Project 365 - Day 165 - Shoot the moon

Over the past couple of nights the moon has been a sliver of itself.  I really wanted to get a shot of the quarter moon, or even smaller, but the clouds and life got in the way - mostly clouds though, those suckers move fast!

I had a shot in my pocket from earlier today that I got of a squirrel.  Mr squirrel only let me get one shot off before bolting away, but I at least had that one.  But then Sonia pointed out the nice clear skies and the fact that the moon was still in quarter-ish phase.  So I grabbed my camera with my trusty 70-200mm lens and shot away.

ISO400, Sigma 70-200mm lens at 200mm.  Shutter is 1/250 and aperture is f/2.8.  I love this lens...
In post, I cropped about 70% of the shot out to bring the moon closer.  I need a teleconverter for this lens.  Santa, are you listening?  :-)

Project 365 - Day 164 - Sunset in Milton

The sunsets here are pretty cool after it has been raining all day, and today's sunset was no exception.  The clouds in this direction were starting to clear, but over the lake to the south they were actually getting thicker.  This shot is taken just north of the 407 in Milton on Henderson side road.  This side road is very busy, with cars routinely doing more than 80 km/hr.  I really need a reflective vest ...

Shot with my 24-70mm lens at 24mm.  ISO400m f/11 and 1/125s shutter.

Project 365 - Day 163 - Pink Flowers

I took the rest of this week off to get some yardwork done as our weekends seem to be chock full of other engagements.  Same thing every year.  I think Sonia does it on purpose to avoid helping out with the heavy lifting ... :-)

It was quite hot today, so I took a couple of water breaks in the shade in the backyard.  I have learned to have my camera nearby.  I saw this bumblebee buzzing around these pink flowers, and figured I would get a shot of that.  Well, he took off before I could get a clean shot, but I did take a couple of "set up" shots to make sure I had the focus right and the proper depth of field.  This is one of those set up shots.

I really like this lens ...

Shot with my 70-200mm lens at 200mm.  1/400s shutter at f/5.6  ISO is 800.  No flash, no tripod.

Project 365 - Day162 - Car Wash

Tonight I was on the hunt for a moon shot.  The only problem was there were too many clouds.  So while pontificating on what I was going to shoot for my shot-of-the-day, I decided to fill the Mazda and get a car wash.  My camera was right beside me, so I started shooting while the soap was running down the windshield. I got this shot.

Shot with my 60mm Macro lens.  ISO is 1600, shutter is 1/40 and aperture is f/3.2

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 ... :-)

Project 365 - Day 160 - the Gutsy Walk

Today Sonia and I spent the better part of the morning at The Gutsy Walk at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington taking photos of teams that had registered to participate in the walk.  The Teams all raised money for research into Crohns and Colitis, and we were more than happy to help out in this way.

When the walk started, the Cursaders Drumline helped march the group of walkers out.  This is a group of kids that are enrolled at St Mary Catholic School in Hamilton.  These kids are awesome, and they continued playing for those of us who were left behind after the walkers had gone.

Man, if this was around when I was in high school, I might have actually joined band!  :-)

This was shot with my 24-70mm lens set to 56mm, at ISO640 and 1/8000 sec shutter.  Aperture was at f/3.5.  In post, I cropped for content, and turned down the exposure a bit.  I had a flash mounted to the top of the camera that was pointing straight ahead to allow the white drum to illuminate properly.

Well done to the Cursaders, to the walkers and the organizers of today's event.  It was a lot of fun to participate in such a good cause.

Project 365 - Day 159 - Millipede??

I hate these things.  :-) 

We have a garbage containment unit outside since we don't have a garage.  For the first couple of years, I battled with the racoons and other "night life" around here when it was getting close to garbage day.  We would try everything from tying the garbage cans up to the posts of the car port to leaving securing the lids with bungee cords.  Nothing worked.  But finally, I designed and built a containment unit and this has kept them away successfully since then.

One of the bonuses of the containment unit is that it creates a nice damp environment for all kinds of creepy crawlies to lounge about in the doorjambs of the unit.  Every time I open the door, centipedes run for cover, potato bugs slowly meander in their potato bugly way into a darker corner, and the small millipedes pretend that they are not there and that I can't see them.

So today, I purposely went to get this guy and shoot him.

I wanted to get him in his "ring" state, but he wasn't sitting still for me.  These things should have more respect for my size and humanness...  but I did get a couple of good shots of him trying to get away.

Shot with my 60mm Nikon lens, at f/32.  Mounted on my tripod.  ISO was 1250, and the shutter is 1/100.