Photo of the Day-Day 181

Pretty Red Earring

Last week CraigiePoo ordered us both these really gorgeous earrings from Peruvian Earring. They're really gorgeous. I wasn't please with any of the full body shots of the earrings. I took this one with my macro lens and I think I love it. There is something about the curl of the wire that I'm drawn to.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Date & Time: 5:49 pm- 6/30/10
Posted: 6/30/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 180

Monkey Business

On our first date, CraigiePoo and I went to an independent children's boutique store. They sold a bunch of kiddie items: clothes, books, etc. They also sold these little magnet, bendable animals. Apparently this wasn't the first time that CraigiePoo had been in the store. She was just adding to her collection.

I married her anyway.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Date & Time: 5:52 pm- 6/30/10
Posted: 6/30/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 179

Peachy Goodness

My mother used to make Peaches and Dumplings. It's basically peach cobbler, but with dumplings. Anyway, I got the craving for some last week and I mentioned it to CraigiePoo. In addition to making peaches and dumplings, we poured a little of the peach mixture on our pancakes. Delicious. What else can I say?

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 250
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date & Time: 10:42 am- 6/28/10
Posted: 6/28/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 178

Chickabob

The Mrs. cooked up some chicken kabobs for dinner today. As usual they were delicious. There were pineapples, mushrooms, onions (not a fan), and of course chicken. It was a delicious, lite, and healthy meal.

Specifications:

Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date & Time: 6:43 pm- 6/27/10
Posted: 6/27/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 177

Homemade Burgers

CraigiePoo pulled out the George Foreman grill this evening and whipped us up some delicious homemade burgers. She brushed some special barbecue sauce on the burgers while they were on the grill. Deliciousness increased 10 times over.

I'm spoiled.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 250
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date & Time: 6:43 pm- 6/26/10
Posted: 6/26/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 176

New Spice Rack

This is courtesy of my aunt as a wedding gift. It took almost a year to get. It was originally delivered to our old address and left on the front steps. The unsecured front steps. As far as we know, some hoodrat has got the original spice rack and is filling it up with their reefer and dope.

I said reefer. Haha!

Aren't reefer and dope the same thing? I don't know. That "Just Say No" got to me and I've never touched either.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date & Time: 5:25 pm- 6/24/10
Posted: 6/25/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 175

Random Used Earrings

I often many random things throughout my day. These earrings on the free bookshelf at the plantation are by far the most random of the randomness.

That is all.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/15
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 2:03 pm- 6/24/10
Posted: 6/25/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 174

Why would you need cotton swabs this long?

We had to go to the emergency this room this morning. CraigiePoo is in the middle of an multiple sclerosis flare up and it took her down today. After we left the ER, we went to see her primary nurse practitioner and I took this while we waited.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 2:46 pm- 6/23/10
Posted: 6/23/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 173

Cake drizzled with strawberry sauce and side of vanilla ice cream

More dessert from the best friend's dinner. This was CraigiePoo's dessert. It was pretty decent. I could go for some ice cream right about now.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/50
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 6:54 pm- 6/19/10
Posted: 6/22/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 172

Fish

We went to Home Depot last week because CraigiePoo needed some dirt for her garden. While she was looking at everything else except for dirt (why can't we ever go in for the one thing we're supposed to get) I hung around the fish pond and took this photo.

One day, when I'm richer, I will have my own Koi pond and it will be the envy of the neighborhood.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/13
Aperture: f/5.2
Focal Length: 18.9 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 12:36 pm- 6/12/10
Posted: 6/22/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 171

I really don't know what to call this

This is my best friend, Alexis', dessert from her birthday dinner at Fresh Choice. It's a combination of brownies, strawberry syrup topping, cookie crumbs, and some unnamed pudding that was being offered. I think there might even be a bit of whip cream in there.

My teeth hurt just at the thought of eating this.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 250
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 6:56 pm- 6/19/10
Posted: 6/20/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 170

Ooh, Healthy

CraigiePoo, Alexis, and I (or is it me?) went out to dinner to celebrate Alexis birthday. She chose Fresh Choice as her restaurant. Apparently I haven't been to Fresh Choice in a while. They didn't have edamame the last time I was there. It could have used a bit of seasoning, but it was still good.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/20
Aperture: f4.0
Focal Length: 5 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 6:15 pm- 6/19/10
Posted: 6/19/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 169

Looks Juicy Enough to Eat

I'm not sure what this is, but I do know it's not edible. It's one of the many flowers found near the plantation. This one seems to keep blooming and then dying. Bloom, die, bloom, die, bloom, die. It really needs to make up it's mind.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f4.0
Focal Length: 5 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 7:14 am- 6/18/10
Posted: 6/19/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 168

The Most Random Photograph Ever!

I'm not sure what is it about this photo, but there is something kinda...dirty about it. It's probably just the fact that I have a permanent dirty mind.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/160
Aperture: f5.0
Focal Length: 16.3 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 7:44 pm- 4/10/10
Posted: 6/17/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 167

Just a hint of purple

I took this early last month. I think I may have been leaving work and this was a flower in a bush near my car. I can't remember.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 4:04 pm- 5/19/10
Posted: 6/17/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 166

I like to gamble

I'm pretty sure I have mentioned my minor issue with peanuts.

I may be a teeny tiny itsby bitsy tad allergic to them.

Doesn't stop me from eating them.

