jump! {205/365}

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Our local skate park had a competition today ...

day 205

Total fun, even though they had to keep stopping every time it started to rain (but it made for some awesome reflections on those last ones).

I'm not the best at action shots at all, so this was good practice.

My favourite shot of the bunch though was this next one, that isn't even an action shot at all and wouldn't you know it? it came out blurry. There's only the one shot, and I don't even remember taking it.

So I went with the blur and grunged him up and kept him :)

don't sleep 205/365

(besides, everything looks better web-sized, thankfully)

He looks like a rolling ad.  Coolest shirt ever :)

In other news, I just got home around an hour ago from the ribfest down the street and I'm anxious to see what's on my camera from that.  There was a midway.  Rides.  Flashy shiny lights.

And a full moon.

I experimented a lot, so here's hoping there's something worth keeping.

And you know where I'll be tomorrow for some daytime shots ;)

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heavy metal {160/365}

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Day 4 of Boot Camp and the prompt for today is "Heavy Metal".

This one totally stumped me.  A million ideas, but nothing that was sticking and omg some of my ideas were downright NOT do-able.

Who knew my Husband would protest to barb wire wrapped around his forearm?

What?

Pansy.

I had other ideas ...

  • some kind of take on the iPod silhouette, maybe daughter with headphones?  maybe, but she's uncooperative. hmmmmm ... next!
  • slap the iPod on the table and maybe put some headphones beside it? nah
  • Hey! take a pic of my ac/dc cover!  ... omg snorefest Janice ...
  • metal, metal, metal ... hmmmm ...
  • storm drain? no, it's raining
  • tow truck lift thingy?  NO! it's raining.
  • I could go down to the train station, maybe shoot the train wheels and stuff ...
  • or hey!  what about the car lot? there's a nice corvette there!
  • Airport!  Airplanes!
  • Hello?  It's r.a.i.n.i.n.g. (and the airport is far, dork)
  • heavy metal chains ... hmmm...
  • ooooh wrap a chain around the husband!!!  yeah, we don't have any heavy chains ...
  • it would be cool if I could wrap one around his arm, be all lift-y like ... y'know ... heavy?
  • why don't I just wrap the iPod cord around his arm?

hmmmmmm ....

160/365

Heavy Metal ... get it?  huh?  music?  heavy?

How 'bout this?

alternate - Heavy Metal, 160/365

No?

c'mon!

Scattered, I tell ya.  My thought processes make me giggle sometimes.

I have to say I am thoroughly enjoying Boot Camp.  I may need to stalk Maegan when we're done and bother her for daily word prompts.  How am I supposed to go back to wondering around aimlessly, camera in hand?  How?

Much thanks to my Husband for indulging my "c'mere, I need some muscle" demands even though he felt like a doofus standing outside like that, flexing and wearing my shirt.

No, that's not my shirt.  Don't be silly.

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admit one {49/365}

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Today was a crap kinda day.  One of those kinds of days where you feel like you're working your tail off but at the end of the day, it seems nothing much has been accomplished.  Ugh.

I'm very glad I got this shot early this morning ...

I'd love to see this lit up, but it never happens.  And then I realized while I was processing this shot ... there's no lightbulbs in there!  d'oh!

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sign, sign, everywhere a sign {42/365}

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I went back out today to try to get a shot of the elusive black train engine that the sun refuses to shine a little bit of light on and make me a happy girl.

No dice.

I don't think I'd be having such a problem if it were summertime.  But right now, everything I'm trying in order to get the train exposed properly ends up blowing out the mountains of flipping snow surrounding it.

I'll figure it out sooner or later!

For now, there's this ...

This one is SOOC and I love the color pop on it, but you know me - can't stop fooling around ...

I so love the retro-ish look, and I'm getting a little better at it (I think/hope!) but I also love being able to say, hey look at the SOOC I took!  heh.  Hello pride, how are ya?

Kind of silly, really.  But the fact is you get some people that are very snooty about post-processing, and will say things like 'well yeah it's a nice shot but it's photoshopped' and that bothers me somewhat.   I mean, what exactly were all of those photographers doing in their little darkrooms?  Processing.

The further I go with this little 'hobby' of mine, the more I am drawn towards the artistic side of it all.

What about you?  Which shot do you prefer?  Because I still can't decide :)

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