Day 365 - Waterslide

Well, here we are.  Day 365.  What a journey it's been.  I've still got a lot of film to process and days to update but the actual picture taking is over for the year.  It's been a fantastic challenge and one I would recommend to anyone wanting to get better at photography.  I'm finishing off the journey with a picture of my nephew barrelling down the slippery slide today at our house.  I think the picture sums up how much fun the boys were having.

Technical:
Canon 7D Camera
EF70 - 200 @ 140mm
ISO 100
f/5
1/640s

Image Manipulation:
Vignette, Burn, Sharpen

Day 364 - Smelly Kid

I saw this really intriguing image while walking to pickup some lunch.  I had the iPhone on me so I snapped away.

Technical:
iPhone

Image Manipulation:
Curves Adjustment, Crop

Day 361 - Silent Bells

We went for a trip with Wendy's mum and Martin to place a plaque for Sue's parents.  Martin and I had some fun walking around with the cameras snapping away.  Here's one I took of the bell tower.

Technical:
Canon 7D camera
EF70-200 @ 145mm
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/250s

Image Manipulation:
Sepia conversion, Dodge and Burn

Day 360 - Sassy Girl

One of the few times my girl wanted to pose for me.  So sassy.

Technical:
Canon 7D camera
EF70-200 @ 135mm
ISO 100
f/2.8
1/8000s

Image Manipulation:
Dodge and Burn, Add purple to blacks, Vignette

Day 359 - Mango Circles

I was challenged to see if you can do circles in a mango and flip it out.  Here's the result.  I was the obvious winner.

Technical:
Canon 7d camera
EF50mm
ISO 100

Image Manipulation:
Dodge and Burn, Vibrance, Sharpen

Day 358 - Lighting Christmas

We were told about an amazing Christmas lights display just around the corner from our new house so we went for a walk.  We just had to follow the constant stream of traffic.  It was spectacular but was very difficult to capture without a tripod.  The lights were an interesting subject but I have really changed my focus to include human interest in my images.  This is a perfect example where I captured a young girl frozen on the lights while the crowd is moving in the background.

Technical:
Canon 7d camera
EF50mm
ISO 100
f/1.4
1/10s

Image Manipulation:
Crop, Dodge and Burn, selected sharpening

Day 352 - Tough Guy

Zac's had a couple of inclusions on the blog.  Probably because he doesn't mind posing in front of the camera.  Here is his new tough guy t-shirt from Wendy and I.

Technical:
Canon 7d camera
EF50mm
ISO 400
f/1.4
1/250s

Day 351 - Mand Aid

What do you do when you slip while using a chisel?  Get some toilet paper, velcro strips, wrap it up and keep going.

Technical:
Canon 7d camera
EF50mm
f/1.4
1/320s

Day 345 - Lunar Eclipse

Almost missed this event.  Lucky I needed to go to the toilet in the "wee" hours of the morning.  I ended up spending around 2 hrs capturing the second half of the lunar eclipse.  It was foggy and raining when I went to bed, put still and clear when the eclipse was occurring.  I did a HDR image for each phase of the eclipse to get detail in the highlights and shadows.  I don't have my HDR software at the moment so it was a bit of dodgy editing in photoshop.

Technical:
Canon 7D
EF70-200 @ 200mm
ISO 100
f/8
Shutter from 1/200 - 2 seconds

Day 344 - Ready to Rent

Went into the property management office today to get the paperwork sorted for renting the house.  The house is almost ready to go.  Planning a big weekend to finish off the remaining items.

Technical:
Canon 7D
EF17-40 @ 40mm

Day 343 - Finished Product

Took some shots today for the real estate office to start advertising the house out for rent.  It was great to look over the completed bathroom.  It's been a huge effort, but lots of fun and a real sense of achievement.

Technical:
Canon 7D
EF17-40
ISO 100
f/4

Blog Update

Now that we have moved house, calendar is complete, house reno almost complete, internet back on and life returning to normal, I'm going to make a big effort to get the blog back up to date for the last month of my 365 day challenge.  23 days to go...

Day 337 - Pack a Punch

Had the nephews over today and we got stuck into some boxing.  The boys had a great time.  I managed to squeeze in between the boxing bag and the wall to capture this shot of Zac.

Technical:
Canon 7D
EF50mm