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Day 25 - Other priorities... Well, it ended up being 65 degrees today, which isn't bad at all for a Saturday in January! ESPECIALLY since we had wind chills below zero just a few days earlier... Anyway, I spent the day on the motorcycle, and purposefully left the camera behind so I wouldn't...

Day 24 - L'amour Are the photos cliche? Yes. Is the sentiment? No. Spent the evening with my love of some 22+ years tonight, enjoyed a mess of cajun cuisine, shared some laughs, and worked these photos in really quick like at the end of the evening. Basically, I was just dabbling with ring...

Day 23 - Dream... dream BIG. It's not an impressive pic, to say the least. Today, I was shooting more for the opportunity to dabble a bit in editing, and a specific idea/skill I wanted to attempt for myself. With that goal in mind, I'm pleased with the baby steps I took today.

Day 22 - Inspiration Why do I title today "Inspiration" you might ask? There are a couple of reasons. First, seeing Lawrence's shot of a candle reminded me I had been wanting to try the same thing. Soon, I want to try shooting a LOT of candles, but for now... I just want to learn the...

Day 21 - Mini-me wannabe? I'm envious of the macro shooters, no doubt about it. I just don't see a macro lens dropping into my arsenal any time soon, especially since I've set my heart on the Nikkor 105. ;) D7100 first. I've gotta keep the goal in sight. D7100! Then, someday... No. No...

Everyone else has pet pics, so figured I'd throw up some a couple posted in my own 365 here as well. ;) Our wee little Jack lass...

Day 20 - You gonna clean that up? So, along Route 66 between my small town and Tulsa, there's a large metal sculpture of a buffalo. It's actually quite a nice statue, but... well... the artist made it with a lifted tail, which really only happens when they defecate. I have taken to calling...

Day 19 - Back yard birdin'... ...and a dog. BUSY day, so I just ran out into the back yard to enjoy the 64 degree day for a moment or two. 1st, the larger of my two pups lookin' vicious as she terrorizes the local stick population. Kinda reminds me of the shots Wud takes of her pups, but...

Little different crop of the B&W, think it fits better? I kinda like it a little better... Then I lean back toward the one with the negative space to offset. Good thing I can save both versions!

Day 18 - Same old story, all new crowd. Had the honor of snapping pics for the Baptism Bash at LifeChurch Jenks this weekend, but before it got started, I had the opportunity to snap a few pics of the P&W band doing their intro song. This week was a cover of "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics...

Day 17 - Moon over Bourbon Street? Nah, really it was just over my small Oklahoma town, and it was low on the horizon behind some thin haze/clouds. Messed around a bit with sharpening, and for a display, almost feels... TOO sharp? Going to try and print it on a matte 4x6 though, as it was...

Day 16 - Remember when... Got the chance to capture my boy indulging in one of his loves... and I'm so glad he loves to read! Sometimes, I think YouTube and Netflix and Satellite TV has robbed our youth of so much imagination. The first two photos are just different edits of the same shot...

Day 15 - Preparing to Practice Since I'm going to start working on swapping out skyscapes soon, I thought to myself, "Self... we'd better start shooting some skyscapes to practice with!" So I did. 1st, basically SOOC with a slight tweak to clarity and noise reduction. Then a run through...

...and, the place I intended to go shoot all along. :) A couple of geese and a couple of mallards talkin' about old times. The geese are here practically all the time, year round. I really came to get some pics of the mallards, but the geese always want to be the center of attention. I...

Day 14 - Eye of the Beholder Lunch break at work... I took my camera along today, as I had a newly discovered area I wanted to return to for some pics. On the way to my car, I spotted just a little something across the street. It was a scene I see every day, but there was just something...

Day 13 - Monday the 13th. Worse than the infamous Friday? Quite the disappointing day. Took my camera to work, as there has been a hawk gracing the back power lines, but alas... no hawk today. Plus, I took lunch late and had to go back early (that's how they abuse those on salary, eh?) so...

Day 12 - ADD At first, I wanted to go out and get some shots of... wait... what was that!? SQUIRREL!!! Then I thought I might... huh!? SQUIRREL!!! And then... SQUIRREL!!! Darn these things! So distracting! I may, or may not, have taken an EVEN LARGER number of squirrel...

Day 11 - Nothin' fancy... Very busy day. Started spring cleaning early, etc. Did run out for a couple of shots in the back yard, though, as we warmed up to the mid 50's today. Snapped a pic of the ever ready (outside) subject, Lucy... then grabbed a shot of the neighbor's weather vane. I...

Nice! I get what you're saying, and I appreciate the advice for how to lessen it. I did a mid-way messin' around bit, too.

Just 20 minutes of editing, as I've never used the burn dodge tool for noise reduction like this before... but is this kind of what you're talking about? I think I took the noise reduction a bit to the extreme, but interested in your thoughts. THANKS, btw, for the tips/tricks. I eat those...