Photo of the Day-Day 59

Storm 2010

I took this one day during a break from the first major storm of the year. It was crazy. I was mainly fascinated with the reflection of the tree branches in the large puddle of water.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/250

Aperture: f4.5

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:36 am-1/19/10
Posted: 2/28/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 58

California January

I took this in January. It was an early morning and I had just dropped CraigiePoo off at her doctor's appointment. It was cold as it wanted to be outside and yet this tree was still full of life and color.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/125

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 8:51 am-1/14/10
Posted: 2/27/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 57

My current favorite pen

I use this pen at work everyday. I love this pen. It writes so smoothly. I'm weird like that.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/20

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/12/10
Posted: 2/26/10

Photo of the Day-Day 56

Plantation Shadows

I finally upgraded my cellphone last week to the Blackberry Curve 8330. I'm fancy like that. I've wanted this phone almost a year now. I'm still learning how to maneuver around all the bells and whistles of the device. I snapped this photo at the plantation with the 2 megapixel camera phone. It doesn't look as bad as I thought.

Specifications:

Exposure: N/A

Aperture: N/A

Focal Length: N/A
ISO: N/A
Camera: Blackberry Curve 8330, 2 Mega Pixels

Lens: N/A
Date & Time: 3:30PM-2/25/10
Posted: 2/25/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 55

Orange

Another picture in what is turning into a random flowers on the street series. I thought this flower was really funky looking.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/250

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 160
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:53 am-1/6/10
Posted: 2/24/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 54

Another Random Flower

Nothing special today, just another random flower. Once again, don't know what kind of flower this is.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/400

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:42 am-/1/10
Posted: 2/23/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 53

Sidewalk Tree Arch

I liked the way this tree/bush/leaves formed an arched right there in the middle of the sidewalk. It was interesting framing. Not sure if it's legal to allow your shrubbery to grow all willy nilly free, but whoever is responsible for this sure has.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 10:13 am-1/14/10
Posted: 2/22/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 52

Who doesn't want a piece of a car on their fence?

I took this last month while on break at the plantation. I'm guessing somebody thought this was a neat look for their fence. It's different. It's Berkeley.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/800

Aperture: f4.0

Focal Length: 41 mm
ISO: 160
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:49 am-1/6/10
Posted: 2/21/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 51

Pandora

Once again, I don't know what type of flowers these are. I do know that in reality they were a light purple. I was playing around with the colors in Lightroom 2 and ended up turning from light purple to this blue color. Am I the only person thinking "Avatar," right about now?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f5.6

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 11:43 am-2/1/10
Posted: 2/20/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 50

Edamame drizzled with Soy Sauce

I love edamame. I can eat these like candy. So delicious. This lunch was courtesy of CraigiePoo.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/30

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D

Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 1:49 pm-2/15/10
Posted: 2/15/10

Photo of the Day-Day 49

I was sitting at my cubicle, making an effort to look busy, when I noticed the reflection of my water in the darkened face of my Ipod.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/30

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 1:51 pm-2/18/10
Posted: 2/18/10

Photo of the Day-Day 48

Fog City

It was really foggy when I left for work this morning. I opened the sunroof and took this while waiting for the light to change.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/20

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 7:02 am-2/17/10
Posted: 2/17/10

Photo of the Day-Day 47

Old Cellphone

There's no story behind this photo other than I was sitting at my desk, avoiding homework, when I took the picture.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 9:38 pm-2/11/10
Posted: 2/16/10

Photo of the Day-Day 46

Dirty Daisy

Ok, for all I know this isn't a daisy. I'm not sure what kind of flower this is actually. I just thought it was pretty. I had almost forgotten that I owned a point and shoot camera. I've been lugging my DSLR around all these weeks. I took this with my 3 year old Sony Cybershot. I played with the color just a teeny tiny bit in Lightroom. I wish I could have figured out how to get rid of the dirt on the flower. It's buggin' me.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/320

Aperture: f2.8

Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony DSC-W50

Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 11:49 am-2/12/10
Posted: 2/15/10

Photo of the Day-Day 45

Rainy Day Red Velvet Cupcakes

I took this photo last month. CraigiePoo and I were on Fourth Street and the cupcake van was there. Cupcakes were bought. Cupcakes were eaten. All was right with the world.


