tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-208006942024-03-13T12:23:23.288-04:00J's Thoughts and MusingsJenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.comBlogger721125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-85371404865870644672015-07-22T23:28:00.001-04:002015-07-22T23:29:23.788-04:00Lunchtime Flower Photos<br />
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Today's photo prompt was photograph natural beauty. My intent was to find a small vase and take a picture of the lavender, but the lavender is almost past bloom and I couldn't find a small vase. I used the mason jar that I got at last year's wedding. </div>
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I have already used the vase for a picture earlier in June, when the flowers in my gardens were yellow and white, now it's time for the coneflowers and bee balm. Today I worked from home and during lunch I quickly cut a few flowers and found a naturally lighted spot on the table. The close up above was used for the flickr 365 group and I used the flowers below for today's cy365 prompt. I liked the dark black ground and wanted to add texture to make it artistic.<br />
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-5091085355508074702015-07-21T23:54:00.001-04:002015-07-21T23:54:55.142-04:007/21 A Couple of July Photos<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Where have I been? Working, working, working.....I manage to get the daily picture taken but there's not a lot of creativity. I continue taking pictures to practice. All of my photos are in my flickr albums. If you know me, then you know how to get to the photos. I will try to at least post once a week for a few of my favorites of the week.<br />
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The challenge to getting my pictures done each day is the light. Taking pictures in the early evening doesn't provide a lot of light to be able to use fast speeds for hummingbird pictures. But considering the lack of light, at least I now know how to make changes to the settings to at least get the humming bird in focus.<br />
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-51050422754219334562015-02-28T22:50:00.000-05:002015-02-28T22:50:09.892-05:002/28 Anticipation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today's prompt was screwed up for the first time, the list said Anticipation while the email prompt was about letters/snail mail/ SWAK. I went with anticipation since it fit with my mood for the day. Not sure what the week will bring with my Dad's procedure on Monday, so I cooked American chop suey for my family here and to bring some of it down with me for a quick meal or two. I also made a <a href="http://www.cooks.com/recipe/cu9e47sd/bisquick-quiche.html" target="_blank">Bisquick quiche</a> with baby spinach and the end of a bag of cheddar jack cheese. The quiche are in the background already to go for lunches this week. </div>
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My husband finally made it home after a delay today in Baltimore. He had a great time at the Maroon 5 concert last night in Nashville and got a fantastic seat 7 rows back from the runway section of the stage. It appears that you can get a ticket for a concert for the original ticket's price on the same day at the box office as long as you are a single. </div>
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Here is the last Rat eye view picture of the week, instead of a cat, the cat's toy. </div>
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-51959716726448591092015-02-27T23:31:00.000-05:002015-02-27T23:31:44.688-05:002/27 Outside Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a good thing that there was an outside prompt today, since I needed the incentive to go for a walk. I should have gone cross country skiing, but as bright as the day was, it was still cold. I did do some extra processing in Perfect Photo suite with this shot to highlight the colors. This is what the lighting originally looked like:</div>
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I started off with pictures around the house and this one with fence ended up as my flickr shot. I had tried a ground shot and didn't like it, but I liked this picture with 1/2 of the fence showing. Black and white just seemed to work for this shot. When the snow melts, it will be interesting to see if the fence will remain upright, this section is not very steady.<br />
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Another day, another non prompt photograph. Today I made candles with the candle making kit that my son gave me for Christmas. The joke at Christmas is that I always get candles as a gift, it appears to be their go-to gift for me. I do like candles and my middle guy thought I would like to make candles, since I like crafty things. After reading the directions, multiple times, I was not thrown off by the helpful hint of "Have available a good candle making book for reference and additional safety precautions". The process was easy and I would like to get more wax to make more. The kit came with metal pourer that fit a large pan of water and the wax melted quickly. Once poured, it was easy to put the wicks in and then let it sit. The candles slid right out of the votive holders after three hours of setting. </div>
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-15108578669152272612015-02-25T22:46:00.000-05:002015-02-26T22:47:18.810-05:002/25 Golden Hour Skiing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another day of not following the prompt and I am honestly hitting a slump with the Capturingyour365 this week. Not feeling the mojo with the community and have decided to just take what I want for a daily picture. This afternoon I went out cross country skiing with my friend K at the farm. It was a beautiful afternoon and the light was great for photography.</div>
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It was a balmy day with temperatures over 30 degrees. The sun even caused the ice to fall off the front of the house. We go from minus 17 to 30 degrees in 24 hours, from frozen quakes during the night to ice falling off the roof. Plenty of noise and I wish I was home when the ice fell, would have been loud but worth it to see the scaredy cat skulk through the house when it fell. we were just lucky that no body was on the walkway.</div>
