view from my plate


When my dad is here, he takes over the kitchen table with his laptop. Other things piled up. Saturday nights, he puts away his laptop so we could have breakfast on Sunday mornings. Because the breakfast room faces southeast with big windows, my dad has the curtains drawn so no glare would bother his solitaire games. When I started doing POTD, I realized this would be a great spot to photograph with the natural light. So after my dad left in April, I cleared off the table and opened the curtains. The sun is high enough that it doesn't come in the house much in the summer. I had loads of fun taking photos here. But, I am lazy and most of the objects ended up here as you can see. As I was eating dinner, while reading a book, I looked up and saw all this stuff! And the one spot I did keep clear is now taken over by Ryan play-doh kit. No wonder I am not inspired to take photos these days. ;)




meta:

1/25 @ f2.8

ISO 200 ~ 50mm

LR:cropped

CS3: screen/50%; soft light/50%; USM/defog; vignette

take a ride


We live in the flight path of the balloons that take off from Zephyrhills. They drove our dog, Duffy, crazy. He would bark like mad at them. Bad because they usually fly over the house on weekend mornings around 8:00 am. Since Duffy died, we haven't noticed them. But Ryan was out today and came running in telling me about them. But by the time I got my lens switched (didn't get to switch from ISO 400 though), they were pretty far away. Oh well. At least they couldn't see me in my pj's very well either.




meta:

1/1000 @ f3.5

ISO 400 ~ 40mm

LR: cropped

CS3: screen; soft light, Smart Filter