Through the Window, Lightly... Snow

Well, actually the first one of these is through the window and the second is from the house with the window open (quick shooting so the living room doesn't fill with snow) and the camera "hanging out". I adjusted the levels on both ends as the shutter speed was boosted to 1/800 so I could stop some of the snowflakes that were in focus. You can see blurring of the drops on the window in the first shot, and the color difference (because of the UV in the windows maybe? - I don't know) even though I did no adjustments in color. An interesting comparison in these photos that I find fascinating in it's detail. The apple tree is so often a subject for me, it seems good to mix up the images with lens reach once in a while.

Low Fat Pistachio Ice Cream and Blueberries

yummy!

Faculty/Staff Show at MDI HS "Glimses"

We had the opening for the staff show tonight after school in the Wing Gallery. The teachers all went down after the monthly faculty meeting, and Dan had arranged "gallery" food and all, so it was a great get together! Some excellent work by everyone, and very well received.

Dusk on Snowshoes

... and here are three more from my Alpha with a 300mm telephoto.

Today was a very busy day with the camera.

Cell Phone Photos

Just amazing for me to think back a decade ago and the old Sony 3.5 inch disk cameras. I thought they were the best thing ever, and now even the phone I carry in my pocket can take better pictures. Here are three from today. I've made a "holder for my iPhone that gives me more control for the "macro" shots. Also the "Doll" photo was taken with an app that makes the photos look old fashioned. Remember the old square format snapshots. Really Cool!

Early Morning Moon

I woke up this morning, or at least gained some sort of consciousness and I'm still not sure if I am actually awake right now. I thought Matt was up with lights on everywhere and all, but it was the moon shining all over the newly fallen snow outside, and it was beautiful. Half an hour later I'm posting this photo which is the best that I could get shooting from inside the house. I couldn't bring myself to get dressed, go outside and set up a tripod, especially seeing as how I just photographed that same moon at dusk yesterday on the other side of the sky. 20 second exposure at f20, and this is the best shot I could get. Very little adjustment in PhotoShop, and when I tried to do anything with it in Preview (see the histogram screenshot) it just "noised" out (which is the camera equivalent of "freaking out").

Late Afternoon Snowshoeing... Again

Today I finished up a bunch of schoolwork and then thought I would catch the very brief late afternoon sunlight, so I headed East on my snowshoes through the various borders of bushes and alders that serve as boundaries between the lots along the shore of Flanders Bay. The snow was deep at times, especially where it had drifted over the thicker patches of bush, and was well over my knees on several occasions. I took about 60 pictures and will post a few that were the most meaningful to me and, interestingly were shot closest to home. I guess it just proves the point that you don't don't have to look very far to find an interesting subject.

Late Afternoon Showshoeing

I took the HX1 out with me up behind David Cadigan's with brother Dave fro a trail trek this afternoon before it got dark and got a couple of panoramic shots and more. I doctored the small pines cones one and a couple of the others and not sure I like so much, but here they are.

Schoodic Mountain...

Early Afternoon On the Shore

I posted 30 of the photos from this group that I took early this afternoon. I was standing over the bed folding clothes and realized that I had to go outside with my camera. I was going out to shovel around front to Matt's doorway anyhow, so I got some great pictures. I shot around 60 in this group and selected 30 of them to post to FaceBook right from iPhoto, so that was easy! Here are two of my favorites below!

Sandy & Plastic Bag

No real intent here, just a couple of photos today that I found interesting.