April 3 - 93/365
28-135mm lens @ 50mm, f/4.5, 1/2500, ISO 200
This picture pretty much speaks for itself. My photography group had organized a group outing to photograph the cherry blossoms in DC. I was worried the blossoms would be too far past their peak, but they were wonderful. This photo of the Jefferson memorial was one of my favorites from the day.
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April 2 - 92/365
4/5/10
18-55mm lens @ 55mm, f/5.6, 1/30, ISO 800
My husband and I had the chance to spend an evening with my family celebrating my brother's birthday and doing some Easter preparations. And of course, Easter would not be complete without some egg dying! Even though it is kind of silly, we still have fun doing it. Today's photo was of the best egg of the night. Not necessarily because it was the most beautiful or the most artistic, but because it was the most amusing. Sadly, I had to have someone explain it to me - apparently the chicken on the left is kicking a soccer ball towards the chicken that is "guarding a goal" on the right. Yes, that red line/squiggle is a goal. Don't think that second chicken will be a very good goalie since the only thing sticking out of his egg is his feet. :-)
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April 1 - 91/365
4/1/10
50mm lens, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 800
Have you ever seen those photos some people have in their portfolio that show detailed birds in flight, or super close ups of insects? I've always wondered how they got those photos and figured the likelihood that I would ever happen to catch a bird/insect/etc at just the right time [and get it to stay still for me to capture] was pretty slim. Well today was my day. I went out in my backyard to check on the growth of a few new plants and two bumble bees practically smacked into me while in the middle of mating. Not liking bees, even "tame" bumble bees, I started to dash back to the house. But luckily, I stopped to watch them for a minute, and not long after, the female shook off her male mate and landed on a tree branch. And of course the male, not happy about being shoved away, hovered in front of the female, just waiting for his chance to pounce on her again. Lucky for me, I dashed into the house to grab my camera, even taking time to switch to my 50mm lens, and those bees were still there. I got as close as I could to them without scaring them off, but still needed to crop the photo a little bit to really show off the bees. I love that I was able to capture this moment in nature, and can't believe I was actually able to get one of "those" photos that I have always admired in others work.
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March 31 - 90/365
18-55mm lens @ 18mm, f/14, 1/500, ISO 800
Today was beautiful outside. Beyond beautiful. The first gorgeous spring day after days and days of rain. And the trees are really starting to bloom, including these behind our house. The buds on these trees have a slight pink tinge to them, so I wanted to capture the blue sky, pinkish tree buds, and the beautiful day.
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March 30 - 89/365
28-135mm lens @ 44mm, f/4, 1/25, ISO 800
Do you remember my upcoming trip to Europe that I mentioned before? Well we are leaving for Germany in just over a month, and one of my major thoughts about this trip was how to pack my gear. When I went to Italy and Greece last year, I brought the Canon brand backpack you see in the background. I got this pack as a gift when I got my Canon dSLR. It's specifically made for holding camera gear, which is great, but it's not really good for holding much else, such as guidebooks and other day pack items. And it's a bit heavy.
So I decided to make a new bag for myself that would be lighter and easier to carry a few pieces of equipment around while sightseeing, plus a little room for a guide book. So I bought a lightweight canvas bag from Target and hand sewed some padded inserts for the inside. I also made some padded dividers with velcro on the ends so that I can customize the inside depending on what equipment I want to carry that day. I'm really happy with how the bag turned out and even got to give it a "test drive" over the weekend! Can't wait to bring it to Germany....
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March 29 - 88/365
28-135mm lens @ 53mm, f/4.5, 1/8, ISO 800
I would have rather spent my evening thinking about a creative or artistic photo to take. But instead, I spent my entire evening rescuing files from my portable hard drive. That black piece of junk next to my computer. I am happy to report that I got the drive working again, and ALL my photos have been transferred to the laptop. Yea! But in order to get all those photos off, I had to hold the power cord into the drive VERY tight. Not moving a muscle. For over an hour. My fingers were hurting - I sure love my photos.....
Tonights ordeal also made me remember that I haven't burned my photos in too long. And it made me wonder... how many copies or "backups" is enough? I'm starting to think after this latest episode that 3 would be good. One on a hard drive. One on a CD/DVD. And maybe one on an online backup source. Any thoughts suggestions? What works for you?
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