New Year, New Decade, New Lens, New Camera...Time for a 365

Day 27 & 28

Not too great as have other things going on, my cat is poorly, and the bath salt thingys didn't work as well as I had hoped...oh well

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Home Grown!

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Roo
 
hope your puss gets better soon :(

nice, the tomato shot reminds me of my childhood.. dad always grew them.. had to have them on all the wiindow sills untill he built a greenhouse.. remember the smell.. ;)
 
its all trial and error man dont let it get in the way thats what i say anyway, whats up with your cat mate?
 
hope melton gets better soon. Yesterdays shots are great. Particularly like the colour in the salts shot. :thumbs:
 
mich66 said:
hope your puss gets better soon :(

nice, the tomato shot reminds me of my childhood.. dad always grew them.. had to have them on all the wiindow sills untill he built a greenhouse.. remember the smell.. ;)
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reminds me of growing up as well, i remember my dad growing them in an old tumble dryer drum lol good shot as well:cool:
 
Sorry folks, have been tied up with my cat. Not Melton though, it was my other cat Beanie, he was nearly 15 and unfortunately we lost him on Sat. It was pretty sudden really so I am still coming to terms with it. Pretty heartbroken if I am honest. Hence no update. I have been taking the shots just haven't uploaded em yet.

Funny thing this weeks theme is Animals...hum....

Well I will try and get my shots up tonight.

Cheers

Roo
 
So sorry to hear that Roo, always sad to lose a pet.. take care x
 
Hi folks, thanks for the wishes, it has been a very difficult time, but we are getting there, we have the crazy Melton to keep occupied!

Onwards.....

Day 29 Full Moon! Need a bigger lens!

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Day 30 - Beanie, I didn't take a shot today but this is my wonderful Beanie who went to a better place today so this is for him.

RIP Mate, Apr 95 - Jan 10
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Day 31

Didn't feel like taking photos today. I was dragged out on a 40 degree day to get me out of the house, so here is one of about 10 shots I took....really not into it! But the last day of Bright!

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Roo
 
Well I have made it a month, and this week is going to be very hard and may be full of stuffed animals!

Well here goes a Tazzy Devil!

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Roo
 
Thanks Folks, have been finding it really difficult to get motivated this week. Esp as my theme is animals! Have some shots will get them up at some point. Am going to get that shot of Beanie made into a canvas. I have another as well so I may do both.

May go to the Zoo again this weekend for some inspiration.....

Roo
 
Day 33

I started today with some plastic ducks, but this ended up coming out better...oh well. I think Melton will be a big feature of my 365 now!

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Day 34

Knights are horses ain't they....

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Day 35

Melton again.....he will be sick of having the camera in his face by the end of this!

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Roo
 
I'm so sorry to hear about Beanie. I hope you're feeling better now...

Day 33 shot is outstanding, I just absolutely love it... Fantastic and very 'out of the box' thinking with the framing, and as for the clarity and colour in Meltons eyes, well, it's perfect. That shot is really spot on for me! :thumbs:
 
34, the chess shot is lovely. i like the lighting and the colours...

35, beautiful shot of melton, good focus on the eyes, nice dof...

for what its worth, sorry to hear about beanie, its always difficult losing a pet. when they are old its almost like they have always been there...i lost my old greyhound last may, he died in his sleep, no illness, it was a real shock. he left such a gap in my life.
but we now have charley who has just turned 9 months old, he will never replace skodie but he is a wonderful new friend...

i feel for you...
 
Thanks everyone, it has been a very difficult week and I am glad it is coming to an end.

Beanie went in for a endoscopy on Monday last week to look at his throat as he had some mild breathing difficulties, on Wed morning he woke us up choking, we rushed him to the emergancy vets, which is only 5 mins from our house, he seemed to be getting better, but suddenly went downhill on Sat. We had to make the call that there wasn't anything we could do. We were with him. We buried him last night and said our goodbyes. It was very sad. We miss him lots.

We got Melton 2.5 years ago so we still have him and we are trying to keep him entertained as he isn't used to being alone. We got him from a shelter as a kitten and he was very very scaredy. He is a lot better now, but doesn't like change or anything usual.

He has been helping us through and we have to keep reminding ourselves Beanie had a great life and moved with us from the UK. You just keep expecting them to appear. I feel a bit better now that he is home and laid to rest in piece.

Thanks for all the support, you think no-one will understand but it seems that most people have been through it and do.

Roo
 
33 is great i wish my cat would sit as still lol,

i cant imagine how you are feeling right now mate, at least you can always think of the good times and know that you provided a loving home for your little puss
 
Would you believe I was taking some shots of rubber ducks on the floor and as I leant back he was there! Took that off the cuff....got two shots...one was rubbish and that one!

Thanks I think it is pretty good too! :)

Roo
 
I love 33, like where he is in the frame, very photogenic puss!

the lighting and wood tones on the chess set are fab :)
 
Day 36.

A friendly Possum in Williamstown! What a nightmare....it was pitch black and my focussing light wouldn't work....didn't realise that it didn't work when the camera is set to continuous....anyhow got one shot!

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Day 37

Orangutan at Melb Zoo

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Day 38

Lion at Werribee Zoo

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Roo

(Mechanical is the theme this week!)
 
same here.. like its position in the frame.. great capture!

the lion is magnicifent..
 
Thanks folks, those possums come out every night and like to be fed apple! There was one with a baby on it is back, but I missed that! Oh well!

Would you believe that Lion was only about 50cm from me....behind some glass. They have this cool display where there is a land rover cut through by glass, so half is outside so you can sit on it, and the bonnet etc is in the enclsure....but you can get right up to the glass.

Roo
 
Thanks for the comment Ian, it was pretty special to be so close!

Next Theme is Mechanical....this is harder than I thought it would be!

Day 39

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Day 40

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Roo
 
really like 40, superb lighting...
 
thats a cool robot and have to agree about the great silhouette and light on day 40 :)
 
Danka...nifty fifty getting me out of trouble again!

Dropped my 18-200 VR onto the garage floor on the way home after that...works ok...very lucky!

Roo
 
41 is a very nice shot...
 
Have found this week really difficult! So to catch up,

Day 42 - Can you tell what it is!? Fist time not using my SLR. P&S Macro.

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Day 43 - This was a very quick snap....too many trucks and video cameras and fences in the area. Not that happy with it but it had to do!

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Day 44 - Macro on a ???? Again a P&S shot, again not happy....

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Day 45 - History of the Nikon? From the camera museum at Michael's in Melbourne.

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Next Week...Urban... :cuckoo:

Roo
 
Thanks Bri....wish I could have got the whole thing in, but it was too hard with the fence, road, trucks...and I would have lost the detail...Hoping this week I will get my inspiration back!

Roo
 
lol, 42 is a pedal ;)...love the colours in 43, you should go back with some kit and explore that more fully...44, tin opener ;)...45, what can i say, gorgeous...

keep it up mate...
 
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