Day 185 (September 12) - Landscape

Another shot from Koh Chang this weekend. This was completely luck. I was in the back of a truck, barreling along on a very bumpy dirt road, and one of the other passengers told me that this beautiful vista was about to appear. However, I didn't think I was going to get a clear shot since there were trees lining the road. There was about a second with no trees in the way, I squeezed off a shot and hoped it wasn't blurry, and this was the result!

Not perfect compositionally, but a lucky shot all the same. As Rick Sammon says, 'The harder I work, the luckier I get.' Guess I better keep working!

Day 184 (September 11) - Fungus

I was tickled to see this pretty little mushroom growing off a tree trunk this weekend on Koh Chang, one of the islands not too far south of Bangkok.

It was tough to get the contrast quite right so that you could see all the details in the top of the mushroom, I may work with it again a bit later, but I wanted to at least get something up on the blog since it's been so long.

Momentary Lull and Photo Critique Sites

I'll be out of town for the weekend, and without internet. Posts will resume Monday.



And, while I'm away, check out some great critique sites. I love hearing other people's photos critiqued, I learn so much from it.

Zack Arias does a great job on his blog. Here are all of his critique episodes (beware, his videos are about a half hour to an hour in length). His are more portfolio reviews, so don't expect to see him go really in depth on one photo. Still, I learned a lot from watching these.

Craig Tanner at The Mindful Eye does some excellent one photo critiques here. You have to register to watch them, but it's free and I I love how he talks about color interactions, intention, emotion, and a host of other things. There's also info on post processing, and some assignments to get your creative juices flowing. One of my favorite photography websites.

David duChemin who recently published the book Within the Frame (which is getting rave reviews, but I haven't read it yet) has a video podcast where he critiques one to two images in about 10 to 15 minutes. Here's the link. There are 15 episodes so far, with more on the way.

That's it, have a great weekend!

Day 181 (September 8) - Citrus

Some pomelo pieces I shot using my trusty flashlight, some kleenex to act as a diffuser, and a couple of white pieces of paper as reflectors. I'm not in love with the results, but it was fun experimenting with the light.

A Little Over A Year Ago

I captured this bee among the lavender in Berkeley, California, on a warm summer afternoon. With my Leica D-Lux 3, which takes pretty good pictures (at ISO 100, in raw) for a point and shoot.

I like the colors of this, that I was still brave enough to shoot on an angle for no apparent reason, and the fact that I can almost smell the lavender from here, half a world away.

Day 179 (September 6) - Glamor Shot

Okay, so I know there are way too many cat pictures on this blog. But what can I do? She's such a poser.

I promise, I'll try to cut down on the number of cat pictures in the next week, okay?