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Photo 365: Day 244 – TDS: Cherish

Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph of one of the least expensive things that you cherish.

Least expensive thing that I cherish – it has to be my $5.39 Coby head phones 😉

I am not an audiophile (although I do have a Sennheiser headphones) and my Coby headphone does a decent job. It’s not as crisp as Sennheiser headphones but for $5.39 it sounds great.

Photo 365: Day 243 – TDS:Ugly

Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a beautiful photograph of something commonly thought of as ugly.

For this TDS: Ugly assignment, I picked a common subject – wire clutter.

We all have wire clutter in our house, work place etc. which presents an ugly sight. I really don’t know how to make this a beautiful photograph though 😉

A clutter is a clutter. It’s an ugly sight both in real life and in a picture.

There is a bonus picture for day:243

Photo 365: Day 243 – TDS:Ugly (bonus picture)

Bonus picture for TDS:Ugly assignment – home grown dried garlic ready to be consumed 😉

Photo 365: Day 242 – TDS:Monochrome (macro challenge)

Todays daily shoot subject: Make a monochrome photograph today. Either use a single color subject/background or make it monochrome in post.

Another busy Wednesday and didn’t get to shoot for TDS assignment until about 7:00 PM this evening. I was planning on shooting something colorful (like leaves) but with limited light got to shoot something indoors and ended up doing a macro.

Can you identify this macro subject?

Macro challenge answer: It’s a dough blender with blades 😉

Photo 365: Day 241 – TDS:Local Weather

Todays daily shoot assignment: Illustrate your local weather today with a photo. Rain or shine. Cloudy or clear. Communicate what it’s like to the world.

We had a nice weather in St. Louis today. It was sunny most of the day with max temperature at about 90 F  and later this evening we had some showers.

Shot this just outside our house when I got back from work this evening.

Used Sigma 17-70mm lens at its wide end @f/8 for this shot.

Photo 365: Day 240 – TDS:Diagonal line

Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph featuring a diagonal line or series of diagonal lines. Pull our attention through the photograph.

For TDS assignment, I want to shoot a diagonal line formed by an every day subject – that made me think for a while this evening. Then I saw my daughter with her evening cup of warm water in a tea cup. That’s how I ended up with shooting tea cup.

Tried with a straw/tea-cup/water to form a diagonal line – but due to shallow depth, and being light in weight, the straw didn’t workout. So ended up using a tiny silver spoon to form a diagonal line with tea cup and water.

Used Nikkor 60mm macro @f/3.3 to shoot this.

Photo 365: Day 239 – TDS: Something cold

Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph of something cold today. Ice cubes, frosty beverages, or the freezer aisle at the grocery store.

Another lazy Sunday – nothing accomplished (besides daughter’s school work) and not feeling guilty about it 😉

Just after lunch, my 2yr old went for his ice cream cone treat and I thought I will make few shots with TDS:Cold assignment in mind. Shot few pictures with Nikon 50mm @f/1.4  with focus set on the ice cream cone. As you might have experienced it’s hard taking picture of a 2yr old – they are full of energy and definitely f/1.4 helps a tad bit.

Out of 25+ shots I fired, I liked this one a lot.

Photo 365: Day 238 -TDS:Repetition

Todays daily shoot assignment: Use repetition to create an interesting photograph today. Grids, patterns, or a series of lines will all do the trick.

We are not a big fan of store bought yogurt. We prefer homemade yogurt over store bought yogurt. But my wife had volunteered to prepare food made of yogurt for a picnic this afternoon and I did some grocery shopping this morning and these yogurt tubs were among them.

These were perfect for TDS:repetition assignment.

There is one more picture post for TDS:Repetition assignment.

Photo 365: Day 238 – TDS:Repetition

Bonus picture for Day:238 TDS:repetition assignment – windows shades & shadows.

Photo 365: Day 237 – TDS:Metallic

Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph of something metallic today. Put the emphasis on texture and light.

Metallic…How about faucet? Turns out these faucets are non-metallic – I figured out after shooting this for TDS assignment. But decided to go with this shot 😉

I wasn’t really planning on a self-portrait – hence, want to stay away from this shinny faucet so that I don’t end up shooting a reflection of me and ending up with a selfi.

Had this shot with Sigma 150mm and used circular polarizer filter to eliminate glare.

Those smudges underneath the faucet – blame it on me…I did a poor job of fixing/plumbing this faucet 😉