“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”
~Martin Fraquhar Tupper
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 70mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 3200; f.2.8; 1/160; auto white balance; no flash
I had the pleasure of meeting my friend's baby for the first time today.
He is simply beautiful.
Look at that hair.
He was perfect the whole afternoon.
Wide awake and alert...
Watching, observing, absorbing.
There may have been some
occasional tooting as well.
Ahhh...the life of a babe.
I couldn't decide on the black and white or the color.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; Lensbaby Composer lens with soft focus optic swap; manual exposure; ISO 400; f/2.8; 1/160; auto white balance; no flash; Shadowhouse Creations Bokeh texture added in Photoshop
Weigh In: Tell me about a time you handed someone your heart. How did it turn out? Were you crushed or did that person take it gently?
Canon EOS 5D sitting on my tall dresser; 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 24mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 3200; f/10; 6 secs; auto white balance; no flash; converted to black and white in Photoshop
After my successful oral surgery I am resting comfortably at home.
I am thankful I was put to sleep as the tooth did come out in fragments
as feared, and so there was a lot more cutting
and digging into the jawbone than what a normal tooth
extraction would require.
I am all stitched up and drugged up and have a wonderful
family that is waiting on me hand and foot.
This was taken last night by the light of the television
that I was barely listening to.
The laughing gas they gave me to relax me and the
dehydration of not eating or drinking for 19 hours
caused me to get a migraine.
Thus the beauty rest eye patch thingy-hoochie.
Ladybug let me borrow it
to block out the light from the television.
So, what and who were my constant companions?
My two cats of course...
The heating pad for my neck (which is a cure for my migraines),
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 42mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 200; f/3.2; 1/200; auto white balance; no flash
Well, I made it through the simple procedure today at the dentist office. I am just a bit sore from the Novocain shots in the mouth, but this is a cake walk compared to tomorrow's surgery ;0)
I won't dwell on that, though.
I was brave today and actually pulled out the camera in the dentist's office.
I am always afraid of what people will think.
I waited until after my procedure (just in case I ticked off someone, I wanted the work in my mouth to be finished :0) and then asked the dental assistant if I could take a picture.
She just looked at me like I had 3 heads.
I explained the P365 to her and said it will be like a visual diary
of 2010 when I am finished.
Then she smiled and gave me permission.
I quickly set the correct exposure, framed the shot and took it.
Lickety-split.
I was outta there.
Only I forgot to put my camera back into the bag on my way out.
While walking past the dentist, he saw my gigantic camera and immediately questioned me.
"What are you taking pictures of?"
My insecurities came racing back.
I calmly told him about the P365 and assured him it was a generic image
that would not show anything identifiable to his practice.
He seemed to still be suspicious, so I turned on the camera and showed
him the image I took.
He then felt at ease and said it was OK.
I am glad once again I stepped out of my box
and my comfort zone to take an image in a place
I normally would not have.
I am not creating pieces of art every day during P365 but
I am pushing my limits in terms of comfort.
I am also making a visual history of my year...good and bad things alike.
Maybe tomorrow I will do a self portrait with ice bags on my face?
Maybe not.
:0)
I may not post tomorrow...I will see how I am doing.
Sending "Knock me out and give me good pain meds" love to all of you,
Hand held (held stable on a concrete embankment) Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 51mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 200; f/10; 1/60; cloudy white balance; no flash; Shadowhouse texture applied in Photoshop
Winter is not giving up.
We still have, in some places, six foot mounds of snow
and over a foot of snow on flat areas
despite the recent rain, sleet, and warmer temperatures.
Now they are calling for more snow tonight and
into tomorrow.
I love snow.
But this is crazy.
I would love it even more if it didn't
disrupt our daily lives.
The kids must go to school and daycare.
I need to stay on a schedule to remain sane.
The time off at first was great fun.
Now it is stressful.
I hope we only get a few inches out of this system...
I guess we will see.
I finally caught up to where I should be for posting
my P365 project.
I am not sure how the next few days will
go with my looming oral surgery and
subsequent recovery.
I may just take a picture from my bed!
I seriously doubt I will have a Friday Week In Review this week.
I may schedule something to pre-post if I can squeeze in enough time.
I hope everyone has a wonderful great dreams tonight
You don't raise heroes; you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.
