Piperbarb's 2013 Project 365
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I think it lost a little contrast when I converted it to a smaller size jpeg. The background is not as dark in the RAW file nor in the "highest quality" jpeg which is about 6.2 MB. I think during the compression process to make the file an acceptable size for the forum, the blacks lost their detail.
Tell me about it!u need to get out more. Lol
looking forward to spring so I can go out. Right now we are having a sleet storm. Yes, they do. At least some of them do. Weird, isn't it?
2-27-13:
Cabin fever tends to make one scrounge around the house after work to get a photo of something. Spring. Please hurry up. I am running out of objects and pets to photograph!
I was looking at my curio shelf and found this little miniature Chinese vase with mini silk flowers in it. So here goes:
The Arrangement
From the Top
Cabin fever tends to make one scrounge around the house after work to get a photo of something. Spring. Please hurry up. I am running out of objects and pets to photograph!
I was looking at my curio shelf and found this little miniature Chinese vase with mini silk flowers in it. So here goes:
The Arrangement
From the Top
2-28-13:
The first photo is of a scarf that I knitted for the teacher aide in my classroom as a good-bye present. She is transferring to a different department and tomorrow is her last day.
The Scarf
Okay, instead of the opportunistic feline photos, here is an opportunistic canine capture, converted to B&W. Jenny loves the couch.
Finally, I was playing around with the AF 85mm f/1.8 lens. I like that lens. Anyway, this is one of those weird, every photographer does it, reflection self-portraits. I just like how the mirror frame actually framed the photo. I actually liked how it came out at lower ISO. This one was at ISO 125. I really did not like it at ISO 640. Oh, well....
The first photo is of a scarf that I knitted for the teacher aide in my classroom as a good-bye present. She is transferring to a different department and tomorrow is her last day.
The Scarf
Okay, instead of the opportunistic feline photos, here is an opportunistic canine capture, converted to B&W. Jenny loves the couch.
Finally, I was playing around with the AF 85mm f/1.8 lens. I like that lens.
Anyway, this is one of those weird, every photographer does it, reflection self-portraits. I just like how the mirror frame actually framed the photo. I actually liked how it came out at lower ISO. This one was at ISO 125. I really did not like it at ISO 640. Oh, well....3-1-13:
My spousal unit has been making me a replacement flyer for my spinning wheel. The original one split and broke because it was made of laminated wood. Anyway, yesterday, Spousal Unit brought in the rough form of the flyer attached to a power drill. He turned the drill on to show me that it was balanced and spinning true. Now, he took it back to his man cave and is working on final shaping, sanding and finishing it. I can't wait until it's finished so I can start making handspun yarn again. I took the photo while it was still on the power drill. Not a great photo, but cool, none the less.
My spousal unit has been making me a replacement flyer for my spinning wheel. The original one split and broke because it was made of laminated wood.
Anyway, yesterday, Spousal Unit brought in the rough form of the flyer attached to a power drill. He turned the drill on to show me that it was balanced and spinning true. Now, he took it back to his man cave and is working on final shaping, sanding and finishing it. I can't wait until it's finished so I can start making handspun yarn again. I took the photo while it was still on the power drill. Not a great photo, but cool, none the less. 
I had my grandmother's spinning wheel. When we moved to FL many many moons ago I brought it with me. It was really big and we didn't have any place to display it (she never used it and neither did I). After my brother moved to FL, we passed it along to him. He moved to KY and passed it along to someone else. Tried looking for a photo but it's packed away somewhere. Thanks for the memory.
You're welcome. I find hand spinning very relaxing. I have a production wheel. It was hand made by a wheel maker in Vermont. It's rather large for my small living room, but I wouldn't want a different wheel.
Looking forward to your spinning wheel pics hint hint
Once Spousal Unit finishes the new flyer, I will have photos, of course.
Thanks about the scarf. It was very happily recieved this morning.You can learn to spin! It's wonderfully relaxing once you get the hang of it.
3-2-13:
Okay, this is what happens when you forget about a plant....
Yes, it started to hit the underside of the shelf above it. Poor, poor, sad plant.
Now, my second photo is not a deformed organism. It is Buster, the cat we rescued about a month ago. He has settled right in and has absolutely no desire to go outside. He knows what it's like.
One thing to note. I processed them using Aftershot Pro for Linux. It seems to work okay. I like that the software works on both Mac and Linux. Sorry for the geek speak. :0
Okay, this is what happens when you forget about a plant....
Yes, it started to hit the underside of the shelf above it. Poor, poor, sad plant.
Now, my second photo is not a deformed organism. It is Buster, the cat we rescued about a month ago. He has settled right in and has absolutely no desire to go outside. He knows what it's like.
One thing to note. I processed them using Aftershot Pro for Linux. It seems to work okay. I like that the software works on both Mac and Linux. Sorry for the geek speak. :0
Aftershot Pro seems to be working well. I just downloaded it today to play with it. I read about it in the current issue of Linux Format magazine. They have a whole article about photo software for Linux. I run Ubuntu Linux 12.04. I like it and it is very stable. What flavor of Linux are you running?
Kias
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I'm running Fedora 17ish. The laptop is circa 1703, sits on my bedside table for those times when I need to look something up and I'm too lazy to get out of bed, and my phone is too small. Lately it's been my primary computer since my wife's taken mine over for school. Guess that whole "I need a new laptop for school" thing was just a ploy to get herself a new laptop. I used to use my Kindle Fire for looking things up when my phone was too small. That's vanished into my kids room somewhere for "Reading books for school".
Guess I need to go back to school so I can get a new car. "But I need that Lamborghini for school!"
Oh well...
I'll just go look at Aftershot Pro now.
Thanks!
3-3-13:
I have spent most of this weekend trying to organize my digital photo files. A task that I thought would take a few hours took most of the weekend. Images from early 2010 and all of 2012 & 2013 were well organized. The remainder of 2010 and all of 2011 were a hodgepodge. They were all uploaded, some multiple times, and backed up by date, but that was about it. I didn't have time to really go through or even organize things during that time because my spousal unit's problems with chronic neck pain and headaches required many trips to the Cleveland Clinic.
Anyway, I have finally organized things. I found photos I could not find, and others that I totally forgot about. With that in mind, here is today's photo.
What? No Screwdriver?!?!
This tool chest and all the tools in it, are very small. The tools are about an inch (2.5 cm) long each, and all work. I have had this little tool chest and its contents since I was 11, way back in the dark ages of the previous century.
I have spent most of this weekend trying to organize my digital photo files. A task that I thought would take a few hours took most of the weekend. Images from early 2010 and all of 2012 & 2013 were well organized. The remainder of 2010 and all of 2011 were a hodgepodge. They were all uploaded, some multiple times, and backed up by date, but that was about it. I didn't have time to really go through or even organize things during that time because my spousal unit's problems with chronic neck pain and headaches required many trips to the Cleveland Clinic.
Anyway, I have finally organized things. I found photos I could not find, and others that I totally forgot about. With that in mind, here is today's photo.
What? No Screwdriver?!?!
This tool chest and all the tools in it, are very small. The tools are about an inch (2.5 cm) long each, and all work. I have had this little tool chest and its contents since I was 11, way back in the dark ages of the previous century.
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