Playtime

When I have not been taking pictures for my class I have been trying to look for interesting things to photograph or have been trying out some different techniques and just experimenting. The photos in this post are a combination -- either I thought the subject matter was interesting or I was playing around. Enjoy 

This is from probably a month ago. I just thought it was interesting to see a wreath that big just sitting in someone's front yard. 

This one was all about the color and the shape -- the bark looks like camo .... 

This is all about the light and the way it is reflecting of the leat and the ice crystals. I love the texture... 

Again about the light -- I saw it from across the park and had to take the shot 

This was just abandoned in the park --- I couldn't resist getting a picture 

This one made me laugh -- it coule either be a deer buried in the snow (you just see the antlers) or some kind of insect playing dead. You decide ... 

this was all about the reflection and the shimmery quality the glass gives it 

Can you see the face in he tree -- it really looks like its a living being .... 

Reflection in the rain -- 

close up of rain drops -- I had to take quite a few shots before I got this one but it was worth it 

I just liked the compostion on this one

I love the colors on this -- the flag and the fence on the right

This one is all about the shapes -- so twisty and fun 

I have seen car mirror reflection photos but never taken any before -- it was fun see it and then figure out how to cature it 

this was taken through the windshield. I underexposed it purposely to bring out the shadowy quality of the light. I love the sun flare and the way it makes the road look 

Again through the windshield of a car  and again underexposing to give it that dark smoky quality. it has the feel of using a filter , but i did not   and love the texture of the clouds..

Love how the sun is hightligthed in this one. and again I underexposed a couple of stops. Love how it silouettes the trees on the bottom right 

more of the same -- and all about the colors and the textures

I love how the sky is dusky and the clouds glow -- more of the underexposing -- and was happy to get such detail in the trees from a moving car ... 

this one is all about the clouds and how they have the glowy yellow color.

and last but not least -- I took this because of the way the light was hitting the silos and the wall below them. Again this was out the window of the moving car. I also love the texture of the mountains and the clouds. 

I really enjoy just taking the camera out and playing around to see what happens. Over all I am pretty pleased and will definitely be doing more of it. So much fun to see what I get by trying new things and one of the reasons I am grateful to be a photographer in the digital age -- can't imagine trying to capture all this with a film camera.