Photo 365: Day 177 – Ice water & Soccer

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I briefly watched world cup soccer this afternoon as US played Ghana. I got back from my yard work and heard the score was 1-1 and thought I should check it out. Too bad US didn’t win but it was a good match.

It was a hot day and to cool off I sat down with ice water to watch soccer. I had this idea to shoot the ice water glass & soccer on TV – I want it to tell a story. Initially I tried with 50mm prime but I didn’t like the outcome so had to settle with 150mm Sigma.

It was a bit tricky shooting the water glass with the bright background images on TV. So used spot metering to take the reading on the glass but later switched to manual and adjusted the aperture/speed until I got the desired photo.

I like the way it turned out.

Photo 365: Day 176 – Abstract

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As I stepped outside to take photos for my 365 project, I had in my mind to do abstract theme for today’s post. Asiatic lilies are in full bloom in our yard and I noticed evening sunlight filtering through the petals. So found a spot to rest my tripod/camera, and shot this using Sigma 150mm macro lens.

I like the way it turned out this evening.

Photo 365: Day 175: Shrimp salad

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It’s been quite some time now since I have last done food photography. So decided to try with food photography this evening. Picked a recipe for shrimp salad online and tried it with lot of summer veggies. It turned out pretty good 😉

Photo 365: Day 174 – Feeling toasty

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Another hot day here in St. Louis. Temperature was in upper 90 F and the heat index was 105 F

Got back from work and didn’t wan’t to go out again for a photo shoot. Just stayed home and shot this, that depicts the weather today in St. Louis. A bit of rain could help 😉

Photo 365: Day 173 – About time to get fit

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Yep it’s about time to hit that weight bench 😉

This photo 365 project has really kept me busy this year and my priorities have definitely changed with this project – my time back from work these days are spent on photo project.  Couple of days ago there was blog post on tasramar.com titled SPRINT TO THE FINISH and the goal is to get fit again.

My goal is just as simple as exercise 6 days/week and get to bed in a reasonable time.

As I was on my workout session this evening I decided to shoot my weight bench for today’s photo post 😉

Today is Twitter Tuesday and don’t forget to checkout out other 365 photogs.

Photo 365: Day 172 – Marigold

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Our Marigolds have started to bloom. We have started mixed Marigolds from seeds late spring and finally we are seeing colors. These are miniature ones and are real pretty.

Photo 365: Day 171 – Texture

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I had originally thought of shooting flowers from our backyard but it was too hot and muggy outside and decided to go with the texture theme for today’s post.

We have this old garden pot about 6+ year old that we had originally bought for growing Amaryllis bulbs – it has gone through harsh winter, summer, rain and starting losing it’s paint. So for today’s theme I though of shooting this pot as it has wonderful texture and some nice colors.

Had this sit in the patio steps and shot this using my favorite 60mm macro Nikkor lens.

Photo 365: Day 170 – Reflection

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Netflix/Roku – that’s how we relax these days. No live TV or cable for us – although kids like watching PBS on OTA channels 🙂

As I had few minutes to kill this afternoon I was going over other ROKU channels besides Netflix and noticed this reflection on our coffee table. So I had this shot using Nikon 50mm. To get a better reflection of TV on the coffee table, I had to pull down the curtains – hence this was shot @f16 for 30sec exposure. I like the way it turned out.

Those scratches on the coffee table – credit to our kids 😉

Photo 365: Day 169 – Time

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Lately I have been spending too much time on my Photo 365 project and I thought with this post I should remind myself of how Time is very important.

When I started this project, I’ll take about 15-30 minutes to come up with the idea, execute that idea, and be done. But that seems to have gone three fold now 😉

It’s just that I like the my photos to be perfect and I think I want every post to be a master-piece which I know is impossbile. Coincidentally there was a post @TasraMar by Terri Bleeker (another Photo 365 blogger whom I follow) and there was this quote that really made me think

Remember you don’t have to be the best. You just have to be better than you were last week…

So simple but very powerful quote. So I am going to challenge myself to spend only 30 minutes and not to worry about the post to be the best. So how much time do you spend on your photo 365 project per day?

Photo 365: Day 168 – Japanese Beetles

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It’s summer and Japanese Beetles are here 🙁

One good thing about these nasty beetles – they only live for 2 weeks. So this evening I was on a mission to shoot Japanese Beetles. In particular, I want to make use of my BR-2A reverse ring adapter.

It was quite sunny outside and decided to have this shot indoors. So I had to catch one that won’t move much and found one little beetle that wasn’t moving much – perhaps he fed too much on the leaves.

I already had my camera set on the tripod with Nikkor 28mm lens reverse mounted. So had this beetle rest on a bark mulch and had him move in front of the reverse mounted lens until he was on focus – it’s a bit of a challenge with the reverse mounted lens as things go out of focus within few centimeters.

Took about 30 shots and of those, I liked this one the best.