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When I read the prompt for today, I didn't know what I was going to do for a subject. Some people posted pictures of themselves jumping or their children. It wasn't a jumping day for me, just not feeling it. After finishing the knitted cowl the night before, I was ready to start another project. This yarn was bought as a large hank and needed to be rolled up to make socks. It's easier to do when you have another set of hands and I used the chair to hold onto the skein of yarn. Out of four cats, only one of them became intrigued by the moving yarn. When I got the camera, she even tossed the ball on the ground. </div>
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We finally had a sunny day which helped melt more of the ice on the roof. As the drops of water fell on the steps, there were drops' reflections on the floor which were intriguing to Stash. I used this picture for the Flickr, Rat Eye View.</div>
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The theme for this week is looking forward, not sure where it will go, however, today's instructions were to look back at the year and the photos that I have taken. In reviewing the photos, question what I want to accomplish and be proud of how much I have grown. There are so many technical photos in my year and I would like to get shots with better lighting and include more people. The quote popped up on my twitter feed today from Light Stalking and I thought it was appropriate to add it to today's photograph. </div>
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Today, after a quick walk, I went back to watching Downton Abbey while my husband was off enjoying a wonderful morning of powder skiing. The show is addicting and I am glad that I started watching it while there are a few seasons available. </div>
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-62466483520244964582015-02-21T20:37:00.000-05:002015-02-22T20:45:09.657-05:002/21 Photograph Indistinct<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We got more snow today, just as predicted and without any melting, we have huge snow banks in the yard. If we had this epic snow when the boys were younger, there would be snow tunnels and forts through out the yard. #2 and my husband went off skiing this evening to enjoy the fresh powder. After they left, I got out my knitting and restarted another cowl while making sure that I had the stitches lined up correctly. No twists occurred and I happily knitted by the fire as I started watching Downton Abbey. I watched almost the entire first season and am hooked.<br />
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-72129053655778703712015-02-20T19:50:00.000-05:002015-02-22T19:51:18.124-05:002/20 Colored Bokeh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I worked as a "Gal Friday" helping out with copying and putting together packets for a friend. Usually, I try to get outside bokeh for bokeh/depth of field pictures but since I didn't get home till later, I pulled out the colored pencils to create a colorful background. The above is what I picked for the picture of the day. For the flickr picture, it was a cat that made it as the picture of the day.</div>
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As I was working, we hired a contractor to come over to shovel the roof. With large ice forming at the roof edge, we were worried about the forecast of heavier, wet snow in the forecast. When I got home, all the snow was off the roof and the walkways were cleaned. </div>
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-13044404015027105662015-02-19T00:09:00.000-05:002015-02-22T19:31:25.206-05:002/19 Valentine Flower Singled Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After another 3 inches or so of snow, it was a beautiful morning here with the sun out. The wind was blowing the snow off the branches so I took this flower and put it on top of the porch bannister. A macro lens was used to get the details of the flower with blurred white background. The picture was taken early today which was a good thing for the backlighting since the later morning became cloudy with snow flurries.The good news is that the snow is melting off the roof, the bad news is that there is plenty of snow up there. </div>
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In the afternoon, I went on a job interview for a sales/customer service job for a vacation related software. If I get the job, it will be about 6 weeks of training in NH and I would be able to work from home/Florida. Would be nice to be working again, there's just so many loaves of bread I can be making each day. I don't want to say much more about it to avoid jinxing my chances. However, I would like the flexibility of the position and know that I can learn technology quickly, plus it would avoid having to work temp jobs.<br />
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By the time, I got home, I had not taken a photo for Flicker and thought first of the clementine but since I had done the salad yesterday, it was a no go. However, once I had the tea going, I thought the reflections on the tea kettle with the cup was a nice, homey shot. I liked all the lines in the picture.<br />
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-87538808516639148062015-02-18T23:44:00.000-05:002015-02-19T23:44:57.096-05:002/18 Photograph XOXO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Then, I could have used this picture of Stash where he is so big while lounging that I can get his nose in focus with an out of focused paw. In all of the photos today, I used On One Perfect Suite 9 to process the photos. I am such a geek that while I was making dinner, I listened/watched a video cast on hints and tricks for the program. It's a program that I can use to fix and enhance photos. </div>
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-69486726908202222412015-02-17T20:23:00.003-05:002015-02-17T20:25:03.308-05:002/17 Large Cup of Hot Chocolate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a fun shot to do today and it was a new skill that I hadn't done before. I had a willing subject and a cute mug. There was some kitchen cleaning that went on to get the shot and then I moved to the other side of the kitchen. When I first started, I had not dropped the aperture to it's lowest and there was quite a difference from f/5.6 to f/3.5 with the background depth of field. I also noticed that once I got closer to the subject, the background blurred even more. And wasn't I lucky to have such a willing subject today?<br />
