Saturday's Assignment

DSC_6572, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Make a photograph dominated by the color green.

Ah ha! The last of the missing eggs.  Need I say more?

Friday's Assignment

Go Team!, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Illustrate a sound in a photo today.

Can't take claim for this photo of little C. He is so all boy- baseball, football, soccer, basketball and he's only 2.   His dad had taken him to an indoor arena football game and took this shot as C was screaming for the home team.  Have no idea what he was saying- probably just caught up in the moment.  We are going to another game in June- this one will be a benefit for the two kids.  Can't wait to see him in action.

Thursday's Assignment

DSC_6516, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Make a black and white photograph today.

Decided to try and figure out my macro lens.  I was given this bleeding heart plant a few years ago for my shade garden.  It was given to me by one of my co-workers.  My daughter-in-law had recently died and she was looking for something that would be memorable.  But she didn't call the plant a bleeding heart- it was more "mother's" something.  When I googled it I could only come up with bleeding heart.  It is different from my other plants as it is an early bloomer and has light green leaves.  Popped the macro lens onto my 35 mm lens.  I finally realized that the camera just has to be super close to whatever I am shooting.  Then and only then does the auto focus kind of work.  I know I should have found something to prop the camera on before I took this picture.  I really wanted my depth of field to be shallow but it started to rain and I was in a hurry.  So I took this and probably have camera shake.  I am going to have to really practice with these macro lenses.  If I used all three I could probably pick up the smallest of small.  Can't wait to see what the summer will bring!

Wednesday's Assignment

DSC_6509, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Make a photograph with a concrete surface today.

Not a lot of things in my suburb made of concrete- unless you count curbs, driveways and sidewalks.  Of course, most of the sidewalks and driveways in my subdivision are horribly cracked.  We keep crossing our fingers that our street will be resurfaced, but funds seem to be desperately low.  We hope that if and when the street is resurfaced the apron on our driveway will also be fixed.  Over the years it has sunk as a result of the direction of the old sewer lines.  Shoveling snow from our driveway by hand is nearly impossible.  Sliding the shovel across the concrete jars your body as you hit the chasms in the concrete.  But I digress.... I was walking around the neighborhood trying to find something interesting with concrete when I ran across this puddle. So much rain has fallen and even though it is overcast the tree does cast a nice shadow in the water.  Hence my photograph with a concrete surface!