drink up me hearties!

Looks like rain today. ...and tomorrow. ...and the day after.

drenched

I had a good day today. I feel like I accomplished a lot with the projects for which I was responsible. I haven't carried the camera with me for TWO days!!

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It was raining the other night, but the light shone in such a way, that I happened to notice a bug under a leaf. I went inside for the flashlight and a camera. The original bug was gone, and there were two flies in the area, but they didn't hold still long enough for me. It was raining on me (and my camera), so I didn't want to stay out there too long. The raindrop here was much more cooperative. I took a quick picture, and then the clouds opened up all the way. It's good that I was close to a nice, dry change of clothes.

diamond in the rough

The light stayed hidden yesterday, shielded behind gray, pregnant clouds. Looking around for something to photograph, I inspected the crocuses, to see if any were blooming yet. Nope. But I DID find this perfect drop nestled in a little wedge. We got the rains this morning. When it is quiet, you can hear gurgling sounds coming from the roof.

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[Update: I was informed by our friend at the Rook's Nest, that this flower is a daffodil, not a crocus. Thanks, Shammy!]

one drop tells a story

There is a new weekly assignment that I want to try. It is called storyboards. You tell a story in three photographs. I like the idea. I chose to tell the story of a drop. Today's administrator offered a tip about using a tool called Mosaic Maker. I tried it. I like it.

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About our subject: It was not easy to get the right models for this project. Unfortunately, I do not have continuous shooting with my old camera, so we had to interview dozens of prospects before finding just the right ones. What's that you say? All drops look the same to you? Please, that's not a very sensitive remark... a drop might take offense to that!

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(The guy from Steve's Digicams is not me. Back in the year 2000, he did a nice job reviewing the kind of camera that I now own.)