Reflection Deception

9/21/10 - Day 277
Squeezed into our tiny powder room this evening to use the mirror for today's Daily Shoot #310: "Use a mirror as part of a composition in a photograph today.  Show yourself in the image if you'd like!"  Thought I'd also try a little deception on the perspective at the same time.  Check out the set-up shot at www.flickr.com/photos/jeffm211/5013034573/ to see the deception.

Thirsty

9/4/10 - Day 260
Of all days for the Daily Shoot guys to use my suggestion for DS #293: "Water sustains life.  Color enhances life.  Make a photo today combining color and water."  I literally had only 30 minutes all day to take some shots.  This isn't originally what I had in mind when I made the suggestion, but given the time constraints today, it will have to do.

Zoom/Flash

8/16/10 - Day 241 Today's Daily Shoot assignment #274 was: "Make a photograph of a plant today.  It can be a small one in a pot, a big one in the park, or a tree in a forest."  I didn't want to do a simple plant shot and thought I'd experiment with zoom blur and remote, rear curtain flash all in one image.

Circle of Life

8/8/10 - Day 233
Today's Daily Shoot assignment #266 was: "Challenge: Sympathy can be difficult to express in words. Make an image suitable for the cover of a condolence card."   Old growth and new growth.

Bug's Eye View

8/3/10 - Day 228
Well, a tall bug anyway. Today's Daily Shoot #261 was: "How does your garden grow? Make a photo of something growing in your or someone else's garden today." I'm traveling this week so my garden consists of parking lot plantings.

Reach for the Sun

7/11/10 - Day 205
Saw these great flowers on my bike ride this morning and went back in the afternoon to shoot them for today's Daily Shoot #238: "Find a scene that's dominated by one color and make a photograph of it.  Use light and shadow to accentuate detail."

Bug's Eye View

5/23/10 - Day 156
The rotating screen on the new Samsung TL500 is awesome.  It twists and turns and makes it pretty easy to frame atypical view angles.  This shot of flowers and finch feeders also is my Daily Shoot submission today.

Flower Explosion

5/15/10 - Day 148
Wanted to experiment with the zoom movement technique I've read about.  Also, the lilacs are starting to bloom and I wanted to capture them before rain or wind takes them away.  Decided to kill both those birds with one stone.  Thought this resultant image might be a good one for today's Daily Shoot.

Sea of Fallen Flowers

5/2/10 - Day 135
Every year when our crab apple tree blossoms, either wind or rain take the leaves down prematurely.  This year was no exception.  Looking down the driveway at an oblique angle provided a bright spot of color worth capturing.

Yard Art

4/24/10 - Day 127
I've been experimenting with Lightroom presets and have started to create some of my own.  Therefore, today's Daily Shoot assignment was perfect: "Experiment in the digital darkroom today.  Make a photo and post-process it any way you like to unleash your creativity."  I went looking for a colorful subject upon which I could apply my new "Paint the Scene" preset.  For comparison, I've uploaded the original image to my Runner-ups gallery on Smugmug.

Spring Explosion

4/22/10 - Day 125
Today's Daily Shoot assignment is: "Spring has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere.  Make any photo that shows new life!"  This flower, no more than a half inch around with stamens reaching for the sky, was the most dynamic of the series.  See my Smugmug gallery for two runner-up shots.