It has been a very long time since I've posted photos of Jo-Jo. She is 2 1/2 and such a fun puppy. Yesterday, it was overcast and not fun to take photos outside. So I tried some different setting on the camera and took these photos of Jo-Jo. I put the camera on sport setting and took this with the natural light coming through the windows.
She was in my recliner and I was on the couch and it look tome like she was asking me if it was OK that she was in my chair.
She reminded me of my children when they were tittle and they couldn't go out to play because it was raining.
She looked so much like she wanted to tell me something. She is the most interesting dog I've ever owned. I have to be on watch as she wants to dominate me and everything in her way. We do have a battle of will but I do love her. ps I'm winning the war!
I'm feeling all patriotic today and in honor of the 4th of July in the US; I would like to see some photos in red, white & blue. The photos this week can be patriotic about your country or can have the colors of red, white & blue. Use your imagination and have some fun.
Photos must be taken during the run of this week's Photo Quest, by you and you can use any camera setting or any software to enhance your photos.
Another week of great entires, thanks to Realworld, Country by Design, Karen, Canp' Stephel and Yancunyong. Everyone had something different to post. There were the great photos of Yan's friends having fun, Karen's adorable little dog, Country's beautiful home and her property and Cap'n's viola. No two posts were alike.
Now for this week's winners. 1st place goes to Cap'n for her great pictures of her viola. What fun use of light. I have one of those headlamp thingies and I'm going to have to play around with it.
2nd place goes to Karen for her lovely portrait of Cho Cho. Karen you really nailed the ROT in this photo! You captured such a lovely pose of your dog looking over her shoulder and the nice angle of the pose really made this photo interesting. I took some photos of my dog yesterday and I can appreaciate how difficult this is!
3rd place goes to Realworld for the wonderful composite of the things he loves. Nice work on this composite!
This morning we had a lot of clouds on the mountains and they made for the most wonderful sunrise. I got this photo of the sunrise at about 5:30 am. This photo wasn't cropped and I was happier with the composition.
Then tonight a storm was coming over the mountain and the sun was shinning in spots on the mountain. I grabbed my camera and the tripod and headed down the hall. I was trying to arrange the camera around my neck and dropped the tripod. Crash, bang and down it went taking the glass on the end table with it. The glass broke and fell to the carpet. But that didn't stop this crazy old lady...off I went to capture the last minutes of sun on the mountains. Here are the photos I got.
I'm still not happy with my compositions. It seems that I get too excite over the subject matter and don't pay enough attention to the compositions of the picture. I had to crop these two photos to get the right balance. It just seems like I can't get it through my head to take my time and get the composition right! Maybe some day!
I typed up this post on Sunday morning and then my PC crashed and I lost it all so here goes again. I haven't posted in awhile been too busy again.
On the 20th I did a photo walk with a Val friend I met on Flickr. We have done photo walks twice before. Once to the hundred acres next to me, and the other time at Catalina State Park. Both time I really enjoyed taking photos with her. She is a retired teacher and love to take photos. I think she has a Nikon 40.
This time we took photos around her neighborhood. We got an early start around 6:30 am and took the streets and walking paths around her hood. Most of the photos I took weren't really that good but I did enjoy our walk and her company. Here is a link to her site on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/81022945@N00/
Last Saturday, another friend from Flickr came to visit. She brought her family to see the horses and cocca puff. We had a nice breakfast of a home made coffee cake that she brought and some donuts that hubby got at the store. Here is a link to her site on Flickr. We so enjoyed meeting Linda and her family, what great kids she has...Oh and her hubby is a doll! Here is a link to Linda's Flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsdinaz/. She lives near me so our photos of sunrises and sunsets are similar.
Last weekend I broke down and bought a used laptop and it was just what I wanted. Now tonight it is not charging. So I'll have to contact the seller and take it in for repair. I got it on Craigs list but it has a 30 day parts and labor guarantee. So one step forward and two back now.
My PC is just choaking on the huge files from my camera. I needed a faster processer and more ram. Oh well hope it can be fixed quickly.
I spend a lot of time on Sat. looking through the photos I've taken recently. I sure was disappointed in what I saw. My background weren't good, subjects too much in the center of the photo. So yesterday I took a few photos in the morning and I was more satisfied with the results.
I got a nice photo of a lizzard that I see all the time in my backyard. It was hot and muggy and I think this slowed the lizzard down a little as he didn't run away as I was getting closer to get my photos.
