tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15269442907540046702024-03-13T09:29:50.618-07:00October 2013 - 31 Day Photo ChallengeBarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-67872087339132759292013-11-07T16:58:00.002-08:002013-11-07T16:58:36.172-08:00Contest Entry: "Bright Drops"My first photography trophy! I got 3rd place with this photo out of the entries from the 10 people who made it through the 31-day challenge and entered the final competition. Woohoo!<br />
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BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-40112473071013521532013-10-31T22:54:00.004-07:002013-10-31T22:54:54.700-07:00Final: "Collage:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-81611961531685615002013-10-31T22:38:00.001-07:002013-10-31T22:38:38.740-07:00Day 31: "Spooky"Last day.... congrats to all!<br />
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I started by emulating the Phantom of the Opera album cover, but I didn't have a rose, and the little pumpkin I was using instead didn't work out. Instead, I turned it into a nice holiday greeting. :) I wanted to use Chiller font, but that wasn't available. I have no idea how to make the text different, so it will just stay bright and cheery. <br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-27588912454604508422013-10-30T19:59:00.001-07:002013-10-30T20:05:40.649-07:00Day 30: "Colorful Caterpillars"I am loving these colors! :)<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-35491021623207818742013-10-29T22:16:00.003-07:002013-10-29T22:19:48.403-07:00Day 29: "Harvest Season"I had fun with the frame. Too much fun! I was a little bit late posting because of it. :P I made the background from the pumpkin in the picture.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-55837617213754511122013-10-28T17:15:00.002-07:002013-10-28T17:18:34.310-07:00Day 28: "Me want cookie!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-36288280794495549952013-10-27T17:42:00.000-07:002013-10-27T21:14:44.322-07:00Day 27: "My Town"It's landscapes day! <br />
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This is a view of downtown from outside the city. It was an extremely clear day, and the sky was not very blue. I like the nice autumn colors, and the way the same colors are in the buildings. The pointy-top building is the one in the view from my office window.<br />
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Looking in another direction, we see the hills in the distance and the main water tower. <br />
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Headed back toward downtown, we see this pastoral scene. :)<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-67197302221636600732013-10-26T21:35:00.000-07:002013-10-27T14:49:19.875-07:00Day 26: "A Starry, Cloudy Night in the Neighborhood"I tried again to capture the stars, but it was just too cloudy and bright out. I needed to pack up and go out in the country, but I find it creepy to be out there by myself, so my neighborhood will have to do. I was trying to get the right exposure, but it came out way overexposed. I'm still amazed that it can come out looking like the brightest daylight when I can barely see where I'm walking and or where I was aiming the camera. My old camera could not do that. This was taken close to midnight, after all! I'm also amazed at how many stars I could pick up on such a cloudy night. I'm going to have to try this again when it's clear. <br />
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So... not the most exciting composition, but it was good night practice.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-25462248392048822072013-10-25T21:57:00.002-07:002013-10-27T21:34:40.009-07:00Day 25: "Yo!"I needed a photo for work so figured this was a good time to try shooting a portrait without the lights flashing. I had to use the modeling lamps, a longer shutter speed, and bumped up the exposure in post. Worked out fairly well! I would have moved the lights a little more, but ran out of time. Still, it's as good as anything I've had done in a cheap studio, so I'm very happy. :)<br />
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I forgot to adjust the colors the first time around. I went back and lightened up the reds, which had the effect of removing a lot of the shadow on the right side of the photo. My face maybe got a little bit pasty, but overall, I think it's an improvement. The original is the little one.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-80988072819577264482013-10-24T21:29:00.000-07:002013-10-27T21:30:21.547-07:00Day 24: "Nora Belle's Drop Cakes"When I got married, my grandmother gave me some old family cookie recipes. I never tried them because they're too vague, but I like to think of these ladies baking in their old wood stoves, and everyone gathering around to eat a freshly-baked treat.<br />
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Here's what the recipe card says, typed on my grandmother's manual typewriter:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #351c75;">DROP CAKES - Nora Belle Kernahan Turner's recipe, probably gotten from a friend - or Aunt Gayle</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #351c75;">1/2 c. milk</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: #351c75;">2 t. baking powder (It woul be 1 t. now, I suppose.)</span></span></span><br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-62011664095126115752013-10-23T21:57:00.001-07:002013-10-23T21:59:33.259-07:00Day 23: "Girl with Bonnet"I took a photo and thought the lighting was wrong, so I adjusted it. Over and over and over. I finally got what I thought was right, but it turned out my favorite was the first one, but the focus was off. So then I tried another zillion shots trying to get the light back to the way it was in the first shot. I never quite managed to do that. Out of time! And now I wish I had gotten more creative with the camera, maybe shot from lower down looking her in the eyes. Either that, or put something in the photo for her to be looking at, like a little dog. :)<br />
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That said, this is probably my favorite piece of pottery. I've never tried planting anything in the basket.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-17945134503753830452013-10-22T17:39:00.000-07:002013-10-22T17:42:55.864-07:00Day 22: "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!"After parking my car at work this morning, I happened to glance east and saw this beautiful morning sky. Too bad the parking garage and those other building things are in there, and that I had to crop so much after correcting the perspective, and that all I had with me was my cell phone.<br />
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While I'm at it, too bad this wasn't at some sandy beach with waves lapping at the shore and terns running to and fro snatching up yummy seafood tidbits dropped by the receding waters, while a young couple strolls along the water's edge hand-in-hand with their laughing, wild-haired little girl, who wants nothing more than to chase her yellow lab puppy as he splashes, barking, into the waves.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-741380751166813222013-10-21T21:16:00.000-07:002013-10-21T21:16:15.512-07:00Day 21: "Bright and Sticky"Today I had fun with sticky notes. :) Sticky notes are inherently fun!<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-29723925914854829732013-10-19T22:46:00.002-07:002013-10-20T11:55:04.733-07:00Day 20: "Past Their Prime"This was intended to be low key, but it may just be a fruit picture.<br />
