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black and white {3/52}

posted by janice on January 21, 2012 · 21 Comments

It's funny, you would think that seeing how I come up with the prompts each week for focus52, it would be easy for me to also come up with the photographs to match. Right?

Yeah, not so much.

Most weeks, the prompts are just as much a challenge for me as they are for you. Honestly.

But I had a bit of fun this week with the black and white prompt ...

Look at these beautiful creatures ...

I took a gazillion photos of them (from the warmth of my car). So beautiful to watch.
I wonder if they get cold?

This man caught my eye as I was leaving the bank the other day. Again, taken all stalker-like from the warm safety of my car and a bit blurry to boot, but I liked the scene.

I wonder what's going through his mind.

And then there's this one. Always fun to play around with my little (but growing!) camera collection.

Thanks Ms. Shauna, for allowing me to force you into standing outside, freezing your butt off.
You're a good sport.

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filed under my f52 - Tagged: B&W, brownie, f52-2012, horses, street photography, weekTHREE, winter

grazed {327/365}

posted by janice on November 23, 2010 · 7 Comments

Nothing beats sunshine after days of dark and dreary, soulsucking weather.

Except when it happens in the morning.

And there's a field and a horse, just bathed in it.

And you have your camera :)

How much you want to bet I'll be stalking this scene once the snow falls?

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filed under project365 - Tagged: fence, focus throwdown, horses, project365, rural

dream fence {281/365}

posted by janice on October 8, 2010 · 6 Comments

I'd like to live here, okay?

Somebody make that happen.

Thanks ;)

Taken from my car, on my lunch hour, and could have been soooo much better if I'd had more than two minutes to spare.

Ah well.

Happy Fence Friday :)

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This shot taken for flickr groups Fence Friday and Fench Friday.

filed under project365 - Tagged: fence, fence friday, horses, project365, rural

other signs of spring {119/365}

posted by janice on April 30, 2010 · 4 Comments

Daughter slept in and missed her bus this morning, so I drove her to her middle-of-nowhere school for the second time this week. I don't mind though. There's no snow on the ground and it's a nice drive. And daughter is Chatty Cathy when we're alone in the car, so that's always fun (and usually informative - yay! for chatty cathys).

Plus there's the added bonus of driving past one of my favourite places.

Another sure sign of Spring? Babies!

Now, how cute is that?

and this?

Lookit that little cutie checking me over.

How about this one? all together now ... awwwwwww!

I hung out there for almost an hour, snapping away. And I'm not sure where my brain was at but I didn't set my exposure. At all. The sun was already really bright and directly in front of me, so everything was horribly over exposed, with the dark bits of the horses a blob of black. I would've been better off shooting in auto. Very disappointing. I blame the early hour and lack of sufficient caffeine.

So yeah, a lot of lightroom adjustments going on here.

But whatever :p

Check out this little one in the background, kicking up dust ...

ha! All over the place and full of - as my grandmother would say - piss and vinegar. I figured out why when HE got a little closer to me. Yes, HE. ummm ... let's just say the evidence was prominently on display. *ahem.

So beautiful. I want to live there. I wonder if they'll give me a job. hmmmm ...

I have to say though, when you're zoomed in on a horse, and it starts galloping towards you, it can freak you right the hell out.

Objects in viewfinder are NOT closer than they appear. No need to panic.

(loving those dust trails)

My favourite, and my shot for today ...

She's a beauty. Love that sun hitting her back (even if it did screw up my shots).

Gorgeous.

Did I mention I want to live here?

No?

ummm ... I'll just follow them home. Maybe nobody will notice.

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wild wild west {75/365}

posted by janice on March 16, 2010 · 3 Comments

For some reason, I've had that Will Smith song running through my head all day.

It's this guy's fault ...

Or, it could be that I just watched that movie again the other night (pure cheeze).

Not the sharpest shot, but I like him. I couldn't get close because he was at least two paddocks away from me (hence the blur) and I was lazy and didn't switch lenses.

But he watched me the whole time I was there and I felt a little guilty that I couldn't pet him or give him a treat.

I'm a soft touch :)

(PS - if you clicked that song link, I can't be blamed for the cheeziness involved)

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filed under project365 - Tagged: aged, horses, project365, rural