I should stop pushing my luck.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/1000
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Date & Time: 5:48 pm- 6/15/10
Posted: 6/15/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 165

Blueberry Goodness

It may be expensive as hell to live in the Bay Area, but there is no other place I'd want to live. In addition to the openmindness (as long as you believe what we believe), the people, the history, there is the fresh fruit that we are blessed to have damn near all year round. I don't know how it happened, but I had managed to never eat a fresh blueberry until last year. I love them.

I took this with my macro lens. It was almost 5pm and I was sitting right next to the window. Our apartment gets western exposure, so between 4-8 the sun is blasting into the apartment. I didn't tweak the color or anything. I just played with the Shadow and Highlight buttons in Lightroom 2 to get this color. The berries were a bit ashy and dull in reality.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Date & Time: 4:22 pm- 6/14/10
Posted: 6/14/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 164

Mmm...creamy goodness lies within

I woke up yesterday morning craving a venti caramel frappuccino with whip. It's the perfect drink for when the heat is cranking up.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 100 mm f2.8 Macro
Date & Time: 4:22 pm- 6/12/10
Posted: 6/13/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 163

Minty Good

In case you haven't heard, it's officially summer here in the Bay Area. It's hot, windows are open 24 hours a day, and cold, delicious treats are out in full tempting folk. I even shaved my legs this morning in anticipation of having to wear a skirt to beat the heat. We went to the grocery store today and our cart was full of mainly things to drink and ice cream. These Safeway cups of ice cream were on sale for $.49. Score!

By the way, I did wear a skirt. I need to get more sun on my legs. For a black chick, my legs are pale as a ghost.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 85 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 7:30 pm- 6/12/10
Posted: 6/12/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 162

Mmm...icy cold

I could so go for one of these right about now. I think it's close to 90 degrees in the apartment. I guess summer has finally arrived. There's this Mexican restaurant around Lake Merritt that we like to grab some take out from on a regular basis. I don't know what is in this Coke, but it's so delicious and taste so much better than Coke in the can.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/500
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 35 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 28-135mm
Date & Time: 4:30 pm- 3/13/10
Posted: 6/11/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 161

Raindrop

I have to admit I've been real lazy with the photography ever since the school semester ended. Not having to do anything when I get home usually equals me sitting on the couch watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I took this one back in February. I didn't even know I had taken it until I decided to go through some of my older photos.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/320
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 4:04 pm- 2/26/10
Posted: 6/11/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 160

Shiny!

I finally went out and got myself a watch. I haven't worn one in about 2 years. The battery in my previous watch stopped working one day and I just never got it replaced. I've been wanting a big face watch for a long time now. They call this the "boyfriend" watch. It's got a masculine influence, but still girly. I think the cubic zirconia around the face is what prevents it from being a man's watch. I like it. CraigiePoo wants one now.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 125
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 12:29 pm- 6/6/10
Posted: 6/10/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 159

Spring is Still Holding On

Here's another photo taking on Memorial Day. I should know better than to take photos in the bright sun at high noon. I couldn't help it. These flowers are really pretty and bright.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/160
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 12:29 pm- 5/31/10
Posted: 6/8/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 158

Is that right?

My inner-child wanted to come home and have a couple of strong rum and cokes and stuff her face with greasy food. That's what my inner-child wanted to do today.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 5:08 pm- 6/6/10
Posted: 6/7/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 157

End of Spring

I purchased these flowers back in May sometime around Mother's Day. I'm pretty sure one could go all philosophical and interpret these dead flowers as representing the end of spring and the beginning of a new season. The circle of life. Blah blah blah.

I just interpret them as me being lazy and not getting off my ass to toss them out.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 5:09 pm- 6/6/10
Posted: 6/6/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 156

Nighttime Driving

I'm not usually into nighttime photography, mainly because I tend to be at home curled up on the couch at night. I took this one night while waiting in the car for CraigiePoo to wrap up at meeting she was attending. I'm most fascinated with that streak of red.

Specifications:
Exposure: 2 seconds
Aperture: 5.0
Focal Length: 16.3 mm
ISO: 80
Camera: Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 7:44 pm- 5/10/10
Posted: 6/6/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 155

Feeling Kinda Purple

I found it really interesting that next to this blooming purple flower, it's relative was all brown and dying. For whatever reason, I decided to remove the green from the photo.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/100
Aperture: f/5.2
Focal Length: 18.9 mm
ISO: 320
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 5:37 pm- 6/3/10
Posted: 6/5/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 154

Tonight, you sleep with...I mean, eat the fish

Apparently, when CraigiePoo saw the price for whole salmon at our grocery store, she lost her mind. She bought two whole salmon for some ridiculously cheap price. I didn't really care about price. I more about the taste. As usual, dinner was delicious.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 10.68 mm
ISO: 400
Camera: Canon Powershot SX20 IS
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 6:52 pm- 4/07/10
Posted: 6/5/10


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Photo of the Day-Day 153

Attack of the Pink!

It's just been one of those weeks where I haven't felt like doing much of anything including keeping up with my 365 Project. I'm back though. I took this on Memorial Day. From the balcony this bush is really bright and pink, but for whatever reason I never think to grab my camera. I took this while walking back home from the grocery store. It looks totally different when I see it at eye level.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/5.2
Focal Length: 18.9 mm
ISO: 100
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-W50
Lens: Point & Shoot
Date & Time: 12:26 pm- 5/31/10
Posted: 6/5/10

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Photo of the Day-Day 152

Root Beer Float

I got a hankerin' last week for a root beer float. It must be summertime. I can see these appearing a lot this summer.

I also think I'm going to start using the word "hankerin'" more often. Spread the word.

Specifications:
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Lens: EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Date & Time: 12:02 pm- 6/1/10
Posted: 6/1/10

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