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#2 was home because he got rear-ended last night while trying to stop at a stop light. Of course, it's a new car, but he did great and avoided a bigger impact by pulling into the empty left lane while the person behind him was not so lucky. He did not have any visible damage, but still took it in today to have it checked out. Everything was fine and he is relieved, still kind of scary to have happen.<br />
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Dinner tonight was a new macaroni and cheese recipe that my friend T had told me about. I took her recipe and found a copy of it online, <a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/deluxe-macaroni--n--cheese" target="_blank">Deluxe macaroni and cheese</a>. I lightened it by using light sour cream, 1% cottage cheese, more pasta and a head of broccoli. It was a super, simple recipe and I topped it with parmesan cheese and crushed ritz bacon flavored crackers. Easier than the skinny taste recipe but I always have the ingredients for the skinny taste recipe on hand. Seems like a lot of food for three, but the guys end up with lunch for two days.<br />
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-42449410919673640032015-02-16T20:52:00.000-05:002015-02-17T20:53:16.149-05:002/16 Flowing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cold, so very cold to go out to a frozen stream/river to get a picture for today's prompt. And even though I was cleaning the shower, a photo of the shower water just wasn't going to cut it for me. The directions for the prompt was for a phone picture and this was taken yesterday while we were snow shoeing. Since I took it with an app, Camera+ that I don't use very much, I thought it would be a good picture for today's flowing. I also went into the stackablesapp to add texture and more color. Even though I have all these water shots from last month, I have this goal of not using pictures from the same month for a daily prompt, even if some of them are "wow" pictures. </div>
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The flickr challenge for this week's 365 project is reflection and while I was cleaning the kitchen cabinets, I noticed the shadow of the flower vase on the kitchen island. Yep, cold days means I stay in and clean. </div>
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We got out to clean up after Neptune left us another 10 inches of snow and I finally got a "people" picture for the picture of the day. The prompt was for creating depth of field with the subject in the third of the photo with bokeh in the background. Since this is the second year of doing this project, I feel that I am understanding more of the technical parts of the prompt. I got it all with the picture of my son in our driveway, using a large aperture along with space between him and the background. His face is bit out of focus, but I love how it expresses the cold of the day. We had to time the pictures in between the gusts of wind which also made snowplowing a bit tricky at times. It was hard to figure out the best side to blow the snow. Considering how much snow we have, the driveway is still wide. </div>
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The picture for the flickr 365 project is one that shows just how much snow we have and I like how my husband is in the background with the snow flying out of the snowblower. That is a fence on the left by the bird feeder, you just can't see it under the snow. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The bird feeder pictures on the left show the difference from yesterday to today. So much for the cone preventing the squirrels from reaching the feeders, but even they weren't out today. </span></div>
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Yea, it's Valentines day and we have another winter storm (blizzard?) forecasted for tonight. That means there are a lot of hyped up weather forecasts on tv today and we need to get some snow off our roof. The good news is that the snow on our roof is not wet, but the bad news is that there is a lot of it on the roof. We only shovel off the roof of the back porch and try to rake what we can from the rest of the roof.</div>
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After helping with the snow removal and cleaning up the driveway to get ready for "Neptune" to hit, I set up today's shot for the 365 project photos. And once, again, no people shots. I had bought the valentine hearts for photos and used them for color. I like what Jimmy Fallon said about them last night in his Thank you for the week, </div>
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Today was one of the coldest days and I had already made plans to go cross Country skiing with A in Concord. The windchill made it below zero and when we first started, I wasn't sure if I could do it with my hands being so cold. Once I took off the gloves and just had my hands in the mittens, it was better. I skied only an hour and by the time I was finished, felt warmer.</div>
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Bub was coming for dinner after taking his GMATs and I cooked one of our prime ribs from our after-Christmas sale. 4 lbs barely made it for dinner, but with mashed potatoes, strignbeans and homemade gravy and bread, it was a delicious dinner. Plus, I was able to get Bub to pose for a low-light photo which should have been darker, but I liked the hair highlights. After looking at my February pictures, I really do need to work on getting more people shots. </div>
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Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-28003172062553138782015-02-12T17:21:00.000-05:002015-02-12T17:21:08.786-05:002/12 Photograph A Favorite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I got caught up with the blog and for all four of you who read my blog, I apologize. It becomes hard when I am also knitting, somethings can't be multi-tasked. Maybe if I played less games? I can say that posting my photos keeps me busy and I am still learning functions on my camera and practice is so helpful to improve my skills. Today, I woke up saying that I was going to get caught up and I did, plus, I made a loaf of bread. Planning an easy meal of chicken salad sandwiches and salad also gave me time to write. The problem is that I have to stay on task and get distracted by playing games, reading Facebook, watching tv or cleaning.<br />