~Walter Schirra Sr.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 70 mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 125; f/3.5; 1/1000; overexposed 1 stop for snow; no flash; auto white balance; 2 Florabella textures applied in Photoshop
In these days where my son is getting closer and closer to being an actual teenager I am finding that the "sweeter" moments with him are getting to be fewer and farther between.
No fault of his own, really.
I know this is how growing up goes...
Struggling to pull away,
Asserting independence,
Insisting you have it all figured out.
Despite being "old" I remember very clearly these same struggles
when I was growing up, only I was the one with the growing pains
and my parents were the ones dealing with me.
I know it is normal.
I know it is necessary.
But it doesn't make it an easier knowing these simple facts.
What does make it easier are the times when his boyish
charm and sweetness shine through the muck
we call adolescence.
Like when he came home the other day from school with three red carnations
in his hands.
As I pulled into the driveway with my daughter
I was greeted by Ty with a grin on his face and a carnation
in his hand.
He told me he had purchased the flower from school,
had the flowers addressed to himself so he could bring them home
to us.
(The flowers were meant to be purchased and sent to others in the school for Valentine's Day...which happened long after Valentine's Day due to the school delays from the snow. He said others made fun of him for sending flowers to himself, not knowing he was bringing them home to his family.)
He gave me a hug and said, "Happy Valentine's Day" even though
Valentine's Day was over a week ago.
My heart swelled.
Then, he walked around to the other side of the car,
handed a second carnation to his sister and said,
"Here. I got one for you too."
This was quite the gesture as normally he tortures his
little sister.
Not literally, but in a pesky big brother way.
And my heart swelled a little more.
When his father came home from work, Ty
met him at the door, excited to give his dad
the last red flower.
That was all my heart could take in one day.
He is a good kid.
And I am his lucky mother.
I took this picture to remember this moment so I can draw on it during the rough
times with him.
I have a feeling I will need to plaster it to my forehead ;0)
Weigh In: Describe a moment you can remember when you tortured your parents as a teenager.
Tripod Mounted Canon 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 24mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 3200; f/3.5; 4 seconds; auto white balance; no flash
I am still a day behind on posting my P365 images.
I actually have taken all the images on the correct date, but have not had a chance to post them all!
So, this one is for yesterday.
When when Ty helped us decorate his new room, we went to Ikea
to meet a lot of our needs.
He chose this HUGE picture of a city to hang over his bed.
Can you make out the cars, the crosswalks, and the man standing on the left side?
The canvas is really cool to begin with,
but then Ty bought a black light a couple of nights ago
on our mom/son date we had.
Ty called me down to his room two nights ago
excited to show me the effects of the black light.
(Um...don't use a black light in a room that needs to be vacuumed. Ugh.)
The first thing that caught my eye was how white his teeth looked.
The second thing was this canvas picture.
It simply glowed!
I wasn't sure how to capture a black light's effect on a digital camera
since I had never shot under those conditions before.
I just did my normal thing, kept the white balance on auto and
this is what we came up with.
I liked it.
I hope you think it is cool too.
The rest of the week is looking horrible...
Busy tomorrow...
Thursday a dentist visit again.
Friday- surgery to remove the infected molar.
I may not be around for a while...
Sending "Get this tooth out" love to you all,
Tracey
As most of you know I had the amazing opportunity to go to the John Mayer concert Saturday night in Washington D.C. My husband, Brian, knows one of the band members, Sean Hurley, and was able to get us 4 tickets to the show and VIP backstage passes. Ty and Ladybug were going to their fist concert in style! I was so dang excited for many reasons but I was super excited to meet Sean, the bass player, I was pumped to see "behind the scenes," and I was lovin' the fact that I would get to see John Mayer in concert...up close. I am just a little ole country girl who doesn't get to touch the fast lane very much.
We arrived at the Verizon Center in D.C. after about a 2 hour car ride. After a quick phone call to Sean letting him know we had arrived, we found our seats and met Sean beside the stage. He was so welcoming and put us immediately at ease. It was like talking to a long time friend. He took us to a family meeting room where we talked about our families and life in general. He was so kind to include Ty and Ladybug in the conversation as well. After chatting for a while he offered to take us on a tour of the backstage area. We passed John Mayer's dressing room (but did not ask to meet him) and then we came to the band's dressing room. First, Sean made sure everyone was dressed and then he invited us in. We were pleased to meet the famous guitarists Robbie McIntosh (who just played live at the Superbowl half time show with The Who) and David Ryan Harris. We also met one of John's backup singers but her name slips my mind right now.
