Tentacle Tree

9/17/10 - Day 273
Part 1: Today was a crazy shooting day. This morning at 0400, I checked DS and the assignment said to shoot something with a square frame. So at 0500, I took a shot at the San Francisco airport before flying home and on the way, did the PP on the iPad. When I got home and began the upload process, discovered that the DS assignment had changed!

Part 2: A super-wide angle lens (10mm-20mm) that I ordered for our upcoming trip arrived today. So rather than upload the original shot, the revised assignment provided perfect opportunity to try out the new lens. To my DS friend Crow, thanks!

DS #306: "Showcase the beauty of living foliage! Make a photo of a single leaf or an entire "greenscape" today. (@DeForestRanger)"

Spy Frog

9/12/10 - Day 268
I caught this guy spying on our house and was able to get a shot off before he scampered away. How coincidental is that given today's Daily Shoot #301? "Sunday challenge: Play with scale today. Make a photo of something small that looks huge."

Under the Weeping Willow

8/5/10 - Day 230
On the back nine at Stanford University Golf Course stands this mighty weeping willow tree.  I hit my ball right into it...and discovered the photo op when searching.

June in SSF

6/7/10 - Day 171
Walked down to the marina after working today in my South San Francisco office.  The wind was whipping and the temp was chilly.  I tried to capture the wind in the foreground tree branches and used b/w to convey the coolness of the air.  Don't know if it worked, but I do know it was pretty uncomfortable out!

Hole in the Shrubs

6/2/10 - Day 166
I took a few different kinds of shots this evening for the Daily Shoot.  As a final "what the hell" shot, I reached in and put the camera on the ground at the center base of a shrub and blindly fired away.  I liked the resulting contrast of greens and DoF on the branches.

Window to the Sky

5/29/10 - Day 162
Picture perfect day in Chicago, so the Daily Shoot assignment, "Look up today and make a photograph of the sky. Cloudy, clear, or somewhere in between... ", works well.

Reflections in B/W

4/9/10 - Day 112
Absolutely no time to shoot today.  Got off the train at dusk, saw reflections in the retention pond and took a few shots, figuring "Ah Ha - saved by the reflections!"  Not so.  They all looked like crap...until post-processing.  Ah Ha - saved by Lightroom!

Reflections in a Multi-Pane Window

3/15/10 - Day 87
Trying to use the Daily Shoot assignment as my theme, I took several shots of trees in silhouette.  This image is a reflection of the sunset in our front window, which has 3 panes of glass.  Each pane displays its own reflection, hence the shadow effect.  See my Smugmug gallery for the "runner-up" shot.