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-17047941968897673542015-02-12T16:37:00.000-05:002015-02-12T16:38:04.156-05:002/11 Cozy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a beautiful, sunny morning here and I took advantage of the snow by going out with a friend to snow shoe in the woods by her house. We were out for about 1.5 hours and went 2.4 miles, which made it quite a workout. As pretty as it was, I kept telling myself to imagine that it was sand that I was walking through. </div>
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After visiting my friend S who is still housebound with lunch, I went food shopping and bought a cheap bouquet of flowers to have some color in the house. Plus, I thought it would give me something else to take pictures of instead of cats. I used a picture of the purple carnation for the low light shot for today's flickr 365 project photo.</div>
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-2448640456508207592015-02-10T16:05:00.000-05:002015-02-12T16:07:11.771-05:002/10 Contrast <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Great news today! We brought the camera down to Hunts and they were able to get the lens off and the camera works! There were three guys working on it and one of them said that they would have to force the lens off, and would that be okay. My friend T spoke up and said it didn't matter, that I had already cried the day before. Sending it in to be fixed wasn't really an option at that point because the repair would not be worth it for a 4 year old camera. While I was looking at used cameras, mine was brought over without the broken lens and we tried another lens, and voila, I was back in business. I did have to buy a new f/1.8, 50 mm lens but I was lucky in that this was one of my cheapest lens. </div>
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I took the picture of the broccoli when I got home, but after looking at the prompt, I really should have used the impressive prompt for all the snow in Massachusetts. Yes, we get a lot of snow up here, but we have less cars, wider streets and places to put the snow. It was a mess and the day before, my parents had called me to tell me not to stop by after going to Hunts, but they finally got plowed out on Monday night. Plus, they were out of milk and needed bread and bananas, so T and I went over for lunch. Their road is a mess and luckily they have nice, young man up the street who is snowplowing their driveway. </div>
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-80661067254137172832015-02-09T15:34:00.000-05:002015-02-12T15:35:27.640-05:002/9 Lovely Snow?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #212124; font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: small;">When I was grabbing my camera, I was getting all dressed up to get outside to the last day of 3 days of snow here in New England. I was going out snow shoeing in the woods by our house. Even the dog was trying to take the easy route by walking behind us in our tracks. No macro for me with an iPhone picture, but a close up of what I sarcastically kept saying was pretty snow. Getting over it quickly here, so much. No low light picture with the </span><span style="color: #212124; font-family: HelveticaNeue;">iPhone, for the flickr shot, I chose this stop sign because it pretty much sums up how I feel about the snow. </span><br />
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<br />Jenny McBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11260376064122225845noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20800694.post-79301474640707711482015-02-08T15:19:00.000-05:002015-02-12T15:20:18.997-05:002/8 Pink Pajamas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pink is not a big color in my clothing color spectrum, but I just happened to have packed my pink top from my pajamas. No pink bottoms though, I stuck with a blue plaid bottom that one of my sons had out-grown. Got to go with comfort over style when sleeping. The suggestion for this prompt was to capture little details of your daily life, I don't think it can get much littler than this. At least it gave me an opportunity to work with the flash and the white balance in this photo because of the walls tinting the raw image. </div>
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We left early to go home because of the weather, when I picked up my husband and brother, they were cold from skiing in the snow. Great conditions, no crowds, but very cold. Our ride home was about 30 minutes longer due to the weather and other traffic. When we got home, I worked on getting the flickr photo for the day and this week's challenge for the 365project is take low-light pictures, working with shadows versus highlights. It will be a good learning challenge for me. </div>
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Documenting my daily life here with the shot above. We arrived last night to my brother's house and spent a very relaxing evening out in his new room listening to music. The prompt instructions included looking for lines in photo composition. We did stop by the covered bridge, but the sky was overcast and without processing, the picture was blah. Plus, it was hard to get an angle that I liked of the bridge because of the snow banks and all the cables they have going to this bridge. You can't tell, but I used a healing brush to clone out a line on the right side of this shot. I chose the picture above to document the weekend.<br />
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Today I was getting ready to head up to Maine for the weekend with my husband and I had to work the prompt in between food shopping, cleaning and cooking. I made two loaves of bread, calzone and cookies for the weekend, so you can imagine what a mess I was creating in the kitchen. At least I got my circle picture of the day with the homemade cookies, if you can call opening an envelope and adding three ingredients homemade. It worked for me, they taste better than store bought. <span id="goog_339642856"></span><br />
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