Last Saturday in April

Since it's the last Saturday in April and my taxes are not done, I told myself yesterday that I would not be allowed to touch my camera until the taxes were finished. Woke up early this morning, cleaned the kitchen and ready to do my taxes. The next thing I knew is that the truck was parked at Lakeview and I was getting out of it with a camera in my hand.

I thought that as long as I was there, I might as well take a few pictures of fences, trees, the fireplace and practise shooting crows.

The truck then took me down to Al Oeming's where the buggies are starting to line up for the buggy sale next weekend.

Since I was out, I needed an "Industrial" picture we headed down to New Sarepta. Nothing industrial, but found another wagon.

The trip into New Sarepta turned out to be good practise for taking pictures of moving trains. I have always been fascinated by graffiti and today I got lucky.

Ended up at Joesph Lake where I finally found my pump jacks for an Industrial picture.



Long morning. Returned home, downloaded all the photos and took a break in the side yard. Spring has finally arrived in our yard. The rhubarb is sprouting.

Tomorrow I will do my taxes.

Tomorrow I will do my taxes.

Tomorrow I will do my taxes.

10 gal nano contest

I was informed tonight that I have won the best theme tank in the nano contest on www.canreef.com. Red Coral Aquariums in Calgary has sponsored the "Best Theme Tank" and I have won $100 gift certificate at their store. This is so exciting. Now I have to go to Calgary to spend the money on my fish tank. I'm also thinking a full day road trip with my camera. Can life get any better. Before I forget, I must thank my daughter for her hours of gluing little rocks together for me and doing the great job on aquascaping the tank. Without her help, it just wouldn't have looked as good.

It's been a good week.

This was a good week for me and my camera. I attended my first class at Metro College (old Bonnie Doon High School) on Thursday and it was good. No friends, no back ups, just me. Forgot to take a notepad but got past it. My daughter told me before I left for "school" not to let anyone look up my dress and not to let anyone dunk my head in the toilet. Not one of these things did I let happen so the night was a success. But seriously, one of the goals after the class was to take the camera off automatic. I haven't taken one picture in Automatic since. I am now using "P" which is basically the same as Automatic, but doesn't sound so bad.

Took some pictures of Rick's Golf Cart in different exposures and put them together using Photomatix, did a little photoshopping and I like how it turned out.



Today's FightClub went very well for me. I shot all the pictures using one lens and did not use Automatic. I'm happy with 4 out of 5.

It must be spring

Today driving in the yard I noticed the willow tree was "blooming" pussy willows. Time to bring out the macro lens.

10 gal Damsel in Zoanthidland

For the past 6 months I have been keeping a 10 gal saltwater tank, filled with Zoanthids and one lovely Yellow Tail Blue Damsel. Time has come to take the tank apart, transfer the corals to the big tank and put the little blue damsel up for adoption.

Slide show of Corals in 10 gal nano tank

More Time

Sunday's FightClub challenge continued with the theme of time. Five words are posted and one hour is given to take, process and upload 5 images relating to the topics. This weeks words were, Hands, Like Clockwork, Face, Minute and Alarm. It can be a challenge to think of the picture, take it and process it in the time allotted. The contest forces one to look at an object and try to see the best picture without retakes and retakes. Each Sunday I look at this challenge as a learning experience.