Specifications:

Exposure: 1/15

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 1:06 pm-1/24/10
Posted: 2/14/10

Photo of the Day-Day 44

Roots

I took this photo last month while CraigiePoo and I were out looking at apartment. We passed on the apartment (the electricity was 5000 years old in the place), but I couldn't pass on this tree. I thought the roots were kinda creepy looking. Like something out of a horror movie.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/13

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 11:48 am-1/24/10
Posted: 2/13/10

Photo of the Day-Day 43

Cherry Blossom

I want to call these flowers cherry blossoms. I'm pretty sure that's what they are. They're blooming outside the plantation and falling on the ground.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/40

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO: 250
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 3:10 pm-2/12/10
Posted: 2/12/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 42

This building is a few doors down from my apartment building. I think it's a halfway, rehab type of building. I never see it from this point of few because I'm always in my car when ever I go past it. This day I was actually walking around in my neighborhood and really liked the pointy thing at the top.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/1000

Aperture: f6.3

Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO:400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Date & Time: 4:23 pm-2/11/10
Posted: 2/11/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 41

Rejected Candy

More flash work today. I'm not happy with this photo. I could not get rid of the shadow and the lighting was just icky today. This is what you get when you incorporate common household lights into your photography.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/80 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 112mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 7:39 pm
Date: 2/10/10
Posted: 2/10/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 40

Christmas Candy

Today I decided to not be afraid of using an external flash and hooked it up to my camera. The few times I've used the built in flash on my Canon 50D the pictures come out looking crazy and washed out. I've been reading a lot of photo sites lately about techniques for using an external flash and decided to bite the bullet.

Voila!

Christmas candy is still edible two months later, right?

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/6.3
Focal Length: 135mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 5:24pm
Date: 2/9/10
Posted: 2/9/10

Photo of the Day-Day 39

Courtyard Water Fountain

This water fountain actually has a rusty and peeling brownish orange color. I got a little hue happy in Lightroom. I'm not sure how I feel about the overall photo. I couldn't figure out how to get the pinkish color out of the background.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 135mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 4:24pm
Date: 2/8/10
Posted: 2/8/10

Photo of the Day-Day 38

Weekend potatoes and french toast

Breakfast courtesy of CraigiePoo. I don't know what she does to these potatoes, but they are delicious.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/4.5
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 10:51 am
Date: 2/7/10
Posted: 2/7/10

Photo of the Day-Day 37

CraigiePoo aka Christina

So the Mrs. took her first burlesque dance class today. She was showing me one of the moves she learned in class. There was a chair involved. It was hot. That's all I'm going to say about that. I love how the light from the window fell on her face. She liked this photo better in B & W than in color so here it is B & W.

Isn't she gorgeous.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/13 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 95mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 3:42 pm
Date: 2/6/10
Posted: 2/6/10

Photo of the Day-Day 36

Another random photo. I shot this while waiting in my car for my hair appointment. I was trying to take a photo of myself, but ended up with more of the scenery outside the car. I don't know why I like this one, but I do. I think I'm liking how the camera not only caught the reflection of the cars on the street in the mirror, but also the part of the white car that was not in the mirror but actually in front of me.

It was an overcast day (rain's ah-comin' soon) so I tweaked with the color again to make the green pop a little more than the reality.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 53mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 4:27 pm
Date: 2/5/10
Posted: 2/5/10

Photo of the Day-Day 35

Just a random photo today. My two external backup hard drives. I shoot photos in the largest JPEG format possible for my camera so the files tend to be quite large and take up a lot of room on my computer. I've had to take the photos off my computer and store them on these guys.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 47 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 8:45 pm
Date: 2/4/10
Posted: 2/4/10

Photo of the Day-Day 34

Christina

I was surfing around a photography blog today and one of the participants was lamenting over an assigned photo project for her class. She had to take a photo of a loved one, but the loved one couldn't be in the photo. I decided to borrow the idea. This is just one of many things that remind me of my wife, CraigiePoo aka Christina.

I was having issues with the color. The jewelry is really shiny and was reflecting the color of other items sitting on the table. A quick click of a button or two in Adobe Lightroom 2 and the photo went from color to B&W.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 127 mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 8:46 pm
Date: 2/3/10
Posted: 2/3/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 33

Sunset

I took this on campus. The sun was setting and casting strange glows. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I think I may have gone a little to far with the tweaking in Adobe Lightroom 2. In person the sky was more red, but somehow in the 5 minutes it took me to get up all the damn stairs to get this photo the light had moved (actually I blame the trees) and I just couldn't capture any of the red-pinkish hue. All I got was a flat grayish-blue sky. I did snap a few photos while I was on the ground, but didn't really care for them. One day I'll figure out how to get the trees to show more green.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/8 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 33mm
ISO: 640
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 5:39pm
Date: 2/2/10
Posted: 2/2/10

Photo of the Day-Day 32

Scar

This tree has this funky scar running about arm's length down it's trunk. I thought it was kind of cool and a little gross. The original photo came about grayish. It was an overcast day and this side of the street is hidden from the sun by the building not shown. I tweaked with color a little in Adobe Lightroom 2 to give it more brownish hue.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
Focal Length: 47mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6
Time: 11:42am
Date: 2/1/10
Posted: 2/1/10