Sunday, January 31, 2010

Pattern

My son, the artist, creates patterns--ice as his canvas and snowballs as his medium.

Camera info:
Focal length: 5.8mm
f/2.6
35mm equivalent: 37 mm
ISO: 80

Arc

My son found a twig with just the right arc to make his snowman happy!

Camera info:
Focal length: 5.8mm
f/7.1
35mm equivalent: 37mm
ISO:80

Chaos

CHAOS is defined by Flylady as Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome. Well, this is an example of the CHAOS in my house (this is next to my desk) and why, even though I'd love to have ya'll over for tea and brownies, I can't. Too much CHAOS!

Oh, yes, camera info.

Focal length: 5.8 mm
f/2.6
35mm equivalent: 37mm
ISO: 320

Last Minute Musings

So here I am--paying Procrastination's Piper--trying to catch up at the last minute. Well, tomorrow starts a new month--new beginnings. Will try to do what I can today--and do better next month.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Pink


Today had been mostly cloudy and overcast, so I wasn't expecting much for a sunset. We were out at Barren River, Ky and suddenly the sky was pink and getting pinker! It was beautiful!

Camera Info:

Focal length: 23.2 mm
f/5.5
35mm equivalent: 147 mm
ISO: 250

Texture

I found this lovely blackened, burnt log at the beach at Barren River, Ky this afternoon. I liked the pebbly texture from a distance, but up close I could see the grain of the wood as well.
Camera Info:
Picture 1: Focal length ll.8mm
f/3.5
35mm equivalent: 75 mm
ISO: 200

Picture 2: Focal length 5.8mm
f/2.6
35mm equivalent: 37 mm
ISO: 200

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Trio


This trio of House Sparrows was sitting on a low wall outside the National Archives.

I cropped a distracting piece of white pipe from the bottom of the picture (and some of the greenry at the top to make it more balanced and less top heavy) and increased the saturation a bit.

Focal length: 23.2mm; f/5.5; 35mm equivalent: 147mm; ISO 250.


Here's the original for comparison.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Looking Down


We took our 17 year-old son to Washington DC this week. On Thursday, we took the Metrorail subway to the National Zoo.  (A first time experience for my son and I--they don't have that sort of thing around here).  This escalator was very long (high?)--my husband held on to me from behind while I took my hands off the rail to take the picture.  Sorry I can't give all that helpful camera information--I just have a point and shoot Canon Powershot A560.  I do think I used the "Night Snapshot" setting since the light was so dim.

I just discovered that Picasa tells me all that camera info that people with real cameras are posting--so here goes:  Focal length: 5.8 mm; f/2.6; 35mm equivalent--37mm; ISO 250.