Category: Photography

Photo 365 #317

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The local Kum & Go is having a summer-long special: any size fountain drink for a buck.

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That’s right – 52 ounces of sweet, sweet writing fuel for $1.00.

Meanwhile, the cheapest grocery store in town is charging $1.75 (including tax and deposit) for a 20 oz.  This seems like a no-brainer to me. 🙂

What’s your writing fuel of choice?  Or, for the non-writers among you, what’s your caffeinated beverage of choice?

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Photo 365 #316

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I love it when insects land on the flowers I’m photographing. I think it’s fascinating to see them this close-up, and I really like this shot.

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I’m a little disappointed that the fly isn’t more in focus, especially the tail end of his body, but I love the dreamy effect of the blurry flower edges and the out-of-focus background.

Of course, the only way to get the kinds of shots I’m after is to keep practicing, and I have absolutely no problem with that. 😀

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Photo 365 #314

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Here’s one of the flower shots I mentioned yesterday:

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I spent a good half hour outside trying to get my flowers to sit still and behave for me before giving up and heading back inside. Of course the one night I have a few free minutes to play with my camera is the night the wind decides it needs to blow steadily at 20 mph (the gusts were stronger than that).  I took a bunch of pictures, but this one turned out the best.

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Photo 365 #313

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Behold, the Shadow Cat:

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I had been trying to take some macro shots of the flowers on this side of our house when all of a sudden I heard a threatening growl from near my feet.  I looked down and Buddy was sniffing at Shadow, who evidently wasn’t feeling overly friendly at that particular moment.

At least not to Buddy – when I bent down to pet him, he started purring.

Cats are weird, yo. 😀

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Photo 365 #312

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I’ve been playing with my phone’s macro lens again:

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I hardly ever do my nails, but this polish was too pretty to pass up.  It also made for a fun girls’ night – I painted Miss Tadpole’s nails a pretty teal, and she did mine!

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Photo 365 #311

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I love strawberries.  I especially love finding them on sale, because growing them is a pain.

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But what I love even more than finding strawberries on sale (and combining them with rhubarb) is chopping them up, mixing them with a little sugar, and then pouring them over a big bowl of vanilla ice cream.

It’s summer in a bowl!

Do you like strawberries?  What’s your favorite way to eat them?

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