Cigarettes and Silver Bullets: May 2011

Friday, May 27, 2011

Photo a day #122

Just a landscape from down in the river valley

Photo a day #110-#121

Another huge catch-up post.

May 15 2011, Photo a day #110

May 16 2011, Photo a day #111 - Twenty-nine

May 17 2011, Photo a day #112 - E.A. Corbett Hall

May 18 2011, Photo a day #113 - Double flowering plum

May 19 2011, Photo a day #114

At this point I picked up a new toy, a 10-20mm Sigma lens. I got it primarily to be able to take architecture shots in places where I have limited space to frame a shot, but I spent a few days just playing with it and seeing how the exaggerated perspective came out.

May 20 2011, Photo a day #115

May 21 2011, Photo a day #116

May 22 2011, Photo a day #117

May 23 2011, Photo a day #118

May 24 2011, Photo a day #119

May 25 2011, Photo a day #120

May 26 2011, Photo a day #121 - Ukrainian/Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. John

Monday, May 16, 2011

Weekend shots: Photo a day #109 and #110

This was plastered up on the side of a building. I'd call it graffiti but it's just taped or something to the wall.

May 14 2011, Photo a day #109

Yesterday I just got another picture of spring foliage.

May 15 2011, Photo a day #110

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Rural Alberta through a lens

I haven't been posting too many pictures other than my daily photos, and I've barely even been finding time to post those, but since the weather is nicer at this time of year I might start doing more themed pictures. When I was driving out of the city at the end of April I stopped along the drive to get a picture of a windmill and I decided I'd like to work with "rural Alberta" as a theme more frequently. To that end, I took a few more pictures the next time I found myself outside of the city's concrete embrace.

Photo a day #98-#108

I really haven't been posting nearly frequently enough.

I came across the shell of a car in the parking lot of an auto shop one night.

May 3 2011, Photo a day #98

May 4 2011, Photo a day #99

I got this picture at work while I was blowing off steam

May 5 2011 - Photo a day #100

May 6 2011, Photo a day #101 - Charging

May 7 2011, Photo a day #102 - Stratford School

May 8 2011, Photo a day #103 - St. Joachim Catholic Church

May 9 2011, Photo a day #104 - People's Church

May 10 2011, Photo a day #105

It was so windy on Wednesday that I couldn't keep my tripod still outside, I had to hold it down to keep it from blowing over.

May 11 2011, Photo a day #106

Too many cars and posts in the way of this church.

May 12 2011 - Photo a day #107

I went to a small acoustic show last night and decided to broaden my horizons a bit, I think this is the first picture I've posted featuring people! On a related note, my 50mm f/1.4 was a lifesaver for this kind of picture since I managed to get a handful of good shots without needing additional lighting.