Archive for October, 2007

Returned

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

I’m back from vacation, which means being thrust immediately into chaos at work.

Jet lag has provided me with ample time to go through my photos, however. I think I’m finished with the first batch of the best. I’m sure I may have missed a few here and there, but the collection for the most part is complete.

You can view the entire collection here.

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In Case You Hadn’t Guessed

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I’m on vacation! Photos will be posted soon (and yes, they will include camels!).

#128: Not Quite Slapp Happy

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

#128 of 365: A Double Agent, Double-Crossed

Some random musings about this photo:

It would have been better with heels. I, however, threw away all my high heels after I twisted my ankle this summer. Wedges it was.

I couldn’t get my leg straight while getting the shadow right. Gah.

I was wearing a flamenco dress to go with the music. There was no way to incorporate the ruffles in the photo (not that I could figure out).

I posted the lyrics to some PG version of this song on flickr. The original is so much better though (don’t bother listening to it, Mom - you won’t like it, even if it IS from the 70’s).

America’s Next Top Wide-Angle: The Pentax 43mm Limited

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I tried to force the 43mm into being a wide-angle lens today. Needless to say, it didn’t work.

I’d been taking some photos of the lovely yellow weeds behind my porch with the 43mm attached. The sun was alternately shining brightly and going behind clouds the entire time. At the beginning, I didn’t even bother to look up when the light changed - I just thanked God that the sun wasn’t singeing my skin for a moment. For some reason, though, when the sky clouded over the last time (it was actually the very last time of the entire afternoon), I looked up.

Ah, the tableau was stunning! I immediately ripped my camera off the tripod, changed the settings, and propped it on the grass, leaning against the tripod to try to get a jump shot for my 365 pic with that incredible background. I hadn’t really tried one before, and the angle was terrible - the nice part of the sky was just above the house behind mine, so I had to put the camera at about 60 degrees to miss the house (I had a few shots where the roof was in the corner). Then, of course, I had to jump into the camera frame AND capture it all with the remote. Ha!

It was still a nice sky:

#127 of 365: Warning: Jump Shots Are Harder Than They Appear

And that photo I’d been shooting prior to this? Here it is, although I’m not completely finished with it yet:

Mr. Blue Sky, Meet Ms. Yellow Flower

Bonus! Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky:

The Making of #125

Monday, October 1st, 2007

I don’t have a good story for this one. Just that I got a new jacket, it matches my eyes, and I couldn’t get a photo that showed that :)

But it does kind of put in mind of this song:

#125 of 365: Prepared for Anything!