Week 38 of 2011 - Low Key

It's officially autumn here in the northern hemisphere.

Low key creating a chiaroscuro effect characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, 

usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.

Remember high key?

Week 37 of 2011 - Street Photography

Putting up the Christmas lights JUST a bit early.

Week 36 of 2011 - Bokeh (the blur)

A busy bee.

Week 35 of 2011 - Stairs

These are the stairs that lead to week 24.

Week 34 of 2011 - Old and New

Old and new lawn edgers. Did my father really edge with this thing? Do I really edge with the modern thing? (It's been on my to-do list now for a couple of years.)

Week 33 of 2011 - Geometry

Spheres in the garden.

Week 32 of 2011 - Against The Light

Garden Gone Wild

You may remember More Garden Less Grass Part 1 & Part 2.

This I will title "WHAT WAS I THINKING?"

Week 31 of 2011 - Seeing Double

Leftovers for lunch.

Week 30 of 2011 - Walking Empty Streets

What is usually a very busy corner in my town is empty in the wee hours of the morning. And by wee hours I mean just before 8 a.m. which is pretty wee for me.

Week 29 of 2011 - Music To My Ears

Vinyl.
This is how my ears heard music when I was young(er).

These were dug out of the far depths of the basement for the pic of the week. They haven’t been moved from that spot since I moved in here over 12 years ago and I have no idea when the last time any of them were actually played. Back they go!

Week 28 of 2011 - Black & White

A face on an urn.

Dragonfly 2011

Dragonfly spotted last week on afternoon hike at Stony Creek Metropark. SURE I should have been at work BUT everyone gets a lunch break...    right?

You may rememeber "Fire Breath" and "November dragonfly" from 2009. Doesn't look like a dragonfly was posted during the summer of 2010. Hmmm.....

Week 27 of 2011 - Things that look like a letter of the Alphabet

A tree in the shape of a V that I pass on on my bike rides through a local cemetery.

POP of Colour 2

Portrait view of Parking Deck 5 colour pop.

Week 26 of 2011 - A POP of Colour

Looking for colour pops I stumbled upon Parking Deck 5 in Birmingham, MI.

Week 25 of 2011 - Windows or Doors

Flowers in the mausoleum window.

Roseland Park Cemetery. Berkley Michigan.

Eve's feet

Week 24 of 2011 - Emotion

Many emotions in a work of art.

Emotion of the artist.

Emotion of the artist’s subject.

Emotion of the subject.

Shown here is a work by Mario Korbel from 1924.

Cranbrook Gardens, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Week 23 of 2011 - Long Exposure

A nighttime view of the garden.

I lit up some tiki torches in the garden this evening to summon the veggie ghost.

Inventory

A WHOLE LOT GOING ON!
(And the grass is now gone.)

Week 22 of 2011 - Hot Hot Hot

92 degrees today.

Green Strawberries now Red

Success!
(This was also photo 999 taken with the new camera.)


FYI: another addition to the garden this year to go with the strawberries:

That would be rhubarb.

Week 21 of 2011 - Classic Still Life

Rules, rules, rules: these are generally described as the sort of still life scenes typically found in paintings up through the rise of impressionism. The scenes may be a found or arranged still life. Subjects should typically be the sort of items and scenes one would find prior to the modern era. Ie. no electronics etc. The scenes should be lit by natural light, candle light, or at least look natural in their lighting. That is to say not looking like it was shot in a light box sans background, not backlit, etc. etc. etc.

Wasn't really feeling this week's theme until the sun FINALLY came out and I noticed the lilacs were blooming.

More garden - Less grass - Part 2

The grass WILL NOT die! Too much rain. Not enough heat. Some day perhaps.

Still, all the herbs are up and growing and most of the veggies have been planted.

Progress is slow here on the suburban farm.

(Click here for Part 1)

Green Strawberries

GOT STRAWBERRIES!    (But they're green.)

Week 20 of 2011 - My Passion

Growing plants.

This geranium cutting was also the subject of my Week 05 of 2011 for the subject Water. Cut from a plant on my front porch in the fall of 2010 and after spending the winter rooting in a shot glass of water it was finally potted and has bloomed. Next step: outdoors for the summer!

