June 19 - 170/365

28-135mm lens @ 47mm, f/4, 1/1000, ISO 200

Our friends invited us out to a winery tour in Western Maryland. We got a brief tour of the winery followed by a private wine tasting in a tent behind the vinyards. Good thing we were under a tent in the shade because it was a hot day! We spent the rest of the afternoon with a few chilled bottles, enjoying the sun setting behind the winery. I had taken a few photos of the winery and the wine tasting, but thought this one of our friend, Keith, with a butterfly catcher [have no clue who brought this!] was more fun.

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June 18 - 169/365

28-135mm lens @ 80mm, f/5, 1/125 +2/3, ISO 200

A hot and sunny Friday afternoon. Before heading out for the night, I snapped a picture of the sun shining behind a flower busy in my backyard. You can almost feel the hot sun... :-)

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June 17 - 168/365

28-135mm lens @ 65mm, f/5, 1/80, ISO 200

Attempts to play with lighting and crystal. I was hoping to get a little diffraction of the light into rainbows or something but that didn't work out, so this was the result.

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June 16 - 167/365

28-135mm lens @ 125mm, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 800

While my husband was playing guitar tonight, I snatched on of his music books to take a quick shot. I think this was a Metallica song, but can't remember since I'm delinquent in my postings. :-P

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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 14 - 165/365

28-135mm lens @ 60mm, f/4.5, 1/20, ISO 800

Another self portrait of what I have been spending most of my free time doing lately - photo editing. I've been slowly working my way through all of the 2,000 vacation photos I took. Plus the noise cancelling headphones to tune out the blaring sound of my husband playing guitar. :-)

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June 13 - 164/365

28-135mm lens @ 50mm, f/5, 1/50, ISO 600

Bridal shower yesterday, baby shower today. I am definitely showered out! But still, it was fun to "ooh" and "aah" over all the cute little baby clothes and soft toys. It was tough to choose a photo, but the bears on these cute little shoes spoke to me (of course).

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