Blurred Christmas Lights

OK, this is not a good photo...I had to work through the night, and my picture-of -the-day was this tree from the building's 4th-floor window.  after working for 30 hours, it looked blurry to me then, too.  Such is the nature of IT work. 

HTC T7380 cell phone, 5mm, 1/10 sec at f/2.6, ISO 800

Homework III

My daughter, the brain 

Pentax K-x, 35mm, 1/30 sec at f/6.3, ISO 640 

Homework II

TI Calculators are a bit more powerful than when I was in high school...

Pentax K-x, 35mm, 1/80 sec at f/5, ISO 2000 

Happy First Advent

Pentax K-x, 42.5mm, .4 sec. at f/8, ISO 500, tripod-mounted 

Osage Orange

Alexander Trail, Thompson's Station, TN

Pentax K-x, 105mm, 1/100 sec at f?5.6, ISO 1600 

Industrial Detroit

Taken from car window on I-75 

Pentax K-x, 50mm, 1/1600 sec at f/9, ISO 800 

Bottles on Ice

At Kruse and Muer Restaurant, Troy, MI 

Pentax K-x, 55mm, 1/100 sec at f/6.3, ISO 1250

2012 Volkswagen CC

Made in Germany; 2.0L 200HP Turbo in-line 4-cyl. engine.  A very nice ride. 

http://www.vw.com/en/models/cc/gallery.html

Pentax K-x, 18mm, 1/1000 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 500

Sweets at the Cracker Barrel

Somewhere in Ohio (They are all pretty much the same...) 

Pentax K-x, 42mm, 1/50 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 1000

Flowers at Williamson County Library

Pentax K-x, 47.5mm, 1/50 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 1250 

Eye Makeup

Pentax K-x, 55mm, 1/25 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 2000 

Medieval Lego Village

Pentax K-x, 23.1mm, 1.3 sec. at f/16, ISO 640 

Afternoon Sun

Afternoon sun on the almost-bare trees 

Thompson's Station Park

Pentax K-x, 40mm, 1/1000 sec. at f/9, ISO 1000 

Violas

These flowers are a bit weather-damaged, but still hanging in there. 

Pentax K-x, 50mm, 1/25 sec. at f/8, ISO 1000 

Painting with Cell Phone

Painting with the light from Charlotte's cell phone 

Pentax K-x, 23.1mm, 13 sec. at f/8, ISO 320

Cans

Tomato cans, and they are balanced vertically 

Sony DSC-R1, 38mm, 1/6 sec at f/7.1 

Bug

Bug 

Pentax-Kx, 55mm, 1/3200 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 500

Cloudy Day

Alexander Trail, Thompsons's Station, TN 

Pentax K-x, 23.1mm, 1/640 sec at f/9, ISO 1000 

Converted to B&W (infrared effect) in PS Elements 6 

Drive-in Hamburgers

Burger joint in Columbia, TN 

Sony DSC R-1, 21mm, 1/250 at f/10, ISO 200 

Harold

Contemplating pizza... 

Pentax K-x, 48mm, 1/30 sec. at f/5.6, ISO 2000 

Saw Blade

Circular saw blade 

Pentax K-x, 31mm, 1/250 sec. at f/9, ISO 1250; Fluorescent light and "toy camera" in-camera  filter effect 

Sunset

Sunset at Thompson's Station Park 

Pentax K-x, 1/250 sec. at f/10, ISO 800 

Son Harold... Quite the handsome lad. 

Pentax K-x, 1/400 sec. at f/5, ISO 2000 

Son Ben, at the computer 

Pentax K-x, 35mm, 1/80 sec. at f/6.3, ISO 3200. Converted to B&W in PS Elements 6 

A piece by Harold; Medium: Colourful card stock. 

Sony DSC-R1, 41mm, 1/13 sec at f/8, ISO 400; tripod-mounted

Rotier's Restaurant in the West End in Nashville...If you want an awesome burger, this is the place to go. 

Pentax K-x, 37.5mm, 1/250 sec. at f/10, ISO 320 

We had a bay leaf plant...it won't survive the winter, so Liesa removed the leaves and is drying them.  This was an ordinary shot of the bay leaves, made unique by Ben's Photoshop skills...gradient map with convert to B&W layer and tweaking of hues. 

Sony DSC-R1, 42.4mm, 1 sec. at f/7.1, ISO 100, tripod-mounted 

Guest Photographer Today...Ben LaCroix 

Sunrise in the 'hood 

LG Rumor Touch phone, with some Photoshop trickery by Ben 

 

Hallowe'en Treats 

Sony DSC-R1, 35.4mm, 1/4 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400, tripod-mounted 

 

Alexander Trail in Fall 

Thompson's Station, TN 

Pentax K-x, 28mm, 1/200 sec at f/10, ISO 800