Date: Friday, December 31, 2010
Day 365 - Deep In December
Today is the last day of my 365 Project. It was fun at times, frustrating at times, as well as downright disappointing at times. Tonight ended up being a disappointment, since my last daily photo entry, although "nice," doesn't really convey a WOW factor.
I ended up shooting some photos after dark, focusing on the Christmas lights of a house on the next block over, so I was zoomed in quite a ways. I liked this shot, because of the plentiful snow visible in the shot, surrounding the lights.
I'll probably start a 52 Weeks Project, instead of continuing my 365 Daily Photo Project, simply because it will give me a little more time to get in my photography time, so can try to shoot better photographs.
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Posted On: Friday, December 31, 2010 @ 9:31 PM
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Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Day 364 - It's Full Of Stars!
It snowed today and is still snowing, plus it is freezing cold! Yay! It is currently 1°F! Winter weather and snow came a few days late for Christmas, but I am still in a "Christmasy" mood, so I thought one more Christmas tree lights photo.
Today, I found the adapter ring for my lens hood today, so I pulled out the star filters for my 35mm film camera and played around with those a little bit.
This is the first time I have attempted to use filters at all, so even though this photo has many flaws, I liked it enough to be my daily photo entry. I had been meaning to shoot a lot of decoration photos with this filter on, but like most of my other plans, that idea went astray when I couldn't find that adapter ring.
Tomorrow will be my last daily photo entry. 365 days will have gone by, so I am finding myself wondering what I should do for my daily photo. Hopefully, the weather will clear as I think I'd like to shoot a snow photo or two. Maybe a self-portrait, I don't know yet. I'll try to devote a little bit of time to this last shot, just to try to shut out this project with a decent photo.
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Posted On: Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 10:08 PM
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Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Day 363 - High Speed, Low Drag
I wasn't planning on posting a second Speedy The Rabbit, photo in two days, but I couldn't resist this interesting shot of the little guy when we were playing cat and mouse out in the yard. I shot a lot of good photos of Speedy today, but I liked this one the best, as the high resolution version of this photo makes him look about 5 feet long, while maintaining a low center of gravity.
Actually, for today's daily entry, I had all but settled on another self-portrait reflection in a Christmas Ornament again, only with a little clearer image of me. But after seeing this shot of Speedy, I decided on making him my daily entry once again.There are only a couple of days left in this 365 Project, and I am considering starting a 52 Weeks project so I can maybe take a little more time with my photography, expanding my subject matter a little more in the process.
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Posted On: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 6:08 PM
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Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Day 362 - Searching For Green
Thankfully, I went outside earlier today and shot some nice photos of Speedy, as I am not going to get out this evening to photograph more of the town's Christmas lights like I had planned for this evening.
Speedy was rooting through the lawn, looking for any green shoots of grass still available for him to eat, so he let me get fairly close to him while he was busy foraging for food.
I started feeling ill earlier and I'm not getting any better so I am going to call it a day after I post my daily photo. I expected the bone pains to cause me problems, but the fevers that are along for the ride, really seem to take the starch out of me.
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Posted On: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 7:06 PM
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Date: Monday, December 27, 2010
Day 361 - The Light Herd
Well, I actually found myself with a decent night photograph of Christmas decorations. The neighbor up the street decorated just a week or so ago and tonight I made it outside for a few minutes and shot some photos of their decorations, which included a Christmas tree and a small herd of lighted reindeer, with a nice layer of snow covering the ground around the decorations.
I think this shot turned out very nice, but my camera now has a difficult time focusing, especially at night and with no manual focus available on this little camera, it is the luck of the draw whether a shot is focused during these night shots. The one issue that was difficult to work around was getting the shutter speed fast enough to freeze the shot, as a couple of the reindeer heads are animated.
I do have access to another Point and Shoot camera of similar manufacture, so I might try shooting another set of photos of these decorations tomorrow to see how it performs on shots like this one.
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Posted On: Monday, December 27, 2010 @ 10:05 PM
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Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Day 360 - The Fire Still Burns
The Christmas Fire still burns. Today was the first day I have felt that I wasn't being rushed, since at least the beginning of December.
I actually spent some time listening to Christmas tunes tonight, and just kind of leisurely went about the day, without running to and fro, pulling my hair out.
Today's daily entry was shot at about 6AM this morning, while sitting by this super hot, roaring fire, gazing at the Christmas lights, watching a Christmas show on TV and snacking on a piece of Million Dollar fudge or two.
I think this was probably the hottest fire I've experienced in a long time and I was afraid it was going to damage my camera, even while it was three feet away from the flames.
Although I am disappointed that I didn't spend any time running around town, shooting the Christmas lights, this holiday was fairly nice.
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Posted On: Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 9:56 PM
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Date: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Day 359 - Christmas Frosting
While on a trip to pick up a Christmas Dinner guest, I ran into a serious fog bank and on the return trip, the views were spectacular, which included the same fog bank, lit up by the morning sun.
I wish I'd have had more time to stop and photograph the rime ice coating the trees, etc., but time was short today.
I did manage to make a quick stop at the Boysen Reservoir Causeway on the return trip and photographed one of the nearby trees, as well as a panoramic shot of the stand of trees at the information center.
I think one of my New Year's resolutions is to slow down, take some time and photograph things from a slower perspective, instead of always rushing through my photography. I think that is one of the reasons why my shots are not better than they are.
One more day down. Less than a week left in this 365 Project.
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Posted On: Saturday, December 25, 2010 @ 5:46 PM
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Date: Friday, December 24, 2010
Day 358 - Reflections On Christmas Eve
A wicked fever and slight illness has tempered my evening a bit. Other than that, I had a busy evening, so I didn't get to shoot my daily photo entry, until after 10pm.
