345/366 - "Oil and Water"

(F/2.8, 100mm, 1/6 sec, ISO 100, Canon 5D Mk II)

Everyone has heard the saying "Oil and water don't mix."  Today's photo is inspired by this saying, so I mixed a little olive oil and some water, placed the drinking glass on top of a colorful background, and snapped some photos.  Then a little post processing to clean it up, add some contrast, and there you have it, my version of an "Oil and Water" abstract.  I think I am going to re-size this one and Day 194 to use as wallpaper for my PC screens at work.

260/366 - "Daisy"

(F/7.1 , 100mm, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, Canon 5D Mk II)

I was outside today and decided to get low and take some shots of these daisies from a bugs view.

100/366 - "The Horse and The Goose"

(F/16, 100mm, 1/200 sec, ISO 100, Canon 5D Mk II)

I have wanted to do a water drop photograph for a while now and today was the day.  It took me about 15 minutes to get the setup the way I wanted it.  Then I took about 90 photographs or so to get the timing and colors I wanted.

As I went through all the photographs rating them to weed out the duds, this one caught my eye.  I saw the shadow behind the column of water immediately and to me it looks like a horse.  As I kept looking at this photograph I noticed that the column of water actually looks like a goose coming up out of the water with its mouth open.  I have other examples that have a better splash or column of water but this one with the unintentional animal shapes is my favorite.  There will be more of this to come now that I know how to do it.

On another note, I will be without internet for a few days so I will not be posting photographs for a few days.  I will be taking photos each day and will get caught up later this week.

Jim loves water drops and sent in a guest post seen below.  I am sure when I do this theme again he will send another guest post.  I love the colors.

74/366 - "High In The Sky"

(F/4, 105mm, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, Canon 5D Mk II)

Today the sky was clear as can be.  So much so that airplanes and their trails littered the sky.

40/366 - "What Am I?"

(F/22, 100mm, 4 sec, ISO 100, Canon 7D)

I was hoping with our blue skies today that I would be able to get a nice photograph of the moon tonight. Well, there was no moon tonight.  So I decided to do a "What Am I?" feature today.  The colors are accurate, so guess away.  I will post the answer tomorrow.

The Answer is:  Cat Litter