Sean asked if Ty would like to play one of Mr. Harris' guitars and Ty's eyes lit up! Of course he would! Ty sat down in one of the chairs in the dressing room and started playing. We all thought it was one of Mr. Harris' old guitars, but come to find out it was actually a guitar that he used on stage that very night. Ty was in heaven! I had fun chatting with Mr. McIntosh about his horses and his wife's experience in hunt riding. He is from England and I was in love with his accent. Everyone was kind and welcoming.
After hanging in the dressing room, Sean asked if we would like to see the band's tour bus. Um, OF COURSE we would! On the way to the see the tour bus, we walked through the backstage area while the warm up band was playing. It was so surreal. You could hear the band, hear the fans screaming, the lights were pumping...it was just amazing. I am at such a sorry lack of words to describe the sensory input that was happening. Craziness...just pure happy craziness.
We also saw all the tractor trailers that haul the equipment from city to city (including the tractor trailer that hauls the workout gym!) We saw guitar cases lined up...television screens...I can't even remember what all was there. Just mind boggling the amount of stuff that gets put up, torn down, and moved each time they move to a new city.
So we finally get to the tour bus. Sean opens the door and who is sitting there but Charlie Wilson, the keyboard player! He was hanging in the bus with some of his friends (or family, I am not sure). He was really funny chatting to us about what life on the bus is like.
As we are walking through this amazing bus (house on wheels), we squeeze through the bunk section and we bump into Steve Jordan, the drum player! He was rolling out of bed getting ready for the concert! We end up in the very back of the bus where there is a sitting area and we all plop down and chat a while longer. Sean offers the kids the band's candy (some kind of sour thing) and they were more than happy to have some. The picture below is Brian and Ty sitting on the tour bus.
After the tour bus, Sean had to get ready to go on stage, so we found our way back to the stage. Sean allowed us to hang back behind stage a few more minutes and take in the opening band's performance. It was so surreal standing there (with people in the audience staring at you wondering who you are to get VIP passes and be with the band) watching the crowd go crazy and the band play just feet away from you. We could also watch the "behind the scenes" people work the lights and speakers and tune instruments. The picture below is when we first stepped from behind the curtains backstage and emerged onto the stadium floor. The opening band, Michael Franti and Spearhead, was playing. If you click on that link, you can see a video that Michael made that very night! (We were able to say hello to him also backstage...nice guy!) Look for the video that says Washington D.C.
Some of the guitars waiting for their turn in the show...stage crew will bring the correct guitar on stage to the musicians for certain songs.
This is looking out to the crowd...the stage is to the left. The lady in the front (in purple jacket) is with the band Spearhead and was just about to take the stage. I am sorry I don't know her name!
The picture below was taken from our seats as Michael Franti and Spearhead were playing their hit song, Say Hey (I Love You). They invited people up on stage. You can see part of the performance on the video I was telling you about on their website.
Here is a video from You Tube of Hey (I Love You):
After that song, John Mayer and his band came out and rocked the crowd! Here you can see Sean Hurley playing bass in the center of the frame. In the foreground playing guitar is Robbie McIntosh.
John came out wearing a jacket, but that didn't last long!
After the first song, he took of the jacket and hes showed off his arms and tattoos in a black tank.
Check out the fans in the far right corner of this picture...is that swooning or what?
Why Georgia was his last song, but the crowd would not have it. We screamed and he came out to do two more songs...Gravity and Who Says. They wrapped the stage in mesh and projected live shots of him on all three sides while he sang. You can see how small he looks in the picture below. He is in the far right bottom corner with the spotlight on him.
Sean Hurley, Robbie McIntosh, and John Mayer jammin'!
You can say what you want about John Mayer, but no one can deny that fact that he can play a mean guitar. How sexy is it that he was on the floor rockin' it out!?!
Here is the complete setlist from the evening:
Heartbreak Warfare
Crossroads
No Such Thing
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Perfectly Lonely3x5 (tease)
Comfortable (tease)
My Stupid Mouth (tease)
Wonderland (tease)
Neon (tease)
Waiting On The World To Change (w/ Michael Franti)
Belief
Assassin
Half of My Heart
Bigger Than My Body
Why Georgia
and the Encore:
Who Says
Gravity
I am completely, 100% sure that I am missing so much from this story.
I will think about it later and be mad I forgot to tell you something.
