Day 290 – Taking a flying leap!

I visited the duck pond at lunch today. I happened to be close by when four ducks decided, one-by-one, to take a leap into the drink.

Day 287 – Quickie

I’ve been working all day on my photos from last weekend. I’ve just uploaded over 200 of them to SmugMug and am in processing of publishing them to the group’s Facebook page. I still have the reception photos to finish up, but the major part of the project is complete.

I managed to get in a little bit of shooting today too. Jezebel was not impressed with me disturbing her nap.

Day 286 – Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry

I haven’t stopped at the duck pond in a while, but I left work a bit early today. Much activity at the pond this afternoon.

Love this guy in flight!

Isn’t she lovely?

Geese in flight.

Day 277.5 – Just for fun

I’m practicing a lighting technique and Nina was nosing around underfoot. She wanted up in my lap. One thing led to another . . .

Trying to get my face properly lit while Nina scopes out the live view on my laptop..

She is quite the wiggler.

Me checking out the laptop. Nina squirming some more.

Me, trying to avoid “the tongue.”

She got me!

Smooch!

I love this little dog so much!

Day 266 – Not a great day

It started out pretty good. I’d been working on my Air Races photos a good part of the morning, but when I caught sight of the overcast skies I thought, “Great light for shooting outside and trying out my new 85mm lens!” So I headed out to the backyard, camera in hand, and stepped into a hold in the lawn (a hole dug long ago by our beloved, Daisy, which comes back to bite us on occasion). I twisted my ankle pretty badly and heard a crunch as I fell. While still on the ground I shot a couple of photos of Nina.

Yes, I realize what she’s doing, but Look At The Light! She looks spectacular!

Then I tried to walk it off and shot a couple of more.

Then I moved in on Buddy who was laying out on the deck, and for all his sweetness, couldn’t have cared less that Mom was in pain.

The only excitement I got out of him was when he heard Sweetie’s car pull into the driveway.

Then I tried icing my foot, but that wasn’t helping. In fact, the pain got worse, so off we headed to (the inappropriately named) Urgent Care. We had to go to Sparks as the x-ray tech in Fernley had called in sick. Lots and lots of waiting. Hours worth, in fact. No broken bones, just badly sprained.

They gave me an Air Cast, but it hurt more than it helped, so I took matters into my own hands.

Day 244 – Friday Night Drunk Shooting

Well, not drunk exactly. A tad tipsy. A bit more than a glass of wine in me and I headed out to the backyard with camera in hand. Nina was a whirling dervish – “Whee! It’s Friday! Mom’s in the backyard!”

So no luck there.

But Buddy…ah my boy! Such a handsome boy!

Hey, 2/3 down, 1/3 to go. Emilio, did I get my math right?

Day 242 – Yesterday was a bust

Busy – from before dawn until the time I went to bed. Didn’t even get to pull my camera from the bag. So, I have to pull something from another day.

I took this a couple of days ago . . . Nina farting around in the backyard, hoping to find a lizard under the roll of chicken wire.

And here is another one of the still life photos I shot the other night. I created shadow by holding a board above the light and using it to block light falling on the foreground. I like what the pepper is doing in the stem of the wine glass.

Day 237 – Fun with Photoshop: Smudge Stick Quickies

It’s been a full day and I didn’t get home until nearly 9 tonight. So I grabbed my camera and flash and snapped a few of the dogs. Though the originals shots were fine, I added a Smudge Stick filter to them in Photoshop, just for fun. It is subtle, but there is more pop and contrast.