February, 2010

Day Fifty Two

NIKON D3000 1/160s Focal Length: 55.0mm f/14.5 ISO: 400

NIKON D3000 1/160s Focal Length: 55.0mm f/14.5 ISO: 400 52/365. GO CANADA GO! Today is a big day, I got my flag ready and I am going to stay up as late as I can! If you don’t know, it is Canada vs. USA in the Men’s Ice Hockey preliminary round.  This is for the [...]

Day Fifty One

NIKON D3000 1/40s Focal Length: 35.0mm f5.0 ISO: 400

NIKON D3000 1/40s Focal Length: 35.0mm f5.0 ISO: 400 51/365. After I finished my 4 hour shift Stew and I went for a walk at Pollok Park.  I wanted to photograph the hairy coos (Highland Cows) but by the time we got to them the daylight was no longer right for the exposure I wanted. [...]

Day Fifty!

NIKON D3000 1/40s Focal Length: 29.0mm f/4.5 ISO: 400

NIKON D3000 1/40s Focal Length: 29.0mm f/4.5 ISO: 400 50/365. Day 50 folks!  Big Day! Nicol, I am sorry to say that I have not yet mastered my dslr as you predicted I would have done by now but I am getting there. I had a terrible headache this morning and ending up taking a [...]

Day Forty Nine

SAMSUNG ST500 1/15s Focal Length: 4.9mm f/3.5 ISO: 200

SAMSUNG ST500 1/15s Focal Length: 4.9mm f/3.5 ISO: 200 49/365. Boredom at work.

Day Forty Eight

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 36.0mm f/8.0 ISO: 400

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 36.0mm f/8.0 ISO: 400 48/365. Just another “Hump day”, although I agreed to work 4 hours on Sat so its really not the middle of the week yet for me.  I get time and a half for it and will be taking time owed so 6 hours off in March [...]

Day Forty Seven

NIKON D3000 1/4s Focal Length: 52.0mm f/5.6 ISO: 1600

NIKON D3000 1/4s Focal Length: 52.0mm f/5.6 ISO: 1600 47/365. Back to work today, nothing spectacular there but my lips, if I do say so myself. I did a lot of processing with this photo, making the red pop out and adding a bit of noise.  I like the tone of the photo, I hope [...]

Day Forty Six

NIKON D3000 1/125s Focal Legth: 44.0mm f/6.3 ISO: 100

NIKON D3000 1/125s Focal Legth: 44.0mm f/6.3 ISO: 100 46/365. Well I went for a walk today while I was still up at Stewart’s parents.  I have been wanting to photograph these horses for some time so I took advantage of the opportunity.   They are on Stewart’s parents property as they rent the fields out to the [...]

Day Forty Five

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 34.0mm f/5.0 ISO: 200

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 34.0mm f/5.0 ISO: 200 45/365. GO CANADA GO! Trixie knows what Olympic team to support!  Today I was meant to be at the Luge Men’s Singles – Runs 3 and 4 (Final) at The Whistler Sliding Centre but had to sell my tickets as I could not get home on time. [...]

Day Forty Four

NIKON D3000 1/80s Focal Length: 50.0mm f/11.0 ISO: 100

NIKON D3000 1/80s Focal Length: 50.0mm f/11.0 ISO: 100 44/365. Today I went for a walk to find something to photograph and this was my favourite shot.  We also had dinner with Stewart’s uncle, aunt and cousin who are visiting from Dubai.  It was a great night but I didn’t want to take photos of [...]

Day Forty Three

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 22.0mm f/4.0 ISO: 200

NIKON D3000 1/60s Focal Length: 22.0mm f/4.0 ISO: 200 43/365. Meet Trixie… “Play with meeeeeee,” she says. We are up at Stewart’s Parents house for the weekend as his Uncle is visiting from Dubai.   His parents live up north in the Scottish Highlands about a 4 hour drive from us.  I worked extra hours [...]