There was just so much.
Sorry the pics aren't that great, but they all were shot with a point and shoot.
I hope you enjoyed your look into our evening!
Thanks for sharing my enthusiasm for this once in a lifetime experience.
Tripod Mounted Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM; manual exposure; custom white balance; 70mm focal length; ISO 200; f/10; 5 seconds; self timer shutter release to reduce shaking; converted to black and white in Photoshop
I am exhausted tonight.
Maybe it is from not getting in until 2:30AM from the concert last night.
I promise I will post more about that tomorrow at some point.
I tried to get it all together tonight but it just didn't happen.
EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 35mm focal length; ISO 3200; f/2.8; 1/60; manual exposure, florescent white balance; no flash; scene capture: standard; taken in Target dressing room; self portrait
Went shopping yesterday.
I came out of my box and braved taking the camera
into the dressing room.
I don't know what I am afraid of.
(of what I am afraid...)
What is the worst that could happen?
They think I am strange taking pictures of myself
In the dressing room?
*gasp*
Someone thinks I am strange!
They tell me to put the camera away?
I can only imagine what the woman in the dressing room next to me thought the beeping and the clicks were.
It was fun and I am glad I did it.
I was nervous the whole time.
I am such a rule follower. Always have been.
I've been called a goody-goody more than once in my life.
It is good to be the rebel.
This project has forced me to be think creatively, to step out of the box, push my limits,
take pictures where I never would have taken a camera before.
I like that.
I think that will be my definition of success for this project.
"Push your comfort level."
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Don't forget to enter the giveaway! Don't forget to tell which customizable card you like best or I can't count your entry! Contest ends tonight at 11:59:59 PM.
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I will be at the John Mayer concert tonight in D.C.
I will be BACKSTAGE tonight at the John Mayer concert in D.C. as a guest of one of the band members.
I will be hanging out with the guitarists in the dressing room backstage tonight at the John Mayer concert in D.C.
I don't normally brag, but I will in this case!
Still haven't decided if I will take my 5D with me.
After this post about stepping out of my comfort zone, I think I will.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; 50mm f/1.8 prime; manual exposure; ISO 400; f/2.2; 1/30; auto white balance; no flash; conversion to black and white and texture added in Photoshop.
I am much better today.
Thanks to all who sent well wishes.
I am sorry about yesterday's negative post...
I like to keep things happy and cheery,
but that isn't always life.
;0)
Today's image is one I have been wanting
to get for a long, long time.
Ty really loves his guitar and has taken good care
of it so far.
I love to hear him play.
It relaxes me.
He doesn't know many songs yet
but that doesn't matter to me.
I love it anyway.
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I wanted to apologize for asking you to rate and comment
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; 50mm f/1.8 prime lens; ISO 50; f/1.8; 1/100 auto white balance, manual exposure; Ty as my hand model; Texture added to x-ray only
It's official.
Besides childbirth, this is the worst pain I have ever felt.
Searing white pain
that literally makes your vision blurry.
I have a fracture in the root of this tooth that already has a root canal.
It can not be saved.
I will see an oral surgeon soon.
Very soon.
Can't be soon enough.
On top of that, the gum and tooth is abscessed.
Yum.
All I have to say is
THANK YOU to whoever
invented
Codeine.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
And thank you to dear friends who picked up the kids for me
when I couldn't drive.
Please excuse me for NOT visiting blogs tonight...
I will be better tomorrow.
And my post will reflect it.
Sorry for dumping on you.
Sending loopy Codeine love to you all,
Tracey
More details about the giveaway of note cards soon.
I didn't realize you had to register to review the cards.
So, look for that coming up when I can think a little straighter.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; Lensbaby Composer lens with fisheye 12mm Optic; manual exposure; ISO 500; f/2.8; 1/100; auto white balance; no flash; cropped and texture added in Photoshop
Still looking for smiles...
Buddy helped by posing for me with the fisheye lens.
How can you not laugh when you see this exaggeration?
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Things returned to some resemblance of normalcy today.
School was not open, but I was able to sit and actually work for 6 hours today...
something that I have not been able to do for a week.
It felt really good to get going again.
The rest of the week will be semi-normal
as the kids go back to school
but they will be two hours late the rest of the week.
Better than them being off the whole time, I guess.
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Speaking of work...you may have noticed a new additon to the blog
by clicking on the widget or the link I provided here in this paragraph.
