Project 365, 2022 Week 29
Week 29, 2022, was full of macro work and a little experimentation. I usually use my Canon 100 2.8L macro lens whenever I’m wanting to photograph things close-up. But, this week I experimented with using the Lensbaby Sweet 35 with a 12 mm extension tube. I was pretty happy with most of the images that resulted. This combination gave me the up-close view I wanted and the slight blur that I like in my macro images.
Wildlife and hummingbirds are always favorite subjects, so I managed to photograph a few of those as well. While scouting for our upcoming Central California Coast photography workshop coming in February, I caught the sea otters hanging out in the harbor one early morning. Mostly they appeared pretty lazy, but there was a little ruckus over a favorite spot. Once that was sorted out, everyone went back to just hanging out. Afterwards, I headed down the coast and caught the amazing play of fog, coastline, and beautiful blue sky all coming together to make the most incredible landscape scene of the day.
“I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
~ Diane Arbus
Once again the neighbor’s chicken was not particularly cooperative. But, I do think it found some nice light. And, the deer was somewhat illusive as well just hanging out in a cemetery.
It was a diverse week to say the least. Onward with Project 365, 2022.
Each day is an amazing adventure on the coast… or anywhere in nature. Get out there!
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Project 365, 2022, Week 33 consists of birds and flowers, yes, once again. By now I’m sure you can tell which weeks are mostly spent near home and which are not. All but the owl were taken in my yard. She was shyly perched up in the shadows of a variety of cypress tree.
I’m clustering a few together in order to get caught up since I’m about 3 months behind in sharing. Much like other weeks of Project 365, 2022, Week 30 was full of birds and flowers, flowers and birds. Often when I remain close to home, the resulting images are of similar subject matter. Although this week that was true, I did travel a bit for the owl image and achieved it with the help of a guide.
Wildlife is always a favorite subject, so I managed to photograph a few this week. While scouting for our upcoming Central California Coast photography workshop coming in February, I caught the sea otters hanging out in the harbor one early morning. Mostly they appeared pretty lazy although there was a little ruckus over a favorite spot which was soon settled.
Project 365, 2022, Week 28 continued with my trip to Glacier Bay, Alaska with a week full of wild animals, amazing landscapes, and glaciers.
This was my week in Glacier Bay NP, Alaska. So, a few of these are repeats from prior blog posts, and some are sneak peeks of what is to come! And, some are not the image of the day, but I just have so many I want to share that I included them too. Enjoy!
Week 26 included images taken with the Lensbaby Sweet 35 attached to a 12 mm extension tube. I also made visits to cemeteries to photograph headstones.
I visited a somewhat local park to photograph the lotus blossoms, but ended up liking the green foliage just as much. It’s a popular place with so many photographers wishing for that one special lotus image.
One of the benefits to shooting everyday is that I am forced to deal with various sources of light. It could be cloudy, bright sun, or golden light coming from different directions depending on the subject and the source of the light. In this Project 365, 2022, Week 23, I had shade, back light, bright sun, and wonderful golden hour light.
Welcome to Project 365, 2022, Week 22! This week included images from my yard including the rose-breasted grosbeak at the feeder using my Sigma 150-600mm lens and two images from the garden using the Lensbaby Sweet 35 with a 12mm extension tube.
The garden and yard were great sources for subject matter for Project 365, 2022, Week 21. Macro and long lenses to photograph flowers, insects, and birds.
Project 365, 2022, Week 20 included so many opportunities in multiple genres of photography. Most were right in my yard. I’ve dusted off my macro lens and worked intentionally with certain concepts in macro. Of course, flowers come to mind first. The intricacies of the flower blossoms just come to life with a macro lens. I’ve been taking a class on macro from Jenny W. It’s been a good refresher for me and I always enjoy seeing others’ work.
Week 19 of Project 365, 2022 included so many opportunities in nature photography. For some I needed to travel a bit, but others were right in my yard. I’ve dusted off my macro lens and worked intentionally with certain concepts in macro.
The week began with a visit to photograph Hedge Creek Falls in Northern California.
Weeks 16 and 17 of Project 365 were full of macro, wildlife and landscape opportunities both near my home and at Yosemite NP.
Project 365, Weeks 13, 14, and 15 are combined in this post while I play ‘Catch-Up’ for posting this project. Week 13 was spent mostly at home with some time in the Northern California mountains for the Waterfalls Workshop that was presented in March. You can find out more about it in this blog post Waterfalls Workshop. Fortunately, the flowers are beginning to bloom in my garden so I have subjects readily available for some macro work.
Examples of a variety of wild birds photographed during a 365 2020 photography project.
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Somehow these postings for my Project 365 seem to have gotten away from me and I am so far behind. But, I decided to post a few each week until I’m caught up with shooting. Full disclosure - I did not finish this project. I began traveling and other things filled in the time that I would have been working on this. So, again, I’m clustering a few together in order to get caught up since I’m months behind in sharing.