Compact Fluorescent

Sometimes on these daily photos, it's all about the photo, and sometimes it's more about what to write about it. Tonight - it's just about the photo because frankly, I don't have much to say about this one. Other than just that I shot this way, way under exposed (as far as what the camera thought it should be) so that the spiral detail was visible, but then the surroundings were completely black, so I hit it with a strobe to brighten it up a bit so the rest of it would show up. Oh, that and this is on my ceiling, so I rotated the image so it's upside down. But it sorta looks right-side-up kinda doesn't it?

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Roast Beef

This is one of the photos I referred to in yesterday's post, and I'm choosing it today not so much for photographic value, but rather to ask a question. Can someone tell me what's up with the bright iridescent colors on roast beef? I've seen it on sliced ham lunch meat as well. I'm guessing it's not natural (but I'm no doctor). Is that chemicals? Is it growth hormones they give the cows? Or is it for flavor? (sure was a delicious sandwich....)

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Outtake

Out-takes, bloopers, mistakes, ah-shoots, um-whoops... you get the idea... if it was film, this would be on the cutting room floor. Luckily, it ended up in my photostream and I took a 2nd look at it. In some pretty tough company of a chicken at the veterinarian, a funny bumper sticker, and the colorful chemicals on my sliced roast beef sandwich today, this one won the honor for today's daily photo.

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Clothespins

I was playing around with a lens my brother let me borrow - (100mm prime f/2.8) looking at shallow depth of field stuff just for fun, when I came upon our clothesline. (And yes, for you hawk-eyes out there - I did a shot similar to this in 2009.)

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Shindig

That's my mom in her favorite rowboat "Shindig" out saying hi to us at Turn Island this weekend. My brother put a crew of buddies together and we all worked on a video idea he had. Many cameras, booms, microphones, a remote cable dolly with wireless video monitoring, and me playing the parts of Young Eric and Old Eric (my first acting gig). It's in post production now and maybe in a month or two I'll be able to put up a link to it when it is completed. We had a great time. And what a great surprise to see my folks. That's my dad just out of frame to the right. (Sorry Dad! I'll get a better shot of you next time! LOL)

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Favorite Sunset

That's my folks' boat Favorite with a sunset behind it. A beautiful evening on Turn Island.

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Flower Droplets

Water all beaded up on a purple flower.

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