If you are feeling kind hearted and so inclined, you can leave comments
on the products themselves and you can rate the products
as well.
Every visit helps my store and of course the more ratings I have the
more people will see my products.
If you don't like that kinda thing...that is OK too.
I will be continuing to add products to the store, so please keep an eye out for it.
Keep me in mind if you ever have a need for greeting cards...
You can buy one or many...the more you buy the more discount you get. For example, if you buy 10 of the same card (ie: note cards or generic "Happy Birhday" cards) you save 30 cents on each card.
Thanks for listening to my rambling!
I may, might, perhaps, consider giving away a set of 10 cards to those who rate a
product and leave a comment over at my store.
If you do that and then come back here to tell me you did it
You may, might, perhaps be entered into the give-away.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; Lensbaby Composer with 12mm wide fisheye optic swap lens; manual exposure; manual focus; auto white balance; ISO 1250; 1/50; Shadowhouse Texture added in Photoshop
Some days we just need to find the happiness.
You have to go out and seek it because it isn't finding you.
Today is one of those days.
The mid-winter blues have set it.
There is cabin fever mixed with
A drop of "Are you kidding me, it is actually snowing AGAIN?"
And you have a mind sickness that takes hold.
So, for medicine to battle against the duldrums
I went looking for a smile.
And I found it in my toaster.
Isn't he cute?
Add a fisheye lens to make the horizontal line
CURVE
and PRESTO!
You have a smiling toaster.
Now I am smiling too.
How can you not when you see this
cute face staring you down?
He even has a beauty mark in the form of a star
by his left eye.
A handsome fellow, he is.
Anyone know where the title comes from? I am curious if my attempts at humor were worth it.
Weigh In: Am I losing it?
Submitted by: I swear I am not in the loony bin, yet Tracey
Handheld Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8 L USM lens; various focal lengths; manual exposure; underexposed one stop; ISO 3200; f/5; various shutter speeds; auto white balance; cropped and contrast boost in Photoshop; taken at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland
All the kids were using their best behavior and so we were able to see and do just about everything!
We saw a 4D movie...3D movie with sensory input such as chair vibrations and water spraying on you; we saw a dolphin show; visited the Australia exhibit; toured the Rainforest room; walked through the ray and shark tank exhibit; and visited the temporary Invasion of the Jellyfish exhibit.
It was great to spend the day with the whole family doing something special.
We were all exhausted afterward, but happy and more informed about aquatic life!
I hope all of you were able to spend some quality time with those you love.
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For those photo buffs out there I just wanted to pass on a couple of tips for shooting inside an aquarium.
First, it ain't easy.
Second, I found that putting the lens right on the exhibit glass and focusing manually worked the best.
Autofocus is easily fooled by glass and water.
Third, I found that underexposing by one stop in many instances helped bring out the natural color of the exhibit.
For some reason, probably has something to do with the glare of the water, when my meter read right on, the picture was overexposed.
So, be prepared to underexpose by a stop.
Also, shoot, shoot, shoot.
Some of these critters are fast, so being able to manually focus and change the shutter speed at the same time for a correct exposure is difficult to say the least.
So, it takes good timing and a little bit of luck to capture these fascinating creatures of the sea.
Last...NO FLASH!
It reflects right back off the glass and obscures most, if not all, of the scene you were trying to capture.
That means boosting your ISO, but with the anti-grain software out these days and the cameras themselves that handle high ISO so much better, that is not that big of a deal.
I hope that was some helpful advice for the next time you may find yourself at a large scale aquarium.
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Have a wonderful President's Day!
I am hoping to, but the powers that be are calling for more snow Monday night into Tuesday...just when the kids were heading back to school.
The kids have been off of school for the past 10 days (including weekends, Monday's holiday, and snow days.
*sigh*
Thanks for all my freinds and family who bring so much love into my life.
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 70mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 160; f/2.8; 1/2000; auto white balance; no flash; texture added for aging effect
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It was one of those days where it was difficult to find inspiration for my Project 365.
I hate just taking any old picture just to take it.
I want to do something creative and different.
If I am going to do this project, I want to be proud of the results.
I want to learn something or try something different as much as possible.
I know not everyday can be like that, and today was turning out to be one of the non-inspired days.
First thing this morning we headed out as a family to restock the groceries that have been depleted over the last week of being snowbound.
I took the camera along but I wasn't thrilled with what I got.
