January 31, 2010-Day 31

One month completed!

I went to Bryant Park today to try to get some pictures of ice skaters, but they have already torn the rink down.  Don't they know it is still winter?  They should have figured it out from the ice cycles hanging off of the fountain in the park.  This is the shot that I submitted to my 365 group on Flickr.



And here is a picture of the entire fountain.

January 30, 2010-Day 30

January 30 2010 004.jpg 2, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Took this Saturday night. My husband and I enjoyed some wine and watched a movie.

I see the flash reflecting in the glass, which is annoying me. I am really bad at photo-editing, but I just order photoshop elements, so maybe I will become better.

January 29, 2010-Day 29

Full Moon, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

It is a beautiful full moon tonight. I was rushing trying to take this since it is about 20F out right now. I don't have anything larger than a 55-250mm lens. Maybe I will rent a larger one to try to take this again. That is, when it is warmer out.

January 28-2010-Day 28

Into the storm, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

We were having the weirdest weather tonight. It was beautiful and sunny behind us, but very dark ahead. The spots on the mirror are actually snowflakes.

January 27, 2010-Day 27

Under the Weather, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

I'm not feeling well today. I've been taking it easy, watching bad t.v., and having soup and ginger ale for lunch.

January 26, 2010-Day 26

Knut, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Baby Knut.

January 25, 2010-Day 25

The Great Umbrella Massacre of 2010, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

It was a terrible day today in NYC. The wind was actually worse than the rain. I saw the corpses of massacred umbrellas everywhere I went today.

January 24, 2010-Day 24

Goodbye Christmas, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

We finally got around to taking down our Christmas tree today. We only put special ornaments on our tree; nothing generic. Here are some of the ornaments as I packed them away.

January 23, 2010-Day 23

Corks, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

I've been looking for some things around my house to take pictures of. I've been collecting corks in a vase for a project (to be decided), although I actually think they look kind of nice just sitting in the vase.

January 22, 2010-Day 22

January 22, 2010, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

I've heard that most people that try to do a 365 project only last 3 weeks, which I passed yesterday. Of course, in order to continue all year, some of my pictures are going to be mundane. So, here's a picture of one of my bookshelves.

January 21, 2010-Day 21

Juniper Valley Park at night, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Here is a picture of Juniper Valley Park that I took on my way home from work.

January 20, 2010-Day 20

Subway, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Took this on my way home from work.

January 19, 2010-Day 19

Little Italy, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Little Italy, New York

January 18, 2010-Day 18

St. John the Divine, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

St. John the Divine

January 17, 2010-Day 17

Rainy Day, originally uploaded by Ms. Baboo.

Not much going on today. Just relaxing while it is raining outside.

January 16, 2010-Day 16

It is a beautiful day, so I decided to walk around my neighborhood with my new 50mm 1.4 lens.  Since it has such a wide aperture (1.4-the smaller the number, the wider the aperture), it will allow me to get a very shallow depth of field in my pictures. Basically, this means only a little bit will be in focus and the rest will be blurred, which is called "bokeh" in photography talk.

Update to January 2, 2010-Day 2

If you are curious about how the picture of my hand from day 2 was used, go to http://davidandtracie.com/2010/01/04/the-give-anissa-a-hand-project/ to see the video.  Tracie did a beautiful  job putting it together.

January 15, 2010-Day 15

Here is a picture I took tonight of the sun setting over New York Harbor from a moving car on the Brooklyn Bridge.  The only editing I did was cropping out the steel of the bridge and straightening the horizon.



Here is the original:



In other photography news, I got my first invite to submit a picture to a Flickr group.  It seems like it may be a religious group. They may have misinterpreted the irony of the picture of the cross from January 13th or maybe they think I need some help because they told me that they would pray for me, but I don't care.  I'm still flattered.

January 14, 2010-Day 14

Two weeks in! This is a shot from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Also taken with the powershot.

January 13, 2010-Day 13

Sorry for the late post. We got home late last night because we went to see "Wishful Drinking," Carrie Fisher's autobiographical one woman show. It is excellent. If you have a chance, see it.

While in the theatre district, I saw this. Do you remember it from the beginning of old Saturday Night Live episodes? It is really creepy in real life.



If you are having trouble reading it, it says, "SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT." As I said, creepy.

Please ignore all the noise in the photo. I needed to up the ISO to 1600 to have it properly exposed.