John (300m) > Nov 18: Water Droplets
I found this leaf in the yard and I really liked the play of light on the leaf.  The interplay with the features looked good and I was impressed with the shot.  I had been walking around with my 70-200 on and the min distance with that lens is 5' so I was about 6' away from the leaf and still captured this shot.  I did the conversion to B&W in PS and adjusted the setting till I found a point for the shot I liked.  Enjoy and have a great day
John (300m) > Jan 9 Waterfall
You are getting one from the archives as I had major dental work done on the way home from work.  Bottom line, I hurt.  I am posting this and going to bed after I take a pain pill.  Please enjoy
I was doing good last night, I sent this to the wrong gallery.  Better today, but still sort
John (300m) > June 17:  Daisy in the morning light
I caught this daisy in the early morning light as I wandered around taking pictures while waiting to get my car worked on.  My flat tire from fathers day will not hold air so I had to replace the tire and discovered it an odd size.  I liked the way the light played across the flower and the lingering effects of last nights rain were still present in the center and the pedals.  I liked the effect of both the shadows and the light in this shot.
EXIF
D200
105mm VR hand held in manual mode
ISO 125
1/500 sec 
f 9.5
0 EV
+5 black in LR
+15 clarity LR
John (300m) > Nov 17:  Reflective SP
I took this Monday night, but as I was under the weather most of yesterday and asleep I did not take any pictures so I will use this shot.  Thanks everyone for the well wishes!!  I think the stuff the doc gave me is working as my head and chest feel better today and I am going to work.  Kittens are sad as they had a buddy all day yesterday and a warn bed to sleep on :)  I am using the couch as a tripod here.
Have a great day!
John (300m) > Nov 12: The Silhouette
I captured this tree for  a shot I was thinking of as I liked the way it looked and the statement it made against the blue sky.  I exposed for the sky using spot metering and took the shot.  The only processing is to raise the black threshold a little and to dodge the bottom where a car's shiny back end was showing.  Have a good day
John (300m) > July 14:  Bad hair day
I caught this little gal early on my daily walk.  There were a pair of herons down in the moat and I was able to get close enough without my usual scaring them away to get some good pictures.  Here is the pair of them on the pipe in the moat   Heron Pair 
The weather was real bad yesterday, heavily overcast, trying to rain so I stayed near the gym facility incase of rain I could run back with my camera.  I have now put a big plastic bag in my gym stuff just in case.  
This gal stood posed on the pipe for me and let me take 4-5 shots.  I  liked this one the best.  18-200mm lens at 135mm leaning over the moat walk fence to get this shot.  The later shot was when I got closer and the male flew in protective :) I took the shot and left them in peace.  Shot was color corrected to remove blue - green cast.
John (300m) > Crystal Ink Bottle
I am sharing a shot I took for another challenge.  I came home last night to discover another loss from the lightning, my main backup external drive is in/out causing problems.  Spent 1.5 hrs on the line with tech support ot identify the problem, I was having boot issues.  Well the short is the drive is not trustworthy and all my 2004-2008 files are on here :(  That is why Lightroom kept locking up and my computer would hangup.  I lost 2 days worth of pictures, all the ones I did yesterday and the day before.  I have the raw files but all the processing is gone..  I did one for today, but I was not happy with the shot and was tired.  I wanted a non flower shot so vs the ones I took so here is one I took for the office supplies challenge.

This is a crystal ink bottle that I was changing ink in.  I write with fountain pens so I use this to keep my ink on my desk.  Right behind my digitizer and phone.
Have a great day Folks!
John (300m) > August 2:  Glass Art
When my daughter and I went to the Living Museum on Wednesday she saw that piece of glass art that she liked but could not afford.  Like a good Dad I bought it for her.  I told her I did want to photograph the dolphin as a DP and she said Sure!  I struggled with this yesterday, the reflections, the lighting, the colors of light.  All the odd things that go with multi angle glass work.  In the final product I ended up purchasing a second C123A flashlight, I like the color of light they produce, to due the job.  A drawback to these lights is they get HOT fast.  Trying to hold 2 hot flashlights and the remote trigger while framing the shot and light is a trip.  I ended up getting an inspiration and using my microphone stand to hold one of the light and that helped.  I took about 30 shots before I decided on this combo.  This is a left side shot and a right side shot merged in PS with layers nose to nose.  I made a layer around both dolphins and moved them to a new layer.  The background is the blue off one of the blue stripes and the frame borders are the yellow, green, and red in the pattern.  The depressions/ dark spot on the head is the insets in the glass for the eyes.  We are going to frame this shot and hang it on the wall in my daughters bathroom. I think I am going to have to resize as it is 8.5x24 :)  Have a great day everyone
John (300m) > Oct 22:  Textures
I saw this fresh pile of sand on the beach where they were building the new seawall.  I really liked the textures of the sand and the colors of the sky in the shot.  Great abstract feel to this picture.  The shot was taken through the walk railings as I was in dress clothes and not able to get into a better position to take the shot.  Enjoy the day
Nov 12: The Silhouette
I captured this tree for a shot I was thinking of as I liked the way it looked and the statement it made against the blue sky. I exposed for the sky using spot metering and took the shot. The only processing is to raise the black threshold a little and to dodge the bottom where a car's shiny back end was showing. Have a good day
John (300m) > Nov 12: The Silhouette
I captured this tree for  a shot I was thinking of as I liked the way it looked and the statement it made against the blue sky.  I exposed for the sky using spot metering and took the shot.  The only processing is to raise the black threshold a little and to dodge the bottom where a car's shiny back end was showing.  Have a good day
Nov 12: The Silhouette
I captured this tree for a shot I was thinking of as I liked the way it looked and the statement it made against the blue sky. I exposed for the sky using spot metering and took the shot. The only processing is to raise the black threshold a little and to dodge the bottom where a car's shiny back end was showing. Have a good day
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