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I think I need to make some banana nut bread.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-28636258244882707302013-10-19T17:48:00.000-07:002013-10-19T17:48:25.574-07:00Day 19: "The Shed"I went out to photograph and old sandstone building today, but then I saw this shed to the right of it. The leaves around it were too bright and crisp, so I took this as an opportunity to play with textures, and used water paper. I created the background from the surface of the shed. I liked my original background better, but PSE crashed on me, and I had to do it all over again. :P<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-42249424291973984182013-10-18T20:24:00.002-07:002013-10-18T20:52:39.990-07:00Day 18: "Fire Bull"We're supposed to have our first freeze of the winter tonight. To celebrate, I lit a fake log in the fire. That made me think of trying my hand at photographing fire. After 60-some photos, I'm still clueless!<br />
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This one made me laugh, because it looks like a bull to me, which makes me think of the fantastic <a href="http://regoch-31days-oct2013.blogspot.com/2013/10/firewolf-i-was-sure-today-is-going-to.html#comment-form">"FIREWOLF" by Regoch</a>. If you haven't seen it, go look! While you're at it, check out his entire collection. Wow! <br />
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Other pictures from my fake-log fire-foto session. I like the curlicue in the left photo. In the right one, I see someone doing crunches with their legs in the air, feet crossed. Come on, you see it too... hands behind the head, pointy elbows sticking up?</div>
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-87872432034003718342013-10-17T19:43:00.000-07:002013-10-17T19:43:17.496-07:00Day 17: "Moon-a-Rama"I found out I'm going to need a stronger lens to get a good moon photo, so I amused myself by playing with the clone stamp.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-9636419286850447422013-10-16T20:25:00.000-07:002013-10-16T20:26:14.943-07:00Day 16: "View From the Window at Work"Every day at work I take photos out the window with my cell phone as a backup in case I don't do a real photo. Well, today is the day I'm going with the backup plan.<br />
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This was taken through a dirty window at work with my cell phone, which was tilted and picked up reflections of the overhead lights and totally distorted the picture. I fixed (yes, and overfixed...) as much as I could, but it's still wrong in so many ways -- like the curved building. LOL! It would have been easier to do a studio shoot.<br />
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Oklahoma has the prettiest skies! It can change completely in just a few minutes, too. <br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-32657271740637180052013-10-15T19:08:00.000-07:002013-10-15T19:08:32.940-07:00Day 15: "The Fat Lady Sings"I was trying for low key today, but I'm going to have to find my Spyder and recalibrate my monitors before I can get this right. One monitor shows almost nothing but the microphone head. The other shows the whole thing like muted daylight. I have no idea what it really looks like!<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-55105570449497705842013-10-14T16:18:00.002-07:002013-10-21T21:36:03.702-07:00Day 14: "Let's Make Circles!"Today I tried my hand at high key with this picture of a compass. This is almost exactly as it came out of the camera. When I tried cropping it to thirds, it didn't look so good. I'm thinking that might be due to the placement of the diagonal?<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-57569371001334736752013-10-13T21:41:00.000-07:002013-10-13T23:33:26.096-07:00Day 13: "Wustums"This is my dog, Rusty. I got him from a rescue when he was about a year old, almost 10 years ago. He's some sort of terrier mix, probably in the Australian, Cairn, Silkie, Yorkie range. Whatever.... he's cute and cuddly! :) One ear is shorter than the other. He must have gotten in a fight when he was out on the streets before I got him. <br />
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This is the first time I've tried to do an actual portrait of him with lights, backdrop, etc. He did better than I expected, but couldn't keep his tail still. It's not perfect, but I'm very happy with the results.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-76190964434386150982013-10-12T13:26:00.002-07:002013-10-21T21:41:30.372-07:00Day 12: "Preening"I took a zillion shots of runners and water buffalo today, but decided to go with this shot of an ostrich preening. More photos below. <br />
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....and an alternate. This ostrich was really interested in what I was doing.<br />
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Now I'm on a roll. Here's a water buffalo foaming at the mouth. He was pretty far away, so I had to go with full zoom and crop like crazy. He was very suspicious of me.<br />
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Okay, folks, this is the last one. My primary purpose today was volunteering at a race. I found that it's really, really hard to photograph runners! (No, I don't know them....) I love the attentiveness of the spectators. ;)<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-6708131644374125932013-10-11T18:57:00.002-07:002013-10-11T19:12:21.239-07:00Day 11: "Trapped in Vinegar"I had quite a time trying to get the lighting right on this glad, and also to get the contents in focus. I came close on both, but no cigar. It's quite colorful, though! <br />
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BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-15081304811746815382013-10-10T19:11:00.001-07:002013-10-11T19:22:15.397-07:00Day 10: "A Rose By Any Other Name..."Today I took a picture of my bug-eaten mini-rose. I played with softening, blur, and color adjustment, and cropped out the bugs. I think it looks much better now than in real life.<br />
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<br />BarbaraMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091036214140158573noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526944290754004670.post-17885554796063595492013-10-09T22:16:00.000-07:002013-10-13T22:37:43.878-07:00Day 9: "Dryden"This looked perfectly well-balanced while I was editing it, but now that it's posted, it looks like it needs to oonch a little bit to the left. Oh well. Maybe someday I'll fix that. As long as I don't look at it, it won't bother me! <br />
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http://www.hotsprings.org/places/dryden-pottery-factory/ <br />
http://www.drydenpottery.com/<br />
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