62/365

Monday March 3rd was the 62nd day of the challenge.

i took some photos this day.

the theme? you ask.

it was a Macro theme.

day 62:

Choose a Favorite

favorite?

hmmm.

something i could take in Macro.

my girl was having a bath, and i saw her little feet.

i had her put her feet up for me and took this photo of her little piggies.

i approached my boy for some assistance with this one.

we set up the tripod, removed the lens, reversed it and he took the following photos, 

with my help.

i had him pick a favorite piece of Lego.

he chose this blue diamond. 

from his museum set.

we had to have someone stealing the blue diamond.

*first photo taken by me.

2nd and 3rd taken by my boy (me as assistant)

with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here 

16/365

day 16.

Reserved.

that's right.

i said reserved.

yeah, my thought exactly.

how do i photograph that?

i got out my thesaurus this morn 

(i woke up thinking about it-don't worry, i didn't dream about it...that's obsessed. )

and checked out some other words for reserved.

Reserved 1. booked, engaged, held, kept, retained, taken.

i've got it!

i'll call Kirsten.

i'll get a photo of her and her engagement ring!

she's 'reserved'... 'engaged', 'taken'.

or maybe i won't.

so i didn't.

instead i got my daughter to hold the thesaurus open.

i took off my lens, turned it around and got a nice close shot of reserved.

***

then i checked out another photography site i get emails from.

and saw their week's challenge: Bicycles.

*HERE is the challenge.*

we have bikes!

i'll go photograph them. 

waiting for spring...or for most of the snow to leave.

i love my husband's BMX.  

we won't get rid of it..

it's reserved for our son one day!

*all photos taken by me, 

with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here

7/365

day 7.

todays challenge:

Natural Treasure

no, not National Treasure...

i honestly had to read it twice, and now i want to sit and watch that movie.

anyway...

i went with the easiest accessible natural treasure we had today.

the snow.

and aspects of it.

i love the trees when the snow covers them.

 

frost.

itself is a treasure.  

always different.

these, here, are a natural treasure to me...

this is part of our property, and i cherish these large trees, and the beautiful bush behind them.

a blizzard hit - look at the difference in just a couple hours.

what a natural treasure snow is.

winter is my least favorite season - it gets too cold for me - but i can never ignore the beauty it has.

so... day 7 natural treasure.

done.

or is it natural?

"oh elsa... at it again i see"

*all photos taken by me.

with Gertie.

edited in Photoshop Elements.

Elsa (my daughter's doll- used with her permission) from Disney's Frozen.

See where my challenge began : Here

6/365

day 6:

Unique

a Macro photo

There are about 5 that will be repeated each month.

but with a new theme for it each month.  

portrait (see day 4).

macro, see today.

where i stand (to come on day 9)

a number (to come on day 22)

practicing portraiture (to come on day 25)

i'm looking forward to improving on each of these.

for macro i wasn't so unique..i instead practiced my macro photography, 

using a tip that i was given by the CY365 facebook page.
*see HERE for tip*

i turned my lens around.

yep.

focusing isn't as easy, 

believe me i tried at first, forgetting that my lens wasn't actually attached.

but this way i could get closer than i would have been able to otherwise.

i took down my kids' globe and focused on an area of the world that is close to my  heart.

the green shamrock is my focus..

northern Ireland, my dad was born there.  

*** 

then my boy's LEGO guys.

(this was macro mode with lens on normally)

this is his mirror reflection.

(with lens reversed)

*all photos taken by me, with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements.

See where my challenge began : Here