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Project[52] – twenty five “my dad”

I’ve wanted to capture this image of my dad for quite a while and was able to make it happen over the weekend. My dad has farmed all his life and this image is one of many that I think defines who he is as a farmer; watering the grain wearing his hip waders and using his second favorite tool, “the shovel”.  His favorite tool, his pliers, as seen above is worn at all times on his left hip.  My next project will be to capture some images of him harvesting his grain next month and to capture some images in his favorite patch of ground where he grew potatoes.

Project[52] – twenty four “Wyoming”

Self Portrait

Is it vain to add self portraits on your own blog?  I’m adding them regardless.

Project [52] – twenty three

With this week’s third Project [52] post I”m finally caught up.  With our wet cool spring/summer we have enjoyed bleeding hearts in our back yard through June, It normally gets too hot for them to survice this long.  I was able to spend some time in my backyard with my macro lens.  The image below is of a weed I picked earlier in the day and thought the patterns would pick up nicely with a macro lens.  After reviewing them on my computer I liked how they resemble a spiderweb.

Project [52] – twenty two

 

Today’s image was taken while waiting for our bus to pick us up and drive us to the Barcelona airport.  We were lucky enough to have scheduled our transportation to the airport before we even left.  The lucky ones who procrastinated or decided to leave the ship late were fortunate enough to wait in a taxi line with at least an hour wait.   Nothing technically obvious about this image.  I like how the taxi’s and palm trees lead the eye to the left of the image.

Project [52] – twenty one

Pisa is city in Tuscany located in central Italy.  The leaning tower of Pisa is well known throughout the world so I apologize for the boring photo above.  I’m sure it’s just like all the other thousands of pictures that were taken that day.  Whenever I visit famous landmarks I always try to find a location that gives me a different vantage point.  This place has been photographed so much that I had a hard time finding something that I considered unique.  I was able however to capture a few images that I considered unique that I am sharing today.  The first image is the traditional shot that everyone takes as the pass through the main entrance.  It’s a great site to see these massive buildings as you round the corner.  The second image was taken with a very wide angle lens (16-35mm).  I was able to stand about 20 feet away from the bell tower to get this shot.  The tower stands at around 183 feet so I was pretty impressed with my full frame camera and this wide lens.   The last shot was taken with my iPhone 4 and processed with Cameramatic app, still a traditional angle but I liked what the iPhone was able to capture.

The Vatican

I took my Holga camera with my on my trip to Europe and was able to get a few good images.  Today’s image was taken at The Vatican in Rome Italy.  We opted not to tour the inside of the Vatican which gave us more time to see more of Rome.  The Holga image doesn’t really reflect the size of the square so I included panoramic taken with my DSLR.  To see the full high-res (10184×3617 22MB) version at 100% click here.