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Day 58 - Boy Time So the boy has hooked me into an online multiplayer game, and we spent the evening blasting other people together. I was on the desktop, he had his laptop just across the room. :) He thinks we're just playing games... Then here's a shot of my old wee Jack-lass, Lucy...

Day 57 - Bird's Eye View I *ALWAYS* see hawks when I don't have the time to stop, or don't have the camera... so this time, I went down the road where I commonly spot them with no other plan than to catch a shot. Spotted two LARGE beauties on the lines by the road, so pulled over, hopped out...

Day 56 - Absolutely exhausted It was my night to "cook", so here's a shot of me waiting way back in line to pick up Taco Bueno for dinner. No more creativity tonight, I'm beat. See y'all tomorrow! 5th in line to place my order, and 4 more cars wrapped around in front of us waiting to get...

Day 55 - The Snack's Return! Ok, same set-up as the M&M's, different snack. POPCORN! Not as colorful, but still a fun reflection. Then an extreme close-up (or at least as close as the kit lens will get, which is pretty durn close!

Day 54 - When opportunity knocks... SHOOT! So I was there in the back yard, wondering if I just wanted another shot of yard birds, or if I'd rather wander in search of the perfect pic, when the dogs next door made up my mind! 1st, the European Starlings, or what we refer to as common yard...

Day 53 - Wanderlust So... it was a 68 degree weekend day in February, and we REALLY wanted to go to the zoo, but when we got there, it was OVERLOADED with people. So, since it's in the middle of a large park area, we decided to go to the local nature center instead and walk the many miles of...

Day 52 - BONUS!!! (or PART 2!) - D U C K!!! FINALLY settled down enough at work that I was able to take one of my craved lunchtime photo jaunts. I *KNEW* there would be different types of ducks at one of the larger park ponds I like to visit, but thought they might all be gone by the time I...

Day 52 - Return of the rare "Pooptail Buffalo" On the way home, we had another amazing sunset, so I stopped for a couple more shots of the "Pooptail Buffalo". From this angle, you can see how we named him. ;) Another "photographer", with phone in hand, sure didn't mind barging in and...

Day 51 - A couple of dicey subjects... No, really, it's dice. :) Like the color combo, so dropped 'em randomly (then re-arranged them anyway) and shot a couple of close ups with the nifty fifty. Then, just playing around with PS, I added a LARGE nearly full moon to one of my old shots...

Day 50 - I "Mist" all my opportunities today... Work just hasn't been allowing for my lunch time photo trips, as it's been so busy I've been grabbing take out and eating at my desk, so tonight, while I was waiting for my son and his friend to get out of youth group, I took some misty parking...

Day 49 - Do-Overs Messing around with the same concept as the previous shot, trying to get the "Nikon" on the camera body more in focus as well. This one was a little earlier in the evening (around 9:30), with the over vanity light AND the ceiling light on. Dropped the shutter speed to 1/40...

Day 48 - Twisted Selfie Well, ok... FLIPPED selfie, as I wanted to be able to read the Nikon on the camera and the lens. This was inside, late at night, so had to shoot wide open and lost the DOF I wanted to read the branding on the camera, so gonna take a mirror outside this week and get a...

Day 47 - Get your motor runnin'... ...and head out on the highway! Well, I did, but just another short run. LONG day at work, D-Day of the project done. Now a week full of catch up so we can return back to normal. Whee. Here's a shot of my faithful steed right before she carried me to a...

Day 46 - Tough captures! It's a nice day in the low 60's (FABULOUS after wind chills at -10 to -15 recently), and I got the bike out to shine it up and get it ready for a ride into work this afternoon, when I heard the sound I've been trained to react to: The song of a male cardinal. You see...

Day 45 - Sweets for the sweet. Yes, you guessed it. My wife's favorite candy is pictured here. There's an inherent LOVE for peanut M&M's built into her core, so there are always some around. The first pic was just for amusement, as we had a "box" of M&M's, but when we opened it, there was a...

Day 44 - Tickling the plastic ivories... Exhausted, and my son wouldn't agree to another "floating boy" attempt without a hassle (definitely not up to a hassle tonight), so I took a couple of shots of the keys of his electronic piano. He just got accepted to study with one of the two piano...

Day 43 - Ahhhhh... Weeks like these, and some days in particular, I'm glad that I am an adult... as some days cry out for a tasty adult beverage. Nothin' fancy here, other than reminding myself of the skills to get a good flash pattern in portrait mode with an on-camera speedlight and still...

Day 42 - The "Money" Shot Yup, it's been done, but my mind has been sooooooooo spent every night this week... anyway, here's something that you just don't see any more. The old bicentennial "silver" dollar. I've got a few of these in non-mint condition that I keep around the house, just so I...

Worked a little shadow in my son's pic... does it add to his "floating" effect any, to compensate for the tough angle?

Day 41 - My son RAWKS! (really, NOTE: "metal" hand signs!) I lured my son in slowly... first, I set up the shot and let him "push the button" while I told him the effect I was going for (inspired by @wud and her shots), then I showed him the finished project and told him that I could get a...