Day #183

Title: Half Full Or Half Empty?
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: This week’s 366 theme is “a phrase or saying” - so here we have, The Glass Is Half Full/Half Empty. At the moment, I would have to say it’s half empty. I’ve been having a bad week generally, and just when you think it can’t get any worse… This evening, shortly after I’d taken this, I managed to trip over in the garden. So now I have two sore knees, a slightly fat lip, scratched glasses and a bruised ego. Wonderful. On a slightly more positive note, at least we’ve made it to Half Way today - day 183/366. Congrats to all who have come this far too.

Day #159

Title: Magic Mushrooms
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Spent some time tidying the garden again today. This week's 366 theme is "A Different Viepoint" so I got down low to photograph the ceramic fungi in the autumn corner of the back garden.

Day #146

Title: Singin' In The Rain
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 17-85mm EF-S f/4-5.6 IS USM
Notes: This week's 366 theme is Song Titles, so I thought I would take advantage of the beautiful Bank Holiday weather to present you with a one-off, exclusive performance of "Singin' In The Rain". It was hammering down at the time - I hope you all appreciate how I suffer for my art! I haven't attempted any self-portraits before, so please be kind to me...

Day #145

Title: Layers Of Shadow
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Spent the morning doing chores around the house, and the afternoon mowing the lawn and tidying the garden before the impending deluge we are promised tomorrow. Late in the afternoon, I was sitting pulling weeds and throwing them into the plastic canvas collection bag when I noticed how nice their shadows were against the side of the material. This is just as seen, I haven't done any Photoshop fiddling, apart from Levels and a slight crop. I find these sort of pictures out of nothing to be quite satisfying, as is having a tidy garden again!

Day #138

Title: (Castor) Oil And Water
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 300D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes : Confession time - this is real lazy photography, I'm afraid. I've been busy all day and it's been raining steadily, so I literally poked my head out the back door for five minutes to see what I could find. My poor, drenched Castor Oil plant (Fatsia Japonica) was looking soggy in the Autumn corner of my garden - quite appropriate, since it's felt like it for most of the day. I hope the sun shines tomorrow.

Day #137

Title: In The Garden
Location: At a friend's house
Camera: Canon Ixus 850IS compact
Notes: Inspiration was just as lacking as the sunshine today. I still hadn't taken a picture by the time I was going out to my photographic club this evening, picking up a friend on the way. I had the compact with me, so took this shot in their garden before we went to our AGM.

Day #117

Title: The Four Seasons
Location: At home
Camera: Canon Ixus 850IS compact
Notes: Spent five hours tidying the front and back gardens today. It had needed doing for ages, but whenever I had the time, it was too wet to get on the job - living on clay means you have to have a good few days for things to dry out or the garden ends up looking like the Somme. So this is the back garden, sans weeds, with the grass cut nicely. Each corner of the garden is supposed to represent a season - starting at top LHS and working clockwise; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.