What's Wrong With This Picture?

Day 30: What's Wrong With This Picture?, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

Today I virtually attended the EduCon2.3 session What's Wrong With This Picture? led by Dean Shareski & Darren Kuropatwa. During the session, attendees were charged with telling a lie with a picture or movie.

I failed at this completely with my DSLR. I could not get both my fingers & the palm tree in focus at the same time - not even close!

So, I tried it with my iPod Touch instead and wasn't thrilled with this one either. I'm never quite sure of the framing in the Hipstamatic app and this would be better if it were cropped. Oh well, I tried and I need a photo for the day, so this is it. Now I need to figure out how to really do this!

Date Taken: January 30, 2011
Camera: Hipstamatic 185
Flash: No Flash
Software: John S Lens, Pistil Film, No Flash

January in Southern California

January in Southern California, originally uploaded by Visions By Vicky.

So, I had taken a picture at school of the mishmash of microphones that I have in the Computer Lab. It wasn't terribly artistic. As I drove home, I noticed the clouds moving in and the way the sun was lighting up the palm trees against the sky. That decided it; I needed to walk down the street and capture that for my photo of the day.

So here it is - just another January day in Southern California with a high in the mid 60s! Ah, that's why I live here.

Date Taken: January 6, 2011
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm 2.8
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure: 1/200
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 75 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off