Friday, January 30, 2009

Week 5: A Walk Around The Yard


A Walk Around The Yard, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

I planned to take a photo at school today and got busy and never took one so I put my 50mm 1.4 lens on my camera and took a walk in the front and back yards. I couldn't decide which photo I liked best so I created a collage of three.

The rose is on one of our mini rose bushes which are located in the front of the house right beside the garage.
Date Taken: January 30, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.4
Exposure: 1/320 second
Aperture: F1.8
ISO Speed: 400
No Flash

We used to have a tree in our front yard but that died years ago and we now have a variety of plants in that planter. The brown/beige plant is one of them. Anyone know what it is? I really liked the textures in this.
Date Taken: January 30, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.4
Exposure: 1/500 second
Aperture: F1.8
ISO Speed: 400
No Flash

Last but not least is one of the oranges on the orange tree we have in the backyard. Our oranges are very yummy and we still have quite a few left on the tree. I think I may just have to eat that one!
Date Taken: January 30, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon 50mm 1.4
Exposure: 1/250 second
Aperture: F2.0
ISO Speed: 400
No Flash

Friday, January 23, 2009

Week 4: My Youngest & Nemo


My youngest & Nemo, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.
No real story here but since Nemo's health scare I find I'm drawn to taking more pictures of him. This week I had my youngest daughter get in the photo too. Ignore the cluttered background - I really should have removed that roll of paper towels before I snapped!

Date Taken: January 23, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure: 1/40
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 57 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On FEC -1 1/3

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Week 3: Guinness? No Snakebite!

My favorite alcoholic drink is a snakebite. What's a snakebite? It's 1/2 Harp and 1/2 Hard Cider. This weekend is the annual Pub Princess weekend for Cowsill.com people so I am drinking plenty of these! This was my first of the weekend at Pickwick's Pub

Date Taken: January 16, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 3200
No Flash

Week 2: Nemo


Nemo
Originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky
This week's picture is our cat, Nemo. We've had Nemo since he was a tiny kitten and he's always been a very healthy cat but he recently suffered a bout of FLUTD and ended up spending a few days at a kitty hospital. We're hoping that this was a one time event but we've been told that this can be a chronic issue in male cats.

Date Taken: January 9, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 1/50
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 57 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash Fired

Week 1: Finally fall in Southern California

I failed miserably at posting a photo a day last year so this year I am attempting a photo a week. My first entry was actually taken the last week of December but I really like the colors and sunflare so it's my first choice for 2009!

Date Taken: December 30, 2008
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 21 mm w/Kit Lens
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV