The light this morning was wonderful - this is the view from my upper deck.
June 3, 2009: Calendar
Love this calendar. Found it at Don Drumm Gallery in Akron. It's a series of very cool screen prints.
There's a lot of lens distortion in this, not sure how to cure that...
June 2, 2009: Backyard Flowers
Another one of Grandma Wilk's peonies, plus a clematis I planted last year.
I use "levels" on most of the photos i post. It does a wonderful job of bringing up color and brightness.
June 1, 2009: More Tomatos
Some thinning is definitely in order before these go into the garden. Now if I can just convince the local wildlife to leave them alone...Wednesday, June 3, 2009
May 31, 2009: Goodyear Blimp
We live close to the Airdock and see the blimps fairly frequently, though not usually this close. The wind was pretty stiff, and the blimp was hauling butsky back home. They typically move at a much more leisurely and majestic pace.
May 30, 2009: Wild Turkeys
I was lamenting the fact that Larry and I haven't seen wild turkeys in a while, when we walked out into this field, and darned if there wasn't a flock of them. A few of them scattered into the woods by the time I could focus. How cool is this?!? Isn't it funny how skinny they are - they look nothing like Geauga County Fair turkeys.May 29, 2009: Movie Time
This is how Chuck watches movies. Since he only watches them for five minutes at a time, over a period of weeks, he gets good value for his DVD dime. Plot retention is a little weak though!(I love you, Honey!)
May 28, 2009: Wheat
Yup, it's Thursday, and Chuck and I are at Panera.
I like the long landscape format. One of Scott Kelby's guest bloggers featured a bunch of photos layed out this way - it's great with the right photo.
May 27, 2009:
We had a fierce rainstorm, so I got to shoot peonies with raindrops. This particular plant was given to me by my Mom, who got it from her Mom, my Grandma Beatrice Wilk. They are amazingly gorgeous flowers with the most beautiful scent.
May 26, 2009: Crossword
Well, I can finish the easy ones - finally did this one. Wednesday or Thursday, though, it just doesn't happen!
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