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I used my bicycle lights to light these bubbles. The red tail light from one direction and the white head light from another.

Day 152

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I tried adding some food colouring to the soap bubble mix.

Day 151

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I went back down to the same section of river today. The temperature was just a few degrees below zero (celsius) and the water along the shore was slushier. There weren't the distinct layers of ice and water like yesterday.

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I went down to the river today. There were many layers of ice and water along the part of the shore I went to. I like the different patterns in the ice and the contrast in colours, but this export didn't come out quite right. I think the dark background is a little more of a brown and has more variation in colour. Something to work on, getting the colour right for export.

Day 149

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I worked with bubbles again today, but not in the kitchen sink. Not my night for dishes and I wanted to try lighting the bubbles from behind. I set up in a clear casserole dish and tried different lighting directions. I really like the way this backlit one came out.

Day 148

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I didn't have any ideas for an image today when I started the dishes, so it became soap bubbles.

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Day 146

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Last year I took a photography course and one of the assignments was white on white. I was looking out the back window today and thought the smooth surface of the snow in the sun was perfect for this.

Day 145

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Not much today. I took this shot of our dog in front of a heating vent. One of her favourite places in the winter.

Day 144

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Today I used a bulb setting and painted the wineglass with light.

Day 143

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What a difference a few days make. Last Sunday we were out at Pigeon Lake and it was open water. During the week the temperature dropped and I was anxious to get out to see what ice there was. I went out today and heard that it had frozen just two days ago. It looked frozen right across.

In a few places the ice had broken and bunched up, but for the most part it was flat and there was a layer of snow on it. There were these interesting patterns created by the cracks and the texture of the snow and hoar frost around the cracks.

Day 142

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I was going to experiment indoors with a wine glass again but I noticed the moon rising. There is some new construction a couple blocks away and I have seen this bell tower (if that is what it would be called) lit up at night, so I headed out to check. The moon was a bit higher than I wanted but I thought it was okay. When conditions are right again I will try when the moon is lower and zoom in a little more.

Day 141

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This one is lit from below and is farther from the backdrop.

Day 140

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Today I tried a white background with a much brighter halogen light. I need to find a smoother backdrop and maybe move it further away.

Day 139

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More experimenting with light.

Day 138

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I wanted to try lighting this little piece of wood to get multiple shadows. I don't have an external flash or any special lights so set up a few different light sources. Not the best mixing incandescent lighting with an LED flashlight. But it is a start to give me some ideas.

Day 137

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Sunrise on Pigeon Lake. Some ice had formed on the lake yesterday and the wind had blown it into this bay on the lake. The ice was all bunched up and some was pushed up onto the beach. I went down for sunrise to see if more ice had formed and get some shots as the sun came up. You can just make out a bit of the ice that is still left on the beach, but most of it had melted overnight. So no new ice but a beautiful sunrise.

Day 136

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I was playing with a stick in the water yesterday and decided to make it my project today to get a shot of the water trail.

Day 135

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Yesterday when we were out walking I saw these ice crystals. The ice was dark, almost black, and I thought they would like good with the morning sun. Well, it was cloudy this morning and there had been a light dusting of snow. I decided to go back anyway and this is the way it looked. The ice has a light cover of snow so the ice crystals don't stand out as much, but I still like it.

Day 134

Remembrance Day, "Lest We Forget"

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Day 131

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Now that the time has shifted the daylight hours after work is not "hours" anymore. After work I had less than an hour until the sun set and during that time it is so low in the sky it is hard to find things not in shadow. So, unless I start going out at lunch, shooting in sunlight is going to be restricted to weekends for a while. Or grabbing a shot immediately after work for the next week or so. Then it will be dark when I start work and dark when I finish. (I don't really want to think too much about long, cold, dark winter days just yet.)

Day 130

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I like the layers of clouds in this shot, and I didn't have a lot to choose from today since I got out late. So this is it. It almost feels upside down to me.

Day 129

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Dried Flower

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Wilted sunflower petals.

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Day 126

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There are still some leaves.

Day 125

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I took this image at the visitor centre on the south side of Edmonton after work today.

Day 124

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I didn't have a photo yet for today and the sky looked nice so I ran out and got this image.