Week 19 of 2011 - Give Me Flowers

Many thanks for the flowers.

Now give me STRAWBERRIES!

Week 18 of 2011 - SOOC

SOOC = "Straight Out Of Camera" = No Post Processing.

When I woke up today the sun was shining through the windows making these leaves glow.

Week 17 of 2011 - Architecture

National Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church.

I pass this architecture quite often while driving on Woodward Avenue but today the blue sky, fluffly white clouds and green green grass just beaconed for a photo opp. (And I just happened to have my camera!) An example of the zig-zag art deco style, it was completed in two stages, from 1931 to 1936. Click here for an original photo from the past.

Week 16 of 2011 - Reflections

Reflection of the Oriental Garden’s bridge - Cranbrook.

More garden - Less grass

It was decided that the grass strip between the veggie garden and the fence shrubs needs to go. Now who's going to remove it for me. Just seems like too much work.

Week 15 of 2011 - Time/If I Only Had Time...

So many clocks remind me of time passing. If I only had time I wouldn't wait until the last day of the week to take my photo. (Or in this case: photos.)

Week 14 of 2011 - Motion

Ceiling fan in motion. I taped a flash light to a blade for effect. I'm just glad it didn't shoot off and put my eye out!

Week 13 of 2011 - High Key

High Key Phoptography: unnaturally bright lighting to blow out most or all harsh shadows in an image. Here is a Klondike Azalea bud from the back yard that I've been trying to force bloom in my bay window. It's going on 42 days now. The bud in the back is ready, but has been ready for a week. COME ON!

Note: this is my first pic that required the use of bubble wrap, painter's tape and a 250 watt shop light.

Decay (Old / Abandoned) - Runner up

This is what I had planned on posting for last week's theme but wasn't all that pleased with the look of this pic taken from my car window while exiting from I-94 onto I-75 here in the D with my little Canon Powershot. I tried again another day on the way home from work with the Canon Rebel DSLR but not so easy while driving, and the shoulders have so much garbage on them I was afraid I would get a flat if I pulled over.

Week 12 of 2011 - Decay

An old stove decaying in my backyard as yard-art. I "found" this last summer while cleaning out my mother's old shed before tearing it down. My father probably got it in a garage sale many, many years ago.

A close up of the tag: US Stove Co.

SUPERMOON

Last night we had a Supermoon.
The moon looked this way because it was just 211,565 miles away from the earth.
That's the closest its been since March of 1993.

Week 11 of 2011 - Texture

This piece of coral from a Caribbean trip has been sitting on my dining room table for quite some time now. It's from the island of Nevis from the spring of 2010. Today I discovered its texture while using my macro extender lens.

Dare I say the snow has mostly melted?

I went outside a few weekends ago and could see grass and dirt and earth so I screamed "goodbye snow" and of course it snowed another 5 inches that night. This time I will not scream it but blog it since I do not think Mother Nature follows my blog. But she should.

The snow is mostly gone now and it kind of amazes me that in my garden the strawberries (top of pic) and lettuce (bottom of pic) are still green and alive.

Week 10 of 2011 - Vanishing Point

My chimney from ground level vanishing into the gray dusk sky. I was working SO much this week that I didn't as much procrastinate as just didn't find the time to take a pic for the week. At the few last moments of light today I decided my chimney would be a good subject for this theme. I mean me and my chimney have a history! (See Chim Chim Cheree.)

Tiny centrosaurus

I bought an accessory for my camera from Photojojo.com and it arrived with a small centrosaurus in the package!

I also recently bought a lens extension tube to take macros with my current zoom lens.

It was like Photojojo knew I needed a subject to photograph.

Week 09 of 2011 - Diptych

I've been waiting for this to bloom for over a year now. I guess the 99 cent plants require patience.

Week 08 of 2011 - Looking Through a Window

Looking through my dining room window I see my neighbor's Christmas decorations that are LONG overdue to be put away. Frosty was also captured on Christmas Eve glowing in season: http://www.flickr.com/photos/micheric248/5288916875/

Week 07 of 2011 - Love

I love wine but not as much the morning after. And no these wern't all from last night. Only the Raven's Wood in the front. I save the bottles with interesting labels and the ones that I love more.