Here is a photo of a cute rabbit that I caught before he hopped away. We have cottentail rabbits all over our yard but they usually dont' stick around when we get close.
I took some photos of the quail and their babies but I didn't like any of them. Maybe next weekend I can get some good photos of the quail.
Hope you have a great week!
We did a Quest similar to this some time back. Here are the rules take a photo of something you really love or like a lot. Can be human, animal, vegetable or even an object. My grandfather said you can't love anything that doesn't have a neck...but there are things in our lives that we real like..love.. that don't have necks...ice cream, cameras, computers. The list is endless.
This photo can be a portrait, landscape, staged, natural...any light is OK. Natural, available, flash, table lamp, flashlights. Now when you decided on a subject for your photo, think about how you will take the photo so that the viewer will see the love or like you feel for your subject. If you can't manage to capture how your feel about your subject then take a photo of your subject doing something that makes you happy. Some examples could be a child at play, your hubby cooking dinner for you, your cat sleeping. So here a some web links to explore emotion in photography:
http://www.art-photograph-gallery.com/pictures-of-emotions.html
http://www.my-photo-video.com/capture-convey-emotion-in-photos-bw-black-white-monochrome/
here are some examples on istock http://www.istockphoto.com/file_search.php?text=emotions&action=file most are of people.
This week Quest is late so I've added a day to the deadline. Hope you have some fun with this quest.
Here are a few of my farvoite photos that I felt were very emotional.
Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing your photos for this Quest,
Here I am late again. I need to stop taking on so much so I can get the Photo Quest done on time. Note to self: "don't try to do so much." Now that I've spanked myself, let us get on with the quest.
We didn't have many entries this time...maybe you all are as busy as I am! Thanks go to Country By Design, yancunyong and Cap'n Stephel for your wonderful photos! Also thanks to Yan for the photo of your very cute little tripod. I want one!!!
I went back and forth this week between two photos for 1st place, the sunset from Cap'n and the wonderful twilight landscape by Country. I don't think I've ever done this before but 1st place is a tie this week. These two photos are great and both deserve to be in 1st place.
Second place goes to Yan for his great photos of night lights and his son. Thanks Yan for taking time out of your busy life to take a few photos and submit them to the Photo Quest.
Oh my this has been a squirrelly week here. Cap'n pushed me kicking and screaming to send my photos of the baby round tail squirrels to cuteoverload...well the rest is history and one of the photos of the baby squirrel in hubby's hand we have had 4, 300+ view on my Flickr photo set. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkirk/sets/72157605236760088/
Here are the latest photos of the little guys eating. We feed them formula from an eye dropper.
The little guys are doing very well and I'm so enjoying them.
Here is a fun quest for this week. Take a photo where you have set the camera shutter for 5 seconds. If your camera doesn't have a 5 second setting, then find the setting that has the longest shutter speed...probably a low or night photo setting.
Tripod is recommended but you can use a table, chair, bench or what ever is handy to brace your camera. You can get an good tripod for around $40.00 at walmart and check out the pawn shops. Raymond found a great on triopod at his local pawn shop. Another place to shop is Craigs List, I've got some nice lenses there. If you have a shutter delay setting, a remote shutter release or mirror up setting, try them out. With all these new setting consult your camera manual and make sure you understand how to use them correctly.
Try shooting scenes that have people or things that are moving. Then shoot one where everything is very still. Use the lowest ISO you can manage. If you have a polarizer filter use it to add darkness to the photo. Don't set the lens down too far use f8 to f11 for the best results.
Take photos of moving trains or cars at night. How about a kids soccer game, or a track event. Bees, butterflies, humming birds could be interesting subjects. Waterfalls, the ocean waves, a sunset, all great subjects for this quest.
What white balance will complement this picture? You might want to try a few different white balance setting.
Post as many pictures as you like, please tell us all the stuff you used...shutter speed, f stop, ISO, lens, tripod or no tripod.
I'm off to a jumping show on Saturday evening...I might be able to get some interesting photos there. Most of all have fun!
I must have scared a lot of the regular photo quest members away this week with this quest on white balance. Sorry didn't mean to have the quest be too hard. I hope you took the time to see the photos posted and how changing the white balance can really alter the look of the photos.
1st places this week goes to Country By Design for posting all the different setting with white balance for the lovely flowers and the plants.
2nd place goes to Yancunyong for the photos of the concert. I disagree with you Yan as I like the second photo the best. But I wasn't there was I?
Thanks goes out to our two participants this week for braving out this quest!
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