Project 365 - Day 172 - Light as a ... well one of these...

In the backyard today and found this feather lying in the garden.  So, of course I decided to shoot it.  Got down low and shot with my 24-70.   I could have done a MACRO shot of the feather showing it's detail but I wanted to show the stripes and general shape and colour of it first.  I might do a MACRO shot of a feather soon though, it's a great idea.

Shot with my 24-70 (you already said that John) at 70mm.  f/10 at 1/25s.  Handheld, but braced on the rocks for stability.  ISO 800 to keep the shutter speed down.

Bumped contrast up and saturated burgundy just a tad.

Project 365 - Day 161 - Now that's cold!

Lousy day out there today, and we also had a club meeting tonight.  It was dark and raining when I got home.  Dark I can take, as night shots are awesome.  Dark and raining gets my camera wet and I can't see where it is wet and it just makes me miserable.  Plus, it messes up my hair.

So I came home to think about my shot over a nice cold beer.  Hrm ... what's that running down the side of the bottle?  Is that a water droplet?  Time to grab the camera!

 

Shot with my Nikon 60mm Macro lens at f/10.  1/250 of a sec.  On a tripod, with my flash mounted on a pocketwizard to the right of the shot.  ISO640.  Simple crop, that's it.  Oh, I had to erase a dog hair that was on the bottle - full disclosure ... :-)