September 10 - 253/365

28-135mm lens @ 28mm, f/5.0, 1/20, ISO 800

I had the opportunity to have one of my photos displayed in a gallery collection sponsored by one of our local camera shops. Tonight was the "opening" night for the gallery show, which was also why I made all those cupcakes the last two days! While you can't see my image that well here, it is up on the wall there!

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June 15 - 166/365

18-55mm lens @ 55mm, f/36, 2", ISO 100

Today I worked on trying out a technique I had heard about - a zoom barrel blur. The idea is that you move the barrel of the lens in or out while the camera is exposing the shot, creating this blurred effect. I'm not sure if this is the best example of this technique, but I was giving it a try because we were assigned with the task of trying something new and out of our "comfort zone" for my photography guild. So I gave it a shot...no pun intended... and this was what I ended up with. Not bad... but not exactly my favorite image ever.

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June 12 - 163/365

28-135mm lens @ 135mm, f/6.3, 1/160, ISO 400

Today was a busy day with a photography event in the morning and a bridal shower in the afternoon. The photography outing was with my photography group to a butterfly garden in the area. What a next experience! Since the garden was indoors in a greenhouse-like building, the butterflies weren't wandering away, plus we were there early in the morning before they were super active, so they were very good subjects. :-) It was really hard to choose from all the photos which was my favorite, but I liked this one because of the colors and the fact that you could see some of the details of the head so well.

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April 26 - 116/365

28-135mm lens @ 65mm, f/5.6, 1/6, ISO 200

I spent a bit of my afternoon working on a project for my photography club. We were given an assignment for this month to come up with an image that represents a "universal theme" and contains elements of good photographic composition. Can you guess which theme(s) I tried to represent? The main theme of this photograph was supposed to be "temptation". Being a chocoholic, I am constantly tempted by sweets, but knowing I should choose a healthier option. I staged the photo and used a tripod to capture myself being caught up in temptation.

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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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March 20 - 79/365

75-300mm lens @ 300mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 800

The photography guild that I recently joined had their first group outing for 2010 on Saturday. Our destination - the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. It was a great day, not just because the weather was gorgeous and it was the first official day of Spring, but also because I got to spend a few hours focusing on my photography. And the animals were so much fun to watch. I had such a tough time choosing one photo for the day, but this monkey was just too irresistible. I will try to post a few more photos from the day on Flickr soon. 

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