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Day 40 - Retake Now that I've realized one of the fatal flaws in my close-up shots, and tested to find the settings to overcome... I re-shot my fave shell from Florida, with a lot more of it in focus. As someone still fairly new to the art, I'll admit to the drive to shoot everything...

Day 39 - *yawn* Took a shot or two of another one of my son's decorations in his room, the mini lego-guy Beatles. Wasn't really going for great pics, but rather testing out the limits of my flash when I cranked the aperture to get proper DOF (or better) on close-ups. Went from 5.6, to 11, to...

Day 38 - Migraine Yup, that sums it up. Got a pic of the kiddos Domo family though.

Day 37 - Forbidden Love It's still SO DURN COLD that I absolutely do not want to get out of the house to shoot. In fact, today, we set a new record for the lowest HIGH temperature ever recorded for our area... so inside I stayed. WARNING: Bored minds do tend to wander, so I apologize in...

Day 36 - The EYES have it Another long day. Another stressful day. Another COLD day. 10 degrees Fahrenheit, with a wind chill of -6. (for you metric folks, that's that's -12 Celsius, with a wind chill of -21) After a long day of work, where it feels like we're fighting twice as hard as...

Day 35 - History So... today's picture isn't the best, as it was taken late tonight after a VERY busy day, and all I had was the camera and the on-camera SB-700. I *WILL* snap another pic of this subject soon, but I'll need to work on impromptu lighting because of the inherent shadows all the...

Day 34 - Splish, Splash! I was takin' a... picture. Decided to try my hand at water droplet photos with a plastic cup in the sink. That way I could control the frequency of the drops and have a better chance at success! ;) I got a few that were fun after a bit of editing, but couldn't...

...and, since so many people have posted cookie pics to torment me... ;) Here's the hot fudge brownie cookies we had for some of our Super Bowl snacks tonight!

Day 33 - Winter Wonderland To start, the forecast told us to expect "flurries" with accumulation anywhere from a "dusting" to 1/2 inch of snow. Well, this started around 8:30, and an hour and a half later... we've got anywhere between 2 and 3 inches, with more expected tonight (and again...

Day 32 - Emulation? Darn Moab Man for beating me to this one, but wanted to play around with the same idea anyway, so NYAH! Also threw in a reflection of the flame for fun as well. His, I couldn't see on my iMac, so this one I tailored TO be seen on the iMac. It may be a bit brighter for...

For January 2014? It was this one for me...

Day 31 - Life is like... ...yeah, 'nuff said. We're all in the same box, so let's live our lives with class. 1 month down, 11 to go! The 2nd shot, portrait mode, was still with the speedlight on camera, and I experimented (and learned!) a bit about angling the flash so as to minimize...

Like, say... maybe this?

Here's backing out a bit and getting the gold back. Much rougher edit, but gives ya the feel. With a little layer masking, I could combine the two I'd bet.

Day 30 - Personal Request After posting the previous test pics w/ wedding rings to my facebook page, a friend asked me to try a different shot. It's also a more traditional type of shot, so I tried to give it my own twist in the edit... I think it came out quite nicely.

Day 29 - "Somewhere over the rainbow...", or "Something fishy is going on." What would Pretzel's Snack-A-Day thread be without a true snack thrown in every once in a while? Well, here ya go! LUNCH today, in the form of a rainbow roll! One of Tulsa's best kept secrets is a Bill and Ruth's sub...

Day 28 - Daydreams of Summer It's freezing. No doubt about it. 14 degrees this morning with a wind chill of 1. Maybe nothing compared to some of you Northern folks, but I'll say it again: I was NOT built for winter. I need to move south... WAY south... anyway, thinking back to warmer...

Day 27 - *sigh* Sooooo stinkin' cold out there today, work goin' crazy, stressed bald guy = vegetation mode. This is how I spent my evening, but I did get a pic of it. ;) Wasn't even all that relaxing, as my team was behind for most of the game, and just couldn't dial it up at the end. :(...

Day 26 - Twilight Tree Full day of BACA today, but got home around sunset and the tree just up the street caught my eye because the light was hitting it just right. Wanted to mess with the OnOne Perfect Effects 8 a bit, thought I saw some things I could play with to make the tree look like it...