Another pic from that night.

Another pic I took forever and a day ago. I had dismissed most of these pics as crap, but now that I'm playing with them some more I see a little something in them.

playing with an old pic.

I took this w/ my little cool pics camera back in december, I had been drinking, and felt like taking some pictures. This is what I've turned that pic into. I think it kind or reflects the monkey house, in so many ways.

Hey, You!

"Put that stupid black box down, and take care of the important things."

camera settings make a difference.

For better or for worse, the settings you choose do make a difference. I'm not even sure what I did here, but I think this ended up pretty cool. There is no photoshop work on this pic. I color corrected, and auto contrasted in Picasa2, that's it. Oh, and a slight crop.

Now I just have to figure out how to put my camera back the way it was.

Couple of slow photo days

Hmm... Here are a couple of attempts at trying to make what was a pretty boring photo entertaining. I think it came out alright.

One last photo

Looking at this pic makes me feel like a voyer, even though I was just standing across the street when I took it. I think it's the effect of having the tree so dark in the foreground.

Symentry?

I thought today was a slow picture day, but the ratio of pictures taken to good pictures is probably the best I've had. I don't really know why I like this picture. It's just the entrace to a church, but it just strikes me a pretty.

For Dad

This isn't really a very good pic, but Dad will like the car.

Another life photo

I love this pic. I think it captures the strength of life.

I think I like this version better

photoshoping attempt.

I'm not sure if this helps the pic or not, but I thought it was interesting at least.

Where's the Strength

Mother Nature always wins.

Where is your Focus

I spent alot of time today playing with using differant focus points for photos. I can't decide which of these pics I like better. One of them is focused on the liter, and the other on the life. I actually kind of like them side by side as a kind of life perspective thing. What do you want to focus on in your life?

interesting accident

I was walking around durring my lunch break today, just kind of pointing at stuff and shooting. I accidently got this shot. I've done some work to this shot, probably too much, but it's something I really need to look out for more often. The other thought on this subject is, that car is moving. I really had no time to set the shot up, but I could stand in a similar spot, and wait for something that would work to come along.

I also noticed that when certain semi trucks passed along 71 they would reflect light right down onto my smoking bench, distracting me from my book. I wonder if this could be used in a shot somehow.

time for a smoke

This is the shot of my coworker lighting a cig. I think you see what I mean about it not being very good.

1/15s
f4.5
focal length 40.0mm

I'm really starting to like the lighting in this parking lot, it creates really cool shadows, and the more I use it the more I like the backdrops that are availitble.