Friday, August 21, 2009

Calm Before The Storm...part 2

Here are a few more from the same day...


This was one of my favourite shots of the day

The sky looked beautiful that night! This was a few minutes before it started to rain and all the power was out!

I took this looking through the glass window of the front door. I thought it made it look kind of interesting.
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The Calm Before The Storm


These were all taken right before the big rain storm (and tornado storm for other areas) hit in Ontario



Lying in the grass


Trying to give this an old/ancient feel

Would have loved to zoom in more on the bug, but couldn't as I don't have a macro lens...not yet at least!
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Fire


This was also taken with my point and shoot, not my digital SLR, but I still like the effect.
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Bright Lights


I just changed this to focal black and white, and added more of a glow to it. Thought it would make it interesting.
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Green


I like this shot. I was trying to show how little the people looked in comparison to the trees and the building.
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Singing in the Rain


So this isn't rain, it's more of a fountain. I slowed down the shutter speed a little so the water would not look frozen in this one.
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Frozen in Time


Increased shutter speed again to show the drops frozen in time.
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Building


Again, increasing the saturation. The sun was so bright that day that the sky looks white!
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Walking


Another one taken while crossing the street...again increased the saturation, but not as much in this one.
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Strolling Around


Was taking crossing the street, and then I increased the saturation of it to brighten up the image.
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Fountain of Youth


Was experimenting with shutter speeds here...in this one, I increased the spead to see the water frozen in time.
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Life in the fast lane


My first few attempts at panning (after having done some cropping). I still need to work on it, but all-in-all, not TOO bad.
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A Midsummer's Night Dream


This is exactly what I picture when I think of "Midsummer's Night Dream".
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Once upon a time...


This reminded me of a something in a fairy tale, so I changed the colours a little to give it that feel. Though the branches in the bottom left hand corner take away from the effect. I don't know how to use photoshop yet, otherwise I would have removed them completely from the picture!
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A night at the beach


Boats found by the docks
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

As the world turns...


I edited this a little. Taken while I was standing atop the jungle gym by our house.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Peace be with you


Interesting pieces found in a friend's appartment. I just love the way they all came together: religion, the Rosetta Stone and some rocks.
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Food for thought


Part of a friend's book collection...quite a varied collection!
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Monday, August 10, 2009

A lone jug


Just some random jug found at home. My mom has always loved collecting unique pieces, so there is always something interesting to photograph!
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"These boots were made for walking..."


So they aren't quite boots, but that doesn't matter. There are certain things that make a woman happy...this is exhibit A!
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We will always have Paris


Ever since I was little, I've always loved Paris. Maybe it was because I was in a city where my 17 years (more or less) of French would come in handy, or if it was just because I was a hopeless romantic...either way, it was just as beautiful as I had imagined it!
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"You must have been a beautiful baby..."


My baby cousin getting all warm and toasty as we leave my aunt's wedding reception.
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Wedding bliss, and happiness


This was what topped a family friend's wedding cake. I thought it was beautiful!
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