[feet hands fingers toes] feet in the morning

1/100 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 54 mm

walk the line

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[feet hands fingers toes] at rest

1/160 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 41 mm

[feet hands fingers toes] rough & rugged

Ryan let me photograph his hands today while he was playing with my iPod Touch. OK, he tolerated it because I wasn't looking through the view finder but had the camera sitting on the table and I was talking to him. When I got these back into Lightroom, I noticed how rough his nails and cuticles are. He won't let me near his nails! They look very much like mine. Even with all the milk & dairy we consume, out nail are thin & brittle. Oh well... the hands are strong.



1/160 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 27 mm

I was in Photoshop and went to hit Pioneer Woman's Soft & Faded and clicked Vintage instead. Oh that isn't what I wanted! But then again...

[mosaic monday] thursday afternoon at ikea

Ikea opened up in May. I didn't go the first month because I knew it would be crowded. Then it was summer break. Then I asked the boys (ie Ryan) if they would like to go. He thought about it and said yes. I knew Andy would be happy because he has seen videos on YouTube about the elevators at Ikea. I decided to just take my point & shoot rather than look goofy with my dSLR. I think I looked goofy anyway and the photos are not great. But they are fine in the mosaic, nice and compact.

[feet hand fingers toes] like a old worn...

I have worn these more this summer than anything else. I have doing a lot of gardening, OK, cleaning up the gardens, and I love wearing these. They are not as hot as leather and they are washable.



1/8 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[landscapes] sunset no. 2

Another one from our photo walk. The sunset was not very good but we made the most of it.



1/80 @ f 8.0 - 1.3 ev ~ ISO 100 ~ 17 mm

[landscapes] riverside

1/400 @ f 5.6 ~ ISO 100 ~ 14 mm

[landscapes] silos

I took this while we were riding the trolley. You can see the ghosting of the windows behind me.



1/250 @ f 8.0 -.7 EV ~ ISO 100 ~ 14 mm

[landscapes] trackside

These are the trolley tracks leading to Channelside. This area has really come back in the last few years. The first time we went to the Aquarium, I felt like it was at the edge of nowhere.



1/2000 @ f 2.8 ~ ISO 200 ~ 14 mm

[landscapes] edgewater marina

One of the shots from Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk.



1/80 @ f 8.0 - 1.3 EV ~ ISO 100 ~ 35 mm

[landscapes] canonscape

No, I am not sure why these canons are almost hiding here. A year ago, they were sitting opening on the lawn. I guess they wanting to add some flowers and a wall. And you never know how unruly drunk college students can get.



1/250 @ f 5.6 - .3 EV ~ ISO 100 ~ 14 mm

[mosaic monday] what is it?

Last week's theme for Photo of the Day was What is it? or extreme close-ups. I had fund looking at household items and finding the fun details usually ignored. Here are the photos and the answers are below.



1. garlic press
2. third hand
3. corkscrew
4. cookie scoop
5. crop-a-dile II big bite
6. game time backhoe
7. cheese slicer

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[landscapes] county line cloudscape

I do this almost every week. Sunday morning rolls along and I realize it's a new week and I don't know what the theme is this week. And it's poor planning on my part since I can't just pop out anywhere to take some shots. I have to plan these things and get the boys (ie Ryan) on board so they will not complain. I saw the theme and cringed. Landscapes?! I don't have any of those, at least not recently. Did I take any during the photo walk? No, not really. Well, I can look further back in my library. I click on July, just to see, and see the clouds. I love clouds. Hmm... cloudscapes? Why not. I checked and there is no theme for clouds. So...



1/2500 @ f 3.2 ~ ISO 400 ~ 14 mm

If you are looking for the answers to What is it? Check out my Mosaic Monday post.

[what is it?] coiled

Check back tomorrow for the answers.



.5 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[what is it?] knurled

2 seconds @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[what is it?] iron man

I didn't intend to be all mechanical this week. But once it started, it's been hard to stop.



1/3 @ f 4.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[what is it?] aligned

1.3 @ f 16 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[what is it] geared up

1/2 @ f 8.0 ~ ISO 100 ~ 50 mm

[mosaic monday] trolley ride

We went downtown last week and visited the Florida Aquarium and then took a trolley ride to Ybor City.



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