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Project 365 in 2009 : This is a gallery of my attempt to take a photo a day in 2009. Sometimes my photos relfect just ordinary events of the day, sometimes they are more creative. I started this project so that my camera could come out of it's bag on a regular basis. I am currently using a Nikon D90 and a Canon G10 for all the images posted here. Comments and critiques are always welcomed, or if you don't want to leave a comment you can simply select a photo rank of Yeah or Neah by placing your mouse over the image and clicking on the red thumbs down or green thumbs up.

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Project 365 in 2009

This is a gallery of my attempt to take a photo a day in 2009. Someti ...

Updated: Jul 04, 2009 5:08am PST

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March 8, 2009

What a day we had yesterday weather wise. The temperature hovered around 60 degrees, it was so nice. All the snow that fell on Monday is quickly disappearing. I have been eager to give my new 70-300 lens a test run so I headed off to the zoo. I think even the animals were enjoying the wonderful spring day, they seemed to be more active than usual. I was lucky to catch this cheetah as she was getting ready to settle down for a nap. She went through her cleaning routine then struck this pose, then curled up and went to sleep. I was surprised at how this well this came out considering it was shot through a filthy glass window.

March 10, 2009

Another shot from my visit to the zoo on Saturday. I didn't have any time yesterday to take any pictures. I am leaving for Ireland on Friday so this is a very busy week for me as I try to wrap up lose ends in work and prepare for the trip.

June 6, 2009

Natures Fireworks

While on a walk yesterday, I came across a pine tree that had been recently sprayed by the underground sprinklers. The water droplets were hanging from each of the the needles and it reminded me of fireworks in the sky. I applied the Indian Summer Color Ex Pro filter which brought out these red tones, which transformed the image into what my imagination saw.

The original sooc shot can be viewed here: http://tewmom.smugmug.com/gallery/7849706_mMKbh#555952320_dCLz4.

March 3, 2009

March has started off with a roar, a Nor'easter dumped over a foot of snow on us. The storm made for a horrible commute to work. The plows were out in full force trying to clear the roads. Hopefully (fingers crossed), this is the last snow storm we will see this winter.

April 1, 2009

"I am indeed a CAT, and this, indeed, is a HAT (The Cat in the Hat)."

This is just a silly picture of my cat. My daughters hat was lying on the bed and surprisingly Maggie let me put it on her head and take some pictures.

July 1, 2009

Row Row Row your boat.........

Obviously some pp applied here, love the Topaz filters to help spice up a shot that was otherwise kind of boring.

March 29, 2009

"The Early Bird Catches the Worm"

I was sitting on my front stairs enjoying the nice spring day with my dog. I saw the Robin in my yard, i went inside to get my camera, anticipating that the bird would probably be gone when I returned. I was pleasantly surprised to see her still standing there, so I started to try and get a shot of her when she reached down and pulled up this worm. She was pretty far away from me and the reach of my camera so this is an extreme crop.

February 25, 2009

The sky was so clear and a beautiful shade of blue when I left work last night. I didn't have my tripod so I tried to steady my camera on the fence and quickly shot this image. I was in such a rush to try and capture this scene before the sun set completely that I forgot to reset my ISO setting to manual. The camera used an ISO of 3200 for this image. I did apply a small amount of noise reduction, but overall not bad. The Nikon D90 is outstanding in low light situations.

March 26, 2009

Another Irish post today, but this time out of the city! This was taken at the Rock of Cashel, the castle was behind me, when I looked over the wall I was pleasantly surprised to see the sheep there.

After being away for 10 days, I am swamped both at home and work and have had no time to get out and take pictures. Hopefully this weekend I can get back in the swing of things.

March 7, 2009

Sometimes you find potential photo subjects in the least likely places. This was a floral arrangement in the ladies room of a Thai Food restaurant I was having lunch in. Of course being part of the daily smugmug group, I had my camera with me :D!

February 8, 2009

"Gumdrop Mountains"

Do you remember the game "Candy Land"? I played it as a child as did my own children. Who can forget Gramma Nut, King Kandy, the Gingerbread People. It was one of the first board games I bought for my children and we would play it over and over again.

February 12, 2009

"Multiplicity"

I bought this wall hanging for my daughter. It's purpose is to hang jewelry on all the various nooks and crannies. There is a floor lamp close by with three adjustable lamps which I strategically angled to get the desired shadows I was looking for. I converted this in raw and selected a white balance for fluorescent lights which changed the light blue wall to a soft peachy color, nice surprising effect. I finished this off in PS by applying Topaz Adjust and Simplify for the final image.

May 26, 2009

Another shot from the Memorial Day Parade yesterday. The Boys Scouts put together a pretty cool float. It depicted the different aspects of camping. There was a tent, a pond with scouts fishing, campfire, and the final piece was this outhouse. I didn't expect this when it went by. What a good sport this guy is!

