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When you see an item like this in a yard sale, you think, hmm.... $15 bucks, how's my butt feel in it, is it worth the price!
When I see this chair on my mother-in-law's driveway sadly wearing its price tag, I see where it sat in their original home. In the corner, tea cup on its right, word-find book on one arm, and the TV remote on the other, in close reach to my father-in-law.
This chair was loved by the family dog too. When not curled up in it, she would dart from it to my father-in-law's lap as if she was protecting him, bark at you nervously and dart back.
The chair made its way 100km north to their new home. Carefully packed and transported, I'm sure the movers just saw it as another chair, to me, it was THE chair.
It ended its day at the yard sale, tested many times, but never purchased. We finally put it with the rest of the unwanted items with the last-gasp-for-life-sign on it, FREE!
The next day it was gone, the driveway empty. I wonder if the people who took it will put any thought into the memories it holds. Although it ended up without an offer, someone saw that it still has some more years. Who knows, with an updated upholstery, it may find its way through to another sale. Funny if I bought it.
The need for power lines cutting through our landscapes is obvious by the fact that we are on-line creating these blogs. This weeks Sunday Stills Challenge found me driving just south of where I live to a series of power lines that feed most or all of the Greater Toronto (Canada) Area. My take on this was that I was to combine power lines and landscapes as one. These power lines become the landscape.
f/9.0 | 1/320s | ISO 400 | Focal Length 300mmWB Sunny | Manual Exposure
When I got out of the car to take this, I first pulled back to 70mm to see what I got, but when I pulled in to the 300mm, I thought the web of power towers felt overwhelming.
Don't hold back, let me know what you think!
Yellow. That's what this week's Sunday Stills Challenge is about.
I thought I would try posting something a bit different this week, a city shot.
On Fridays I take my camera to work in downtown Toronto, and came across this row of bikes that comes across as mostly yellow.
f/5.0 | 1/800s | ISO 800
I was fortunate enough to go north this weekend to my parents cottage. My dad places this suet outside the kitchen window. With my new lens, I am now able to pull this baby right in.
This shot of the Old City Hall in Toronto was taken from across the street. I'm pretty impressed with how I can bring in my subjects.
I'm sure as I find more interesting items to shoot and express my vision, my thoughts will grow with my pictures.
This (last) weeks Sunday Stills Challenge was eyes. I know it's cliché, but in these eyes you see into a soul that loves Frisbees, water, Frisbees, food, Frisbees and Frisbees.
All he is thinking is, throw the 'darn' Frisbee will you.
Whoa, what a start to the summer. Went out last night and picked up one of these babies. For those in the know, you know what it is. For those not so... it's an AF-S NIKKOR 70-300MM f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR II.
In Canada, this weekend kicks-off our summer with the Victoria Day long-weekend. To some, wrongly called May 2-4. Partly because it used to be on May 24th, but also because you go to friends places with a 2-4 of beer.
With this lens I hope to pick-up some nicely pulled-in shots when up at my parents' cottage this weekend. Although building a deck and cleaning-up may get in my way, I'll do my best to sneak away and play with this little gem.
You know I'll be posting a shot using it for sure.
Here is my Sunday Stills challenge. I went back to the barn series. I liked the roughness of the stone, with the elements of the fence and plant.
The only thing I did to the image when I converted to B&W was to decrease the mid-point to 90, and then move the shadow up 5. I felt that that deepened the image enough to add some more depth to it.
Let me know what you think.
When you see an item like this in a yard sale, you think, hmm.... $15 bucks, how's my butt feel in it, is it worth the price!
