Project 365 day 23

I call this one "Neighbors Meeting by the Fence."  Over the 6 mos we've been living here, Spots has gotten  used to the dog next door. She quickly ran to him when the dog came outside, then stalked towards him.

Project 365 day 22

Here are some pictures I took yesterday morning. I couldn't quite get the effect that I wanted, but I'm not sure what I really wanted. Maybe I needed to wait for the sun to come up a little bit more (but I was walking the fine line between sun reflecting off snow and sun melting snow). Maybe I needed to get the macro lens to change the focus. I'm not sure I'll have the chance to do this again -- depends on the spring snow.

Project 365 day 21

Yesterday evening, it snowed. This morning, I wanted to try to take some backlit pictures of the snow on the bushes before it all melted. I didn't like the way they came out. Later, glanced over and noticed my cat sleeping in the sun. She looked so cool with the halo of light that I went to grab my camera. Just as I started to focus, she jumped up and I was quick enough to capture this picture of her. Not what I intended to post, but fun.

Project 365, day 20

The house we are renting has a great yard for chasing birds (but perfect for the birds to escape before they become a trophy). . . and our cat loves to hunt.

Project 365 - day 19

This past weekend, we were in Denver for a skating competition. When we finished eating lunch, I looked up to see a great image of the Rocky Mountains. I wish the photo did the mountains justice, but this was the best I could accomplish. I did blur the edges some to reduce the look of the shopping center.

And in black and white to see if that would change the depth of field. I think it made it harder to see where the mountains ended and the clouds began once you changed from color to black and white.

Project 365 - day 18

A couple of weeks ago, I bought new blades for my ice skates. I decided to see how my skates would photograph.


I liked this photo because it really show the shape of the blade.

With this photo, I was trying to get a better photo of the teeth (the teeth and the rocker are the real advantages of the blade)

And the same photo in black and white because I wanted to see if it changed the definition of the teeth.