May 3, 2009

A view of the pool at the hotel we are staying in. We haven't had much time to be outdoors since arriving yesterday. Our son and his girlfriend met us at the hotel and we went out to dinner last night. We were hoping to be able to see Michael again today before we head home, but it is not to be. Michael is a student at Maine Maritime Academy and his schools training ship is heading out on a 60 day trip. We were disappointed that he is unable to get leave so that we could see him one more time before we head home.

February 2, 2009

"Stairway to Freedom"

"Since the 1773 mass protest meetings that led to the Boston Tea Party, Old South Meeting House has served as a gathering place for discussion and celebration and a haven for free speech", http://www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org/default.aspx

This is the spiral stairway that is located in the main entrance of the "Old South Meeting House" in Boston. I picked up my daughter from school and took her out for lunch. Definitely one of the perks of having her attend a local college. The weather was wonderful today, mid 40's and the sun was out. We had a nice afternoon walking around Fanueil Hall and the Freedom Trail. Being Super Bowl Sunday, everything was pretty deserted.

Ugghhhh, as I post this daily the weather forecast is reporting that another snow storm will be upon us on Tuesday. Spring can't come soon enough.

January 29, 2009

"8 Weeks Until Spring"

Another day another snow storm! Yesterday brought another eight inches on top of the foot or so we already have. I didn't intended for this to be a photo of the day. Originally I took it to send to my in laws who are wintering in Florida, so that they could see what they are missing. This is my deck illuminated by the two outdoor lights next to the door. I setup my tripod and while I stayed in the house nice and warm, opened the door just enough for the camera and fired away. I played around with it in PS, ended up converting to B&W and then applied the Topaz Adjust plug in for the final result.

Thank you all for the posts on yesterday's daily, I really appreciated all the feedback. This has been a challenging, albeit enjoyable, past 29 days. There are so many talented people who post here each day. I am so inspired by all the wonderful creative images I see here every day.

June 27, 2009

We are in Rockland, Maine for the weekend. My son's ship is returning to it's home port and we will be on the ship with him for its final leg back to port. Supposedly we have an ocean view room, but the fog is so thick the visability is approimately 50 yards. This is the view from our room, I can smell the ocean so it has to be out there right..... :-).

March 24, 2009

This was a street vendor in Dublin. I loved the posters and he couldn't have posed more perfectly if I had asked him.

I am still trying to get back in the swing of things after my trip. I need to get caught up on all your photos, I have missed so much. I am back filling my dailies with one shot from each day that I was away. I need to work on my workflow, I am a bit overwhelmed with the amount of photos I need to go through.

Have a great day!

January 31, 2009

"Who's turn is it to turn the hot tub back on!"

Sorry, but I had to post yet another snow scene. As of the last storm, the Boston area has received 44.7 inches to date. Probably half of that is still on the ground. We have already exceeded our average snowfall for the season. I wonder how much more the next two months will bring, brrrrrrrr!

This is a sculpture that is in my town, when I saw it buried in the snow I just knew that I had to photograph it. The name of the piece is "Touching Souls" by Mico Kaufman. The piece consists of four children, native-American, European-American, African-America and Asian-American, sitting on the ground, arms leaning back, legs outstretched and apart, with the soles of their shoes/boots touching all of which cannot be seen with the recent snowfall we have had.

The full sculpture can be seen at http://sculpturesbymico.com/touchingsouls.htm

February 23, 2009

Close encounters of the "beer" kind........

This was a really cool light made with beer bottles that was hanging in the "On the Border" restaurant.

February 26, 2009

Have a great day everyone!

February 1, 2009

"Enter at own risk!"

This is an abandoned building on the Tewksbury State Hospital grounds. The icicles are almost reaching the ground and blocking the window as if to keep everyone out. With the winter we are having, there are some amazing icicle formations around. I have been trying to capture icicles for a month and was excited to come across this building in all it's icy beauty.

This hospital was established in 1852 and is still in operation today, not this part though.

March 30, 2009

Blarney Castle

Yesterday was a rainy lazy Sunday. It was a great day to catch up on sleep and just relax. I worked on editing my pictures from Ireland, so that is what I get to post today. This shot was taken at Blarney Castle, as you can see it was a beautiful sunny day. My daughter and I hung upside down at the top of the castle to kiss the Blarney stone. That was an unexpected experience, didn't realize you had to lie flat on your back and then bend backwards holding on to arm rails to be able to reach the stone. All is all great fun, we had some good laughs looking at everyone's photos that they take of you kissing the stone.

Have a great day everyone!

June 11, 2009

Lucky shot of Chelsea catching a bubble. We had lunch at my sister-in-laws home and Chelsea had a grand old time going in the pool and chasing bubbles.

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