Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Perfume Bottle

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Here is a photo I took about 2 1/2 years ago. I still love the simplicity of it.

Lens Used: EF 50mm f1.4

Actions Used:
1 - Boutwell Magic Glasses (free from Totally Rad Actions)
2 - Lomo/Cross Processing (free from SB Photography Stock)
3 -
MCP Burnt Edges Action (free)

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Settlement Cookbook

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I just took this on Thanksgiving Day. My Mom has been using this old cookbook for almost 40 years. It's her "go to" cookbook whenever she needs to know how to make classic dishes. It is well worn and you can probably see the scotch tape holding it together in the photo. I believe there are also pages with scribble marks on them from when I was a little girl. Enjoy!

Lens used: EF 50mm 1.4

Actions Used on Photo in Photoshop:
1 - Boutwell Magic Glasses (part of free download from Totally Rad Actions hope to buy some here soon) - this actions subtly enhances photos nicely
2 - Lomo/Cross Processing (free from SB Photography Stock)... provides a really cool effect

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Suspension Cable

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A close up of the cable from the suspension foot bridge over the lake near my home taken a month or so ago. I love how you can see the chipped away paint layers.

Lens Used: EF 50mm 1.4

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Sunday, November 23, 2008

SSS #27 - Hootie Emerging from Shadow

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Posting this for Shadow Shot Sunday. This is one of a series of photos of my cat, Hootie, that I took a year and a half ago. The light was just so great and he was all too accommodating. In this shot I love how his face & whiskers are peeking out from the shadow into the beam of sunlight.

Lens Used: EF 50 mm 1.4

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Water Lily

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A shot of a water lily inside the conservatory at the NY Botanical Gardens earlier this Spring.

Actions used on photo: MCP Burnt Edges Action (free)
Lens Used: EF 50 mm 1.4

Friday, November 21, 2008

Lakeside Foliage

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A shot I took last summer walking along the lake. I was drawn to the foliage of this plant... it looks even better in B&W against the lake in the background.

Actions used on photo: MCP Burnt Edges Action (free)
Used a Canon Elph (point & shoot) for this shot (which I subsequently returned for a bunch of reasons - it took a few nice shots though)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Rocky

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Here's a photo I took a few days ago of my black lab, Rocky. He's Looking good... gone a bit grey but what can you expect of an old man coming up on the age of 15... in dog years that's something like 105! But he still looks like a puppy to me ;)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Carved in Wood

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A closeup photo of carvings on the floorboards of a suspended walking bridge that crosses a section of lake near my home.