Not much inspiration for today. Took few pictures in the backyard this evening and didn’t like the way they turned out.
So this is a shot I took yesterday while returning back from the park. As we were waiting for the signal to turn green, shot this bokeh. Those red spots on the top are the red signal and those on the bottom are from the headlights of the oncoming cars.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph that features a sign of some sort today. Maybe a stop sign. Maybe an information sign. Or an advert.
Had a chance to take my son to Faust park this evening (which is next to the Butterfly house). Before taking my little one to the play area took this shot for TDS assignment.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph of a plant today. It can be a small one in a pot, a big one in the park, or a tree in a forest.
That’s a shot of our bell pepper plant in a container. Our container vegetable gardening plants didn’t do very well this year. I am guessing the containers were too shallow for these plants.
Perhaps next year we will plan on doing our vegetable garden in our backyard.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph using hard light today. Feature the crisp and strong shadows as a major element of your photograph.
You could call this shot as “The return of the gnome” 😉
I really like the strong shadows in this shot. The shadow seems to be of a witch – it would have looked much better if I had shot this at a different time, so that I could have caught long shadows.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph with motion blur today. Use a fast moving subject or a slow shutter speed can do the trick.
Fast moving subject: That would be my little boy on his Radio Flyer tricycle 😉
Todays daily shoot assignment: Make a photograph using wide focal length. Zoom or prime or iPhone cameras all qualify for going wide today.
Decided to use Sigma 17-70mm at it’s wide end for this assignment.
To make this assignment shot interesting/fun used my little boy’s happy meal toy as the subject. It’s another backyard shot with low POV – I picked that technique from an earlier TDS assignment.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Find a repeating pattern and make a photo of it today.
Shot these townhouses chimney/roof pattern while visiting a friend in Chicago area yesterday.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Today’s color is green. Make a photo of a green subject today and post it.
Well it’s not a green subject. But it’s green energy for sure 😉
As I was driving to Chicago this afternoon to pick up family who are returning back from their vacation tomorrow, I shot this wind farm close to Pontiac, IL.
I have to admit, I shot this from a moving car – but would never try that again. Since I’m travelling light, shot this in JPEG mode and later edited in online Picnik website to bring out the colors.
Todays daily shoot assignment: Triangles keep the viewer’s eyes on a photo. Follow a triangle, and you see other elements. Make a photo with triangles.
Took few shots this evening with the theme “triangle” in my mind but I didn’t like none of those shots – it’s one of those days when I lacked any inspiration. I will have to blame it on the hot weather 😉
This is snapshot I took from my visit to the park couple of days ago. Nothing artistic in this shot, but posting this as it fits TDS “triangle” assignment.
Watch close and you’ll see more than three triangles.
Had a chance to visit a friend’s home this morning and took pictures of his father celebrating his 75th birthday.
While I was there, I noticed that they had this brass bowl filled with water and floating flowers in the side table. Those two lotus flowers are artificial while the other flowers are real. I have to say, I am totally impressed with this floral arrangement.
I love the colors and welcoming feel on this arrangement. Real simple and quite effective.