Week 26 of 2012 - SOOC

(SOOC = Straight Out Of the Camera. No post processing whatsoever.)

My garden gnome.

Week 25 of 2012 - Working

ALWAYS working on the roads.
This example is making it difficult to get to Trader Joe!

Week 24 of 2012 - Historic Landmark

Cranbrook house seen from the sunken garden.

Here's another view... just for the blog:

Week 23 of 2012 - High Key

Malva Sylvestris Zebrina - or the French Hollyhock.
They grow like weeds.

Bug on a primrose

Hello, I'm a bug.

Week 22 of 2012 - Bird's Eye View

A bird on my gutter took this pic.

Week 21 of 2012 - Love

Love: start of summer (Memorial Day), planting annuals, holiday weekends, America.

New Instagrams

Instagram for my Galaxy Tablet was just released last week.
Got me back into using it.
Check them out on my flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/micheric248/sets/72157626946982384/

Veggie Garden 2012

Another innocent start:

You may remember last year's quiet start:

That resulted in THIS:

aka Garden Gone Wild

Week 20 of 2012 - Diptych

Sunset Clematis. In my back yard.

Week 19 of 2012 - Contrast

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And I was thinking for awhile about the weekly theme "contrast." WHAT could I use for contrast? Hmmmmmmm.........  Then all of a sudden it came to me!

Week 18 of 2012 - Lights

In the velvet darkness
of the blackest night
burning bright
there's a guiding star
no matter what or who you are
there's a light (over at the Frankenstein place)
there's a light (burning in the fireplace)
theres a light, light, in the darkness of everybody's life
The darkness must go
down the river
of night's dreaming
Flow morphia slow
let the sun and light come streaming
into my life
into my life
there's a light (over at the Frankenstein place)
there's a light (burning in the fireplace)
theres a light, light, in the darkness of everybody's life


The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Spring cleanup - once every 6 years.

I decided to power wash stuff. Started with the fence:

Moved onto the mossy patio:

The patio lead to the sidewalk:

Week 17 of 2012 - Minimalist

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, or the Cinnamon Fern.

Week 16 of 2012 - Glass

A "higgins" glass plate - on a subwoofer.

Week 15 of 2012 - Old, Abandoned, Decaying

I work on the east side of Detroit. So much to choose from for this week.

Week 14 of 2012 - Hot

The old gas stove - still gets hot.

Week 13 of 2012 - Technical, mechanical, or machinery

I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world.
Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!
(Pee-wee)

Week 12 of 2012 - Something Beginning With L

Leaf Lettuce. Dumb pic but it fits!

Week 11 of 2012 - Green

Moss macro

Week 10 of 2012 - Reflections

The first flower of spring... and I PICKED it!
Here it sits reflecting in my new tablet.

Week 9 of 2012 - Interpretation of a CD cover

Björk - Debut - released in July 1993

Week 8 of 2012 - Circle

The camera lens is a circle. Profound, isn't it?

Week 7 of 2012 - Roads Paths Trails

On Tortola the roads and paths and trails were steep!

Feet in paradise

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Rain in paradise? Still spectacular!

RainBOW over my wing. Tortola - BVI.

Week 6 of 2012 - Leap

Leaping Lizards! Went to Tortola and the vacation villa had no screens on the windows so the lizards were leaping throughout the place. At least they were cute. The tarantulas not so cute!

Week 05 of 2012 - Monochrome

Monochrome straight out of the camera with the "monochrome" setting.

Week 04 of 2012 - Shadow

The sun came out for a moment here in this Michigan winter and while shining through the window the blinds made this abstract shadow on the cove ceiling.

Week 3 of 2012 - My Passion

Had to buy a new frig yesterday. After today's delivery it needed beer.
(Passion for beer. NOT for buying new appliances!)

Week 2 of 2012 - 5 Minutes From My Home

The Detroit Zoological Society is responsible for the care and feeding of more than 1,800 vertebrates and 5,000 invertebrates representing over 270 species.

Week 1 of 2012 - New

Christmas brought me a NEW hobby for 2012 - beer making!

52 Pictures of 2011 Recap

Made it!

Happy New Year!


Successfully took and posted 52 out of 52 pictures for '52 of Twenty Eleven' group with a grand total of 1613 pictures taken and saved to the hard drive for the year. Not sure how many didn't make it to the save folder.


Here is one of my favorite pics of 2011:

Week 52 of 2011 - Looking to the Future

My New Years Photography Resolutions:
- Actually read the photography books I have bought in the past
- Improve my photography (and buy more gear!)
- Do not wait until the last day to take the weekly pic

End of 2011 is soon

'This is Eric's Blog' just changed the Blogger template and the Blogger icon pic. Change is good, right?
As long as it's change we can believe in!

Week 51 of 2011 - Happy Holidays

There's an app for that, too.
I down loaded my Christmas tree to my iPhone for this year.

Just not into it at all this year.

Happy Holidays to all that are into it!
(No, that's not my actual tree. Are you kidding me?!)

This is what it is:

Week 50 revealed:

Week 50 of 2011 - What Is It?

It's green and metal and old.
I removed the well known name off the top.

(The U.S. penny is there only to show size.)

Week 49 of 52 - Less Is More (Minimal)

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Joint third place winner!

Click here to see how it was all possible.

Week 48 of 2011 - Self Portrait

It's me.