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Day 89 - Sign of Spring Yup, every Spring, without fail. I go to the back yard, turn over the dog house (that the dogs never use) and find a grass snake or two. It's a sign that warmer temps have come, although not warm enough to skip hiding in a protected area out of the evening wind. :)...

Day 88 - Post 1000, and a very worthy subject. :) BUSY day today. In fact, a whirlwind. Did NOT have time to choose a nice background setting or dial in much of anything, just a snap and go before we ran again, but here it is. My son holding up the small medal he earned for a superior piano...

Day 87 - Dabbling With Daffodils Round 2 of shooting outside with the SB700 on camera, stock diffuser. Then, editing to get some additional detail from there.

Day 85 - just seeing how close I can get with the kit lens... just shy of a 12" minimal focus distance, then cropped to 100%. This is the Gerber logo on the blade of my small EDC knife. Day 86 - more kit lens fun, this time with a random splash of water droplets on a glass plate from a...

Wow... tough call for me, but I think it was this couple (cheating, I know) that kind of go together.

Day 84 - Date Night Well, it all started here... Reuben Rolls for an appetizer, and a split order of fish and chips for dinner, YUM! After dinner, and a couple of full to the rim imperial pints of the "black velvet" (and perhaps a sip or two off of the wife's pint of whatever it was), we...

Day 83 - Silhouettes are FUN! 1st, just messing around with the neighbor's daffodils, testing the effect of a flash in sunlight. There may be some more learning I need to do on this, or perhaps try on a day when there isn't a constant 20 mph wind? I guess it did serve to remove some of the...

Day 82 - Back Yard Birding Spring is settling in, so the birds are out in full force. Why not spend a bit outside tracking them down with the 70-300 VR? 1st, the ever elusive cardinals. They just don't like to hang out in easy to shoot areas. The little female was even harder to catch a...

Day 79 - blah... LONG day, BIG headache, NO motivation... captured a shot of the computer screen over my son's shoulder and went to bed. Day 80 - migraine day 2 Product shot? Usually my flash images come out better, but couldn't think straight through the migraine haze, so you get what I...

Day 78 - Sunset Serenade Someone very dear to me was discussing abstract art over dinner, talking about how "stupid" it was, just a way to say "I don't know how to focus", etc. I just excused myself from the rest of the evening and came home in a "not so motivated" kind of funk. Ok, defeated...

Day 77 - Playing With My Food Yup, always gotta return to food every once in a while, since I did name the thread after snacks. ;) Used a red-orange saucer, a Halo mandarin orange, and the wife's antique drop-leaf table to create yet another abstract. I'm enjoying these whether anyone else is...

Re: March 2014 Monthly Assignment - Abstract "Post entries only, NO COMMENTS please" Entry 3

Day 76 - Low Light Highlights Puddle at Sunset "Central" Park Vague Reflection Park at Twilight

And a... "Triple Dip"

Day 75 - Deliberate Randomness Y'know, I wish I hadn't already made that goofy 2nd entry in the abstract challenge. :) Either way... anything can be made into beauty with the right eye. Say for instance, a small dip bowl combined with an old diner style table earns ya a bit o' this.

...and, as I wrap up, here's another sample from the previous day... FUN set of kids!!

Day 74 - No Second Chances Made up my mind what kind of shot I wanted to do, waited for a break in the rain after sunset, went out and took my time... set up the tripod, worked the focus into what I wanted, assessed the settings, and... 1 shot. Pretty much got accomplished what I wanted to...

Day 73 - Portrait Day... ...and somehow, to Mom's chagrin, this little fella found some dirt. The specific kind of dirt that has a tendency to stay hidden until an opportune face happens by, then RAWR! It attacks! This was his look when he was asked where the dirt came from... ;) Mom...

BTW, @BackdoorHippie, here's a little dabbling with what we discussed. What ya think?

Day 72 - Moments of opportunity. About the time I was getting home tonight, my neighbor that lives in the condo next door was coming in too. Honey, I'm home! Sometimes, you just need a moment before you go in... Then here are a couple I shot EARLY this morning in a fit of sleeplessness...