I felt like it was just more of the same...white snow...historical buildings.
I wanted something else...something different today.
Later in the afternoon I scrambled around the house while everyone else was either napping or out sledding and tried lots of different ideas.
I still wasn't feeling it.
(Although I did figure out some sick or rainy day ideas I will stash away for other times...)
Desperate, I started searching the shelves in my mudroom for anything remotely photographic.
Then I saw it...
a little scope...a tourist trinket from days gone past, sitting patiently on the shelf just waiting to be rediscovered in a new light.
It was an old scope of my husband, Brian, when he was a child back in the 70's.
An idea slowly formed in my mind...a picture of a picture!
AHA!
I had it.
I knew what I wanted to shoot.
How I was going to shoot it was a different story.
Everyone knows what a scope is, right?
It is one of those touristy things you buy with your picture in in it.
You hold it up to the sky or a light and peek through the hole in the plastic to see the image inside.
The slide image on the inside of the scope is about as big a thumbnail...very small to photograph.
So, on a mission I started shooting.
First, I tried to focus the camera through the opening of the scope to see the image inside.
FAILURE.
Then I tried taking the picture (which actually is a slide) out of the scope and holding the slide up to a window...
Better, but not what I was going for.
Then, just as I was getting frustrated, I glanced over at the desk in my kithchen and I saw the small desk lamp sitting there.
Hmmmm....
I wonder if that would work.
I turned the desk lamp over so it shined straight up to the ceiling.
Then, I carefully placed the slide image on the glass that protects the bulb.
I snapped away.
NOPE.
Still not what I wanted.
It looked plain and you couldn't really tell the image was from a scope.
Then I decided to take the back piece of the scope where the slide usually sits and place the slide back into that piece of plastic.
Then I laid the whole thing back on the glass of the lamp and snapped again.
BINGO!
I got what I wanted.
I even got the nostalgic yellow glow from the light that I wanted.
To add to the mood even more I added a very light vintage texture from Shadowhouse Creations in the multiply mode and lowered the opacity to where I felt it was just right.
And there you have it.
I am glad I didn't give up on it.
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Tomorrow we are hopefully heading out to the National Aquarium in Baltimore to spend time as a family for Valentine's Day.
We opt out on gifts, usually, and try to do something special each year instead.
So, as long as the city has opened enough streets from the two back to back record snowfalls, we will be on our way to the big city.
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Weigh In: What is on your agenda for this overrated highly commercial holiday? Inquiring minds want to know...
Until tomorrow when I hopefully will have a great Aquarium photo to share...
I have a magnetic metal board from Ikea in my office.
Many times I will walk in and find messages on my board.
Ty and Ladybug often leave me secret messages that make me smile when I see them.
The image below is made from a background image of part of my board with miscellaneous letters.
There are 4 other images of secret messages that I have layered on top of the first image.
All 4 messages are exactly as I found them on my board except resized.
Can you find and tell me what all 4 messages are? (Hint: one message is only 3 numbers, but numbers of specific significance...the others are word messages)
Hand held Canon EOS 5D; EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens; 68mm focal length; manual exposure; ISO 3200; f/2.8; 1/1250; auto white balance; no flash; 4 images layered in Photoshop
Another week has passed for Project 365.
Which brings us to The Week In Review once again.
I apologize for all of the snow pictures.
Truly, there is nothing else to photograph!
Sit back and enjoy!
Our barn cat that can get lost in the snow if it wasn't for his yellow eyes and pink ears and nose.
More frolicking through the snow from the horses:
And more playfulness:
The birds during the second blizzard (can you see the one flying?):
Poor things have to be freezing...
The calm before the second storm. This was taken the morning before the second storm hit. It came out of no where. The sky was bright and sunny and then, BAM!
A bird that I just learned is called the white throated sparrow from a dear blogger friend (thanks, Kate!)
After the first storm on our way to Wal Mart to resupply:
Brian concentrating on the snowy road (you can see the road in his glasses):
A vintage look at the roads after the first storm
Gotta love the setting sun, the snow, evergreens, and a historical house:
Our barn cat at the start of the first storm on the front porch (which is covered by a roof):
I hope you enjoyed a look back through my week. Don't forget to guess the 4 secret messages from today's image!
I hope to post some utilitarian pictures soon (ones that were taken with a point and shoot by my husband) so you can see just how much snow we are dealing with. Keep checking back.
