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Here is what I have been up to lately: My chickadee friends! My Grandson came to visit The chickadees had visitors. I was trying to capture the fog. Fog is really hard to shoot.

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Bandit is not sure that squirrel should be eating the birds food! It didn't bother the squirrel, he came back the next day! My grandson's swimming lesson! He never even fusses after being dunked! I tried out my continuous focus and shooting for those. Just trying some...

Been playing with light painting again, I would really like to get good at it! And here is the photo that started the kerfuffle yesterday! I managed to recover some of them today. I was trying to improve on this shot and I removed the window screen.

Okay. I am bowing out of the 365. Yesterday you got a picture of my dinner. Just because I had to post. I have some ideas of things I want to pursue but I don't have time since I have to get the shot taken and posted right away. Here is what I was working on today: But I don't have...

Mar.8,2014 - Day 65 Tonights dinner. Texas beef skillet from Betty Crocker cook book.

Mar.7,2014 - Day 65 Out from 6:30 am until 10:30 pm with no photo ops! Just shot a quick photo or two of some bottles I gathered to play around with light with.

Mar.6,2014 - Day 64 Some light painting. I saw something like this done pretty well. I am trying out different lights. And my focus was off. Way off! With this one I was trying to bring out the sculptured sides of this vase.

Mar.5,2014 - Day 64 Today on the trail. A winter garden.

It was my birthday earlier this week. Today we had time to go shop for my birthday present: a monopod: and a tilt head: (Ok for a long time I couldn't get the watermark to work and now I can't shut it off!! I think my computer has a mind of it's own!)

Mar.4,2014 - Day 63 My birthday was earlier this week. My son sent the picture on the left to his Dad and asked him to make me a watercolour. His Dad is a good artist and he did a fantastic job, on the right. (The picture on the left was from a few years ago, but the one on the right is my...

Mar.3, 2014 - Day 62 I don't plan to take up portrait photography so I don't own any lights or umbrellas or reflectors. But my son needed a photo for his online profile so I did the best I could with what I've got! I have never taken a shot like this before. Maybe you guys could give me some...

March 2, 2014 - Day 61 Here are todays. Nothing special. Just a couple of quick shots. This is the flashlight and the paper funnel I made. Red cellophane over the end the light shines out. Put the flashlight in the tube and then I outlined the edge of the guitar with the light continuously...

Mar. 1, 2014 - Day 60 Sorry, I am going to torture you with more light painting. it is something I am interested in learning to do properly so you get to see my "lessons". This one was 30 second exposure with red cellophane over the light source.

Feb.28, 2014 - Day 59 The day just starting: