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Leica d-lux 5 "scenery" mode - straight out of the camera - only a little noise reduction. Pretty good.
yffoto.com :: DMB Caravan Chicago
sunset from my balcony
Love it when I can see rays from the sun ... also testing the leica's "sunset" setting. Probably the closest coloring that I get out of any camera. And this is shooting JPG on one of the standard camera settings ... nice!
Black macaque takes self-portrait
Chimply marvellous: The images taken by the monkeys at a national park in Indonesia are perfect portraits
via dailymail.co.uk
I would have seriously freaked out if I had a monkey take my camera, but the photos left on the camera are priceless. Makes me laugh and laugh! Look at that face!!!
yffoto.com :: feebee
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I was playing around with the manual focus on the Leica and caught this hysterical photo of the Phoebs. She's such a good sport, always having a camera in her face.
I Leica
Is it just me, or do you also find that your hobbies just suck all of your extra income? When I got into photography, I thought I could just go take pictures, that's free now that everything is digital. Well, I did that, but as I got more into it I realized that better equipment would allow me to do more with the craft. I've been shooting with the Canon 40D for about two years and have been very happy with it, but lust for a full frame sensor so that I can do better with less light. So I've been stashing a few bucks aside for an upgrade.
That is until my point & shoot (Canon s90) got a crack in the lens. I have no idea how it happened - I've never dropped it and keep it in a case, I just don't know. But it's dead center on the lens, and while I seem to be able to compensate for the problem spot if I had it off to someone else for a photo forget it. Sadly it's only a little over a year old - just out of warrantee of course! So rather than getting that full frame DSLR, I had to shift my focus to a new p&s.
I landed on the Leica D-LUX 5. It's some serious fire power in a designer package. It might just be the perfect camera for me! Since I only shoot RAW format and post process via Lightroom and Photoshop, I needed something that would give me as close to DSLR results as possible. In reading up, the Leica digital family seems like it's the perfect fit. It arrived just in time for the holiday weekend, so I've been out shooting like mad.
Snapped a few self portraits - very happy with the results! Went and walked around Architectural Artifacts, 8000 square feet of architectural salvage. Holy shit is that place amazing! Some seriously old and really amazing stuff. It was a dream to wander and photograph - even while sweating (90+ inside the warehouse!). Way more photos to post from this place, but I'll give you a little teaser - loads of old sign parts and letters, mannequins and medical equipment that makes you go 'hmmmm.'
10 on 10 :: June 2011
Yep, it's that time again. Time for ten photos in ten consecutive hours on the tenth of the month! And hooray for not having to work today!! I am traveling back to my hometown in Kansas for my twenty year high school reunion (yikes!). I did manage to get the photos done all via iPhone (camera + app) - sorry for the late post ladies. I look forward to seeing all of your days!
10 AM leaving a cool, very foggy Chicago
11 AM waiting for my plane
NOON some in-flight entertainment and refreshments
1 PM arrival at Kansas City International Airport and ran across this cute little Hertz guy on the way to pick up my rental car
2 PM a swing over to Habitat to do some shoe shopping - picked up some Bensimon sneaks and these crazy string tie Sseko sandals that are so comfortable, so cute and for a great cause all in one! Was thinking about the beige heals, but ended up not taking them.
3 PM hit up Dean and Deluca for a late lunch - these parmesean fries were HELLA good
4 PM picking up some last minute groceries for Mom - Aren't these Shatto Milk bottles the cutest you've ever seen?
5 PM driving into the sticks - not really - but I have to go thru some rural areas to get to the P's house
6 PM hanging with mom and grandma for a few before heading to the meet-n-greet. This photo makes me so sad, seeing my grandmother like this is pretty depressing. My mother is doing an amazing job taking care of her - but she's got to be in a pretty low place. She just turned 92 and the room is filled with cards, flowers and baloons from her friends - hopefully that helps to keep her spirit strong!
7 PM off to see my old classmates - so excited my BF teeny weeny tiny E made the trip in from Amsterdam and brought her adorable sister, Robbie - love these two girlies. It was a great night - literally closed the bar down! More posts about the reunion coming ...
Poipu Beach - Traveler Photo Contest 2011 - National Geographic - National Geographic
I've decided to enter one of my photos into the National Geographic Traveler photo contest. It's super hard to choose one to enter, but I thought this one would be good because it's unusual. You don't expect a stormy Hawaiian beach and the sky was incredible.
So "like" it on Facebook an/or tweet it to help me out! Thanks!!
10 on 10 :: May 2011 :: Things on Tuesday
Today I decided to do a combo "Things on Tuesday" and "10 on 10 challenge" - it gave me a little bit of a purpose for shooting my boring work day. Click on the photo above to see everything larger - not a very exciting set, but wasn't a very exciting day. So here goes!
This week's loves
- Breakfast and the Today Show - I am grumpy without them
- Music is something that I am passionate about. It wakes me up, surrounds me in the shower and puts me to sleep at night! Weather it be my own mixes or Pandora - I am listening right now!
- New bags! I seem to be on a forever search for just the right bag... most recent bags are the quilted *emera, an adorable chevron tote and leather Banana Republic convertible shoulder/cross body that I scooped up on ebay (thanks Kendra, hope you don't mind I copied).
- The first day of open toe shoes!!! It was a beautiful 80 + degrees in Chicago today - yeah!!
- Scoring tickets to Oprah's Surprise Spectacular - WOOT!! I am so excited and freaked out about what to wear. They say to wear color and my wardrobe is chalked full of black, white, beige and gray... ack! What to do??
This week's loathes
- That I don't eat better - I have a salad but still have to have a croissant or something that's not so good for me... ugh!
- That I cannot seem to get rid of carbonated beverages and stick with water. They just taste better.
- My damn sweet tooth - I just have to have something sweet to keep me going through the afternoon.
- Neck and shoulder pain that I cannot figure out what the trigger is and how to control it. Two acupuncture treatments and I'm about 80% - am seeing a Naprapathic doctor next week. Sheesh!
- Work. Work. Work on a beautiful day. Ah well. Hope you got out and enjoyed your day!!
visually me
I ran across a design agency website where they used photos of "things" that describe who they are rather than the typical corporate photo. I thought it was a great idea and just had to give it a go... It was an interesting challenge, to come up with the right combination of items, and then there's Phoebe sneaking into the photo. Could not have been more perfect! So, this is me ... now let's see you!
Living in IKEA
via mymodernmet.com
"For those of you who've seen the hit movie 500 Days of Summer, you’ll remember that cute scene where Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel pretend to live in an IKEA store. Photographer Christian Gideon must have been inspired by that scene when he created this funny series. Gideon and his friends hilariously photographed themselves living in IKEA's showrooms, acting as though we're getting a real look into their everyday lives.
Love how the "actors" almost make you believe that living in IKEA is possible!"
OMG this is hysterical! One of those, why didn't I think of that kind of things... Great job guys!