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Monday, May 9, 2011

Mom's Day Photos





I'll admit, today wasn't the awesomest Mom's Day... probably something to do with mr being gone.  He left yesterday.  For two weeks.  Or so.  Getting a much needed mommy break wasn't really an option, you see.  Ah, well.  I spent time with family per usual and we had a warm Spring cookout.  It almost made up for it.  No wait.  The cordless drill from my parents kids made up for it.  No wait, having no children with me during church today for the first time in over 18 months made up for it.  Yea!  mini's old enough for nursery!  I suppose I got a break after all!


Enough chat.  I thought this was about Mom's Day Photos.  Actually, that's a typo.  It should say Mom's Day AND photos.  Because not one of these was taken today.  Oh well.  Here's my hunt results:


SOOC
Hey, wait.  This WAS taken today.  Ok, so ONE was taken today.  A Mother's Day sunset.
Sprouting
Do mushrooms "sprout"?  Or do they just "grow"?  I don't know the technical term, but I really wanted to use this picture somewhere... 
Isn't it Ironic?
Looks like Spring, doesn't it?  Sunny, green, yummy homemade popsicles... isn't it ironic that it was NOT warm out?  I needed some pictures for a project and we had to cut it short - we were cold.
Lazy
Cloud watching... lazy spring pastime.  Sun through the clouds... look!  A whale... a heart... 

Smells Like Spring
Tree lined street in UT.  It DID smell like spring.  I was taking a step away from my usual high contrast exposure.  Can you tell where the cars were that I had to "erase"?  I used the clone tool in picnik.  LOVE that tool.

I managed to finish the "Let's Go Exploring with a Camera" prompt this week, too.  You can check this out over at The Kateye View.  



This week, we worked on visual contrast - which is usually done with high contrast lighting.  There are tons of other types of visual contrast, however, which I never considered.  So, here are some of the contrast shots I came up with:


Natural/Manmade
Perhaps not the clearest interpretation, but if you look in the background you can see the chain link fence behind all the foliage.
Natural/Manmade
Also Large versus Small?
Curved/Straight
Also, Smooth/Rough or Vegetable/Mineral.



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6 comments:

  1. CedarMay 9, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    Wonderful shots! I particularly love your last two contrast shots!

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  2. Kat SlomaMay 9, 2011 at 3:15 AM

    Ah, vegetable/mineral! You came up with a new one! There are so many contrasts when you start looking, nicely done. Thanks so much for participating in Exploring with a Camera!

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  3. CatherineMay 9, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    Loved your photos! I love looking at clouds and seeing shapes too, I've been snapping some recently to hopefully put together into a blog post.

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  4. fiddleheadMay 9, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    What amazing shots these all are!

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  5. Ashley SiskMay 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    So I'm loving that visual contrast shots - great work already! And smells like spring - what a nice walk way. Beautiful SOOC. I hope you get some much needed mom time soon.

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  6. DeliaMay 9, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    Cool cloud pictures! Those were my favorite. :)

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