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This gallery is a complete chronicle of my 40th year, starting on my birthday in 2008. I posted one photo each day for a year. The photo-a-day project continues in this gallery here.
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Jeremy > May 21, 2008; Day 19. Remember the first time you held a mirror in front of another mirror? I wanted to capture that same "tunnel to infinity" effect, with the camera itself as the subject. I also wanted to answer the question, "what color is a mirror?" Question answered? Raw: Exposure: +1 Raw: WB: Auto (3000K) PS: Rotate 0.5 degrees PS: Crop: 33% PS: Color Balance: Yellow to Blue +15 PS: Saturation: +10
Jeremy > May 22, 2008; Day 20. I'm on a little vacation at a bed & breakfast on 86 acres in Vermont. I took a hike and found this sign. It made me laugh out loud with the camera and all. I could have paid more attention to my composition and my background, but... well, I'm on vacation. I'll be taking lots more photos tomorrow. No post processing...JPEG from camera.
Jeremy > May 23, 2008; Day 21. The Moose Meadow Lodge in Duxbury Vermont is where I'm staying this weekend. It's a very comfortable log cabin with 4 bedrooms. When we arrived home from dinner there was just the slightest bit of dusk remaining. I considered doing an HDR but found that a severe yellow to blue color adjustment (+74) seemed to both bring out the blue sky and reduce the hotness of the light. There's more to be done here (clone out the red tape, rotate slightly), but I'm really enjoying this vacation.
Jeremy > May 24, 2008; Day 22. I took many pictures on my last full day here in Vermont, including a bunch finally taken with my 300mm exotic (the baby of that family). I was very pleased with its performance. Blue Jays are a dime a dozen here in New England but they're skittish. I had to sit out at the edge of the woods for about an hour to get a decent set of photos to choose from. This was long enough to realize that the song of the Blue Jay is not necessarily shrill and annoying. I detected 3 distinct songs, two of which were pleasant. No post processing; JPEG from camera.
Jeremy > May 25, 2008; Day 23. Before arriving home from a very pleasant stay in Vermont, I stopped at a classic car show hosted by a friend of mine. A growing number of my friends have picked up a classic car and are now suggesting that I join them. Someday, perhaps, but at the moment, one expensive hobby is enough! This beauty is a DeSoto that everyone swoons over whenever it appears at these gatherings. Most of the pictures I took at this show were like this: macro details captured with my Sigma ultra wide lens. Now that I've studied them, I think this lens distorts these subjects too much. I did like this shot because it makes the fins and the car look big, which they are. Raw: Exposure: +1 Raw: Fill light: +15 PS: Unsharp mask: 20-30-0
Jeremy > May 26, 2008; Day 24. No fun plans today…just laundry, chores, and the sorting and purging of hundreds of pictures from my vacation. I did step outside to enjoy the weather for a while, and noticed the bumble bees trying to pry open the flower buds on the rhododendrons. I hoped to catch one in action but didn’t get lucky. These will open soon and should be nicely fragrant over the next couple of weeks. I plan to get lucky with an insect/flower macro shot. Raw: Exposure: +0.6 PS: Crop: ~5% PS: Saturation: +15
Jeremy > May 27, 2008; Day 25. Dandelion seed stems produces some great photography. Today I noticed that most of my dandelions have packed it in for the year, so I had to crawl about my yard for one that still was fresh. I decided to pluck all but a single seed and try for another conceptual photograph. Does this say stubbornness to you? Perhaps instability? Abandonment? If you’d like to see how I shot this, click here. The strobe is wearing a diffuser and is less than 2 inches from the stem. The background is an old green coat. Not shown is a half-sheet of paper being held as a reflector; the strobe is running at 1/4 power. Raw: Recovery: +20 PS: Saturation: +20
Jeremy > May 28, 2008; Day 26. Sometimes I let my photography get in the way of my life. Someone once asked me, “If you died today, would you want your parents to see your house as it is right now?” I thought of that this morning when I saw this. Being driven to learn a craft and excel at it is mostly a good thing. But I have to remind myself that I have a career, friends, a partner, and…dishes. So creativity and imagination will wait for another night; tonight I caught up with my life. But I did try to be playful with this shot...if you look closely, you can see yesterday’s subject still intact among the refuse! Raw: Exposure: +0.7 Raw: Saturation: +15
Jeremy > May 29, 2008; Day 27. Today I found a great new spot for shooting. This new pedestrian bridge is called "Hands Across the Merrimack." To the right of this shot is the skyline of Manchester, NH. Running beneath is the Merrimack River. Along the river is the Everett Turnpike. The deck is new pressure-treated lumber. The lamps are lit before sunset. The possibilities are endless. I'll be back. Raw: Exposure: +1 Raw: Fill Light: +20 Raw: Saturation: +30 PS: Color Balance: Magenta to Green: -10
May 27, 2008; Day 25. Dandelion seed stems produces some great photography. Today I noticed that most of my dandelions have packed it in for the year, so I had to crawl about my yard for one that still was fresh. I decided to pluck all but a single seed and try for another conceptual photograph. Does this say stubbornness to you? Perhaps instability? Abandonment?

If you’d like to see how I shot this, click here. The strobe is wearing a diffuser and is less than 2 inches from the stem. The background is an old green coat. Not shown is a half-sheet of paper being held as a reflector; the strobe is running at 1/4 power.

Raw: Recovery: 20
PS: Saturation: 20
> May 27, 2008; Day 25. Dandelion seed stems produces some great photography. Today I noticed that most of my dandelions have packed it in for the year, so I had to crawl about my yard for one that still was fresh. I decided to pluck all but a single seed and try for another conceptual photograph. Does this say stubbornness to you? Perhaps instability? Abandonment? If you’d like to see how I shot this, click here. The strobe is wearing a diffuser and is less than 2 inches from the stem. The background is an old green coat. Not shown is a half-sheet of paper being held as a reflector; the strobe is running at 1/4 power. Raw: Recovery: +20 PS: Saturation: +20
May 27, 2008; Day 25. Dandelion seed stems produces some great photography. Today I noticed that most of my dandelions have packed it in for the year, so I had to crawl about my yard for one that still was fresh. I decided to pluck all but a single seed and try for another conceptual photograph. Does this say stubbornness to you? Perhaps instability? Abandonment?

If you’d like to see how I shot this, click here. The strobe is wearing a diffuser and is less than 2 inches from the stem. The background is an old green coat. Not shown is a half-sheet of paper being held as a reflector; the strobe is running at 1/4 power.

Raw: Recovery: 20
PS: Saturation: 20
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D80) |
More details: exif |
Original size: 3872px x 2592px |
Current: 400px x 268px |
Other sizes: Small • M • L • O |
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