I have many memories connected with Christmas Eve, but those are memories that I won't share with the entire world, so I am just going to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas Eve. This shot was a bit of a metaphor, reflections of Christmas in Christmas ornaments. The only part of this photograph that I wish I could have spent time working on, is the reflection of the vaulted beam ceilings, as I think they detract from the shot.
I have to be on the road at 5AM tomorrow, for a quick trip out and back to bring a guest home for Christmas dinner, so perhaps I'll drag my trusty camera along and maybe I'll get to see a red-nosed antelope or something along the highway that I can stop and photograph.
Merry Christmas to Everyone!
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Posted On: Friday, December 24, 2010 @ 11:41 PM
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Date: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Day 357 - Snoopy Of Christmas Past
Tonight I spent a bit of time going through boxes of decorations and ornaments hanging select decorations. While doing this, I came upon my very special homemade Snoopy ornament given to me many, many years ago by one of my best childhood friends. I still remember when this ornament was given to me, as it was during the last day of school before Christmas break, probably 35+ years ago now. My friend moved not long after that and I only saw her one or two times. I think the last time I saw her was during high-school graduation. It is hard to believe so many Christmases have gone by since then.
Snoopy is still a favorite of mine after all these years and this special memory takes its place on the tree again this year.
Another day is in the can (or copied to the digital media to be more precise) for my 365 Project. Eight Days left, before this project is complete.
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Posted On: Thursday, December 23, 2010 @ 10:42 PM
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Date: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Day 356 - Beardless Santa
So, I got back on my self-portrait kick tonight. I didn't have much time left tonight to shoot my daily photo tonight and things got busy around here, so I put a small present in the branches of the tree, in the midst of lights and ornaments. Then I set my camera on a tripod, focusing on a golden ornament as well as that small present next to it and stuck my face in the shot for the exposure. The focus was just a little bit off on this photo, as I had my face a bit too far away from the ornament during the exposure, but I liked this shot enough to make it my daily entry.
I just happened to be wearing a Santa hat that I found in a nearby box, so I put it on while shooting photos next to the tree and thought I resembled a beardless Santa in this particular photo, so I had my photo title all ready to go.
I plan on shooting another self-portrait or two by the tree, including some ornament reflections and I have a higher quality Santa hat that I normally wear at this time of the year, so I'll be donning it for any future self-portraits.
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Posted On: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 @ 10:48 PM
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Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Day 355 - Last Minute Gift
I have been trying to get caught up doing Christmas stuff, so I am very late on getting my daily photo shot, let alone posted. I ended up throwing my camera under the tree shooting a macro of a bow on a present.
My photography plans are totally being thrown out the window this week, due to a multitude of reasons, but it is what it is...
Tempus fugit... One more day down, with just ten days left in this 365 Project.
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Posted On: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 @ 11:11 PM
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Date: Monday, December 20, 2010
Day 354 - No, You May Not Have My Lucky Rabbit's Foot!
Titled: Day 354/365 - No, You May Not Have My Lucky Rabbit's Foot!
Date: December 20, 2010
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Speedy, the rabbit found a dry spot underneath the honeysuckle bushes this afternoon, resting for a spell beneath them. I think his foot was cold, because he had it lifted off the ground, in an almost contorted position. It was almost like Speedy was looking at me, saying; No, you can't have my lucky rabbit's foot!
I am feeling a bit better today, so I ended up catching up on some work for a client's site I've needed to get done. I am thinking tomorrow evening, I'll try photographing some holiday decoration photos from around town. I'll probably take the truck out, and throw my tripod in the back, in case I want to get out and shoot a few panoramic shots of the lights. I'll feel more comfortable shutting the truck off with the lights on, as the battery in it seems to be a lot stronger than the battery in the Cadillac.
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Posted On: Monday, December 20, 2010 @ 9:33 PM
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Date: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Day 353 - Bow And Bells
Another poor day for me, as well as my photography.
Today's daily is a three panel vertical panorama of the large red bow and bells that adorns the Christmas tree just under the tree topper.
Although I am disappointed with my photography for the past few days, I have to admit that I am feeling somewhat relieved that I am nearing the end of this 365 Project.
I've been putting off a lot of other real-world projects to make sure my 365 Project is done and I know it will free up my time to do those things. On top of my to-do list is to shut down this workstation for a few days and reformat the main drive, painstakingly reinstalling all the software I've accumulated over the years, and then I am going to try to stay away from it as much as possible.
Perhaps I'll do a 52 Weeks project, but a daily entry won't be in my cards for next year. I just don't feel the quality was there in many of my daily photographs and I don't want to blame my low-end camera, etc. I think it is more of a matter of me feeling rushed for time and subsequently I ended up shooting less-than-interesting photo subjects .
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Posted On: Sunday, December 19, 2010 @ 9:38 PM
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Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010
Day 352 - Crystal Star
I am still trying to get back on my feet, literally, but I finally got some meager Christmas decorations put up, so at least I got that done before the holiday was over. :-)
For today's daily entry, I decided on yet another macro photo of Christmas decorations, as it is too cold to even think about going outside to shoot others' lighting displays.
The choice for today's macro was the light on a star decoration used as tree topper, with an interesting focus on the crystal-like light surrounds.
Maybe tomorrow I'll be well enough to get out and shoot some photos of lighting displays around town. I hope so, because my opportunity to do so is diminishing daily. If not, then I might try a self-portrait reflection in a globe ornament.
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Posted On: Saturday, December 18, 2010 @ 8:38 PM
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