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Week FIVE of Fifty-two | {sun flare}

My apologies for being a day late with this post – between the Super Bowl yesterday and some errands and a fun session with a darling two-year old on Saturday – my computer time was limited…so now, I’m finally getting around to posting last week’s theme. I chose “sun flare” for my theme…which might seem a bit odd since it’s winter here and just two weeks ago we were covered in a thick layer of ice…on top of several inches of snow! Around the Pacific Northwest, we are sometimes blessed with a gift from Mother Nature during the winter months…and this past week has been just that! Sunshine and warmer temperature…and dry!! When we get days like that around here in the winter, it brings people out to their yards, in anticipation of spring (which could be months away), out for walks, kids are either coatless or even some wearing shorts and t-shirts. One of my favorite parts of the sun, is capturing some sun flare or my favorite…the sun star!! It’s funny as technically, you are suppose to avoid this sort of thing in photos by either shielding your lens by your hand or a lens hood…but, I LOVE using it as part of my photos.  So here is some of what I captured this past week…to me, it’s a gift from nature – something that I love capturing it’s beauty….year round!!

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Lens flare occurs when non-image forming light (usually the sun) enters the lens and hits the sensor. This often appears as a characteristic polygonal shape, with sides which depend on the shape of the lens diaphragm. It can lower the contrast of a photograph significantly and is often an undesired artifact, although some kinds of flare may actually add to your artistic meaning or vision of the photo.

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Couldn’t share photos without a sun star…which, if you know me, you know that I OFTEN capture sun stars when the opportunity presents itself!!undefinedundefinedI even had the opportunity to add a bit of lens flare during my session on Saturday…this adorable little girl had so much fun when we got outside…as did I!!undefinedundefinedundefined

Oh my, it’s me…something that many haven’t seen in quite a while. After my self portrait 365 from last year, I’m sure many were ready to take a break from my “mug!” I couldn’t resist adding some “flare” to myself on this sunny day last week!!

 

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Week FOUR of Fifty-two | {detail}

Is it possible that we now have four weeks behind us already this year? Thankfully, the past week has been MUCH quieter and calmer than last week…we had more of our “typical” winter with just rain and even a couple of days when the sun peeked out, just for good measure! I must admit that after the storm last week, I sure appreciate our usual winter weather much more…even though I’m really a warm weather person…I’ll take the usual rainy winter over the snow and ice!

This week, the focus has been just that, very precise with my theme being “DETAIL” and I shot all of these with my macro lens. With macro lenses, you can really isolate details and parts of a photograph and blur out the rest, but you also must be “spot on” with the focus, or it just doesn’t work. The best way is to use a tripod for macro photography, which I did with most of these photos. So, here’s a series of detailed photos….

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For each of you, I wish a week filled with happy times, good health and lots of laughter…and I’ll see you next week, with a new theme!

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Week THREE of Fifty-two | {cold}

The third week of the year is behind us and besides having one more week in the project completed…I must say that I’m happy to have the week behind me! Normally, that’s not something I would say, but it was a rather crazy and unusual week in the Pacific Northwest, specifically, the Seattle area. We started out with snow and then a bit more snow, then a little wet snow and finally, ICE….which was not a good thing. Granted, snow in the area is not that normal, but we can deal with some snow, but when you add the ice on top…well, that isn’t exactly something that mixes very well around here…or anywhere for that matter! The ice caused some severe devastation in many areas, bringing down branches, trees and power lines…which caused power outages….for MANY! We weren’t exempt from the power outage, about a day and a half, which compared to many, who were without it much longer, or still are…that wasn’t bad, but it certainly is not something I’d wish on anyone…it’s not fun, nor is it easy to deal with! At our home, power is back on, the yard cleanup has began (we had a lot of trees and branches down) and we are warm and happy to not be seeing dark wherever we look in our neighborhood at night…it’s great to see the street lights and house lights at night and hear the furnace kicking on….and I pray that for those still without power, it returns SOON!!!

As for my theme, it was cold and some have said I “jinxed” the area and brought it on…if only that were the case, I’d pick sunshine or warmth for the week ahead’s theme, but I’m not so sure it would work! So…I have WAY more photos than I would have expected for the week and even limiting it to what I am posting was tough…despite the cold and devastation, it really was beautiful….so if you were affected by the crazy winter storm of 2012, I hope you are able to see that in all things, there is some beauty…

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