Crazy busy...

Yesterday I was supposed to post a date night picture of us, but too much packing got in the way - might try it for Sunday.  Anyway, we listed auctions on ebay cause they had free listings two weeks ago, and this is what happens when over 200 auctions sell and you have to pack them up and get them out...this isn't even all of them - I think this was when we had about 50 left to pack...they didn't all fit in the car there were so many of them...can't complain, at least they are selling, but packing stuff from 3pm (with the little guys help for a while) till 2am isnt the most fun...

T1i, 50mm f1.4...pic: too tired for Manual, I did Auto cause I didn't feel like fiddling with anything...

But, here are some outtakes of the week that I thought were pretty cool:)

 

Eyes

Still running a day behind with the assignments...so, this one is "eyes"

I'm almost constantly doing closeups of the little guy's eyes, so, thought I'd switch it up just a bit...this is the eye of a very bold ibis who came up to get bread from us:)

T1i, lens 24-70mm f2.8L...pic: ISO200, 1/1250 (it was VERY sunny), f4.5...I like the sun angle so that you can see more definitely in the feathers:)

Dreams

This was yesterday's assignment...dreams.

When I was little, I lived in a townhouse and loved going up and down the stairs.  At around three, I had a dream that I could fly - and that the only way to fly was to jump off the top step of the stairs.  It took me quite a bit of time to gear up the courage (stupidity?) to jump off the top step, and when I did, I very quickly (and painfully) realized that I could not fly.  Nonetheless, whenever I think of dreams, this is what I remember...in fact, it is the only dream I remember from early childhood.

So, in honor of dreams...here is flying:)

T1i and 24-70mm f2.8L lens...picture: ...ISO100, 1/400 shutter speed, f5...

I took the pic this afternoon at the lake while we were feeding the birds...can I just say, it is REALLY hard to focus on a bird that is flying...and impossible to pose them...LOL...I put f-stop at 5 so I'd have a bit more wiggle room for the blurr, I think next time, I'd do f10 or so and ISO400...cause it is a faster speed, which I shoulda done anyway but I was blowing out my pictures and needed less light in...shoulda, woulda, coulda...NEXT TIME!!

The Fog

Woke up this morning to quite a sight...the sun was shining, but the fog was so thick in the air that you could barely see the road...it was completely gone within 10 minutes of taking this pict ure, but it was absolutely haunting while it lasted:)

Camera T1i, lens 24-135mm f3.5-5.6...picture: 1/400, ISO200, f5.6

I used a different lens today...this used to be my favorite lens - until I got the L lens, I still love the image stabilization feature cause I can be shaky sometimes...and this keeps the picture from showing my shake!

Sunset over Georgia

What an adventure!  800 miles with a 10 month old in two days...he was so so wonderful, poor guy fell asleep the second he hit his crib though, he is worn out and so am I!!

So, I'm being lazy and doing another sunset photo, it isn't as spectacular as yesterday, but I did better with the settings and since we were driving south instead of north, I was able to pull along the side of the interstate along a river, which made for a prettier scene...LOL, I promise that I'll be back to pics of the little guy soon:)

Camera T1i, lens 50mm f1.4 - picture: 1/100, f13 (I learned!), ISO200