It’s like something from another world. I might Roundbottom-ize this one.
Posts Tagged ‘daily photo’
Daily Photo: Bronze “Statue”
Ahh, Boulder. This is where I first had a chance to break out the new camera and start working. I’ve seen a lot of street performers on Pearl Street Mall, but I had never seen one of those living statue folks until this weekend. Don’t you think she should have painted the frog bronze as well? It really bothers me that it’s green and plastic for some reason.
Will be utterly swamped with work for the rest of the week. Trying very hard to finish way too many freelance projects before starting the new job.
Daily Photo: Resting II
The new camera is performing satisfactorily. I’ve become obsessed with sharpness lately. The first round of pictures I took were overwhelmingly out of focus and it left me really confused. The camera has image stabilization, so it should take sharper pictures than before, yes? I think the new focusing system was to blame though. It has 11 focusing points instead of the old three point system and that takes some getting used to. I’m using my tripod pretty heavily now and it’s helping. Also, the two second delay timer. This thing just seems super sensitive to shake from pressing the shutter.
I really like how this dragonfly photo turned out, although I probably should have went portrait in the framing.
Bonus Photo: Long Exposure Heron
This is a 13 second exposure. The only bird I’ve ever chased that you can do a 13 second exposure of is the blue heron. The tipoff that this is a long exposure is the way the water becomes kind of weirdly silky. This is a crop–obviously, I wish the background wasn’t so much in focus, and that the bird was isolated, but it’s hard to take wildlife photography after dark with no flash.
Bonus Photo: The Moon Rises
I purchased a new camera today–the Olympus E-3. It should be a better camera than my old E-500 in every way, but I can tell that I am going to have to relearn many aspects of shooting. That should be fun. Here’s a heavily cropped shot of the moon for your weekend pleasure.
Daily Photo: 2008 4th of July
Now I like the fireworks because they’re celebratory. I got a job yesterday! Which means I am so buying a new camera.
Daily Photo: Rain of Light
Sometimes, it is the most technically bad photos that I end up loving the most. Case in point. This was taken during the finale, and I’m not sure what I did wrong, but it doesn’t look “right” as the rest of my fireworks photos do. But there was something ethereal and beautiful about it to me, as if it were raining streaks of light. But it stands out, and I like it, so that’s today’s photograph. The more traditional ones are to come later this week.
Bonus Photo: Starbursts
I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend. Eat, drink, be merry, and please, try not to blow off your hands with homemade fireworks.
Daily Photo: Anemone
I love the color of the sea anemones on the Oregon coast. What do you call that color? Me, I’m just going to call it sea anemone green. I guess it’s kind of a light jade? I care more about the names for colors now than I ever used to do.
Hmm. My conversion from scientist to artist is nearly complete. Instead of talking about the amazing biology of the anemone, I just spent a paragraph discussing the color.
Daily Photo: The Port
I apologize for the lateness of posting this. So here’s another HDR shot from the Newport fishing boat docks. I tried something a little different here, compositionally. I’m not sure that it worked. What do you think?
