Daily Phil's 2013 365 challenge 1/1/2013 All Done!!!!!!!!

Ah yes, much, much better :thumbs:

Love all th different colours in todays - do you use a torch or a flashgun with gels?

Flashgun Sarah, I tried a torch but couldnt seem to get the colours right.
 
Liking the composition of yesterday's shot fella and like the moodiness of today's shot. Light painting is on my photography bucket list :)
 
Thanks Lynn and Carol. Yesterdays shot has been re-edited to lighten it a touch so hopefully it has helped.
Yes I think that's better. Still a moody sort of day but just not as dark.
 
Liking the lightpainting another great one!.... i hope you and your wife have a lovely weekend and look forward to your shots!!:thumbs:
 
Thanks for comments everyone. I am having connectivity issues and can't get shots uploaded from my tablet so it might be Sunday evening before I get todays and tomorrows up. We spent almost 5 hours today around the coast of donegal exploring on the way to our hotel so I have a few decent ones and going for a drive tomorrow morning around the mountains so hopefully have a few more.
 
Loving the light painting :D I will be heading out to do a little bit of wire wool again in a few hours once work is done :D I think you needed a little more light no the out side of the van thought :(
 
Day 47. Spent a while yesterday driving around the coast of donegal, this is a coastal inlet close to Gweebara. This is a jpeg out of camera as im just working on my tablet with no way of editing.

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Day 48. Today was spent in the mountains around Donegal. This is one of the waterfalls we came across on our travels. These shots are jpeg basically straight out of camera as I am only working on my tablet this weekend while away.

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Day 48. Came home from Donegal today via this spot i have visited before as i like the waterfalls there and thought there may have been a good flow of water. Strangely there wasnt as much as i thought but anyway.

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and i will sneak another quick one in, came across this fella in the woods close to our hotel this morning.


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2 absolutely beautiful shots Phil - Great job on them both :clap: :clap:
 
Some lovely shots from your trip away - how lovely - I would love to have a weekend away like that :D
 
Thanks Carol and Sarah, it was a great weekend. Unfortunately that is my holidays over now for the year, work is steadily picking up and it is almost 6 days a week from the end of March to the end of November, maybe just 1 or 2 saturdays off.
 
Good luck!

I finished one of these twelve-months-of-madness projects at the end of January.
It was fun, amusing, interesting, incredibly frustrating and at times I could happily have walked away from it.
I didn't however but those last couple of weeks as the end drew closer were a real challenge.
I've always been an opportunist when it comes to photography (and everything else, I suppose) and I can usually 'see' photographs everywhere but having to find one every single day was nowhere near as easy as I'd anticipated.
By now you'll probably have gotten past the honeymoon period where shots seemingly appear from nowhere and you're just entering the "this isn't quite so easy" stage.
Trust me, it does get better, particularly as the weather's improving and the days are becoming longer.
One thing that I did at the outset was to formulate a list of shots that I could get easily for those days (and there will be some) when circumstances prevent you from getting a shot in your normal way.
Fortunately, I have a daughter who's now 11 and a big dog, so targets in desperation were usually available but I also had several ideas for shots around the house that I could and did, fall back on.
At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, let me just say "take a camera with you everywhere and all of the time."
I even took mine along to a court appearance (I was a witness) and it's seen the inside of a hospital several times.

My Photo 366.

(I hope that it's OK to post that link. If it's not please just remove it.)
 
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Oh I love that waterfall :thumbs: and the composition is spot on for it :thumbs: the previous photo from the coast, when you can edit it I'd suggest it needs some CCW rotation ;)

Thanks Matt. I will take a look at the previous couple tonight when I get a chance.

Good luck!

I finished one of these twelve-months-of-madness projects at the end of January.
It was fun, amusing, interesting, incredibly frustrating and at times I could happily have walked away from it.
I didn't however but those last couple of weeks as the end drew closer were a real challenge.
I've always been an opportunist when it comes to photography (and everything else, I suppose) and I can usually 'see' photographs everywhere but having to find one every single day was nowhere near as easy as I'd anticipated.
By now you'll probably have gotten past the honeymoon period where shots seemingly appear from nowhere and you're just entering the "this isn't quite so easy" stage.
Trust me, it does get better, particularly as the weather's improving and the days are becoming longer.
One thing that I did at the outset was to formulate a list of shots that I could get easily for those days (and there will be some) when circumstances prevent you from getting a shot in your normal way.
Fortunately, I have a daughter who's now 11 and a big dog, so targets in desperation were usually available but I also had several ideas for shots around the house that I could and did, fall back on.
At the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, let me just say "take a camera with you everywhere and all of the time."
I even took mine along to a court appearance (I was a witness) and it's seen the inside of a hospital several times.

My Photo 366.

(I hope that it's OK to post that link. If it's not please just remove it.)

Thanks for the comments. You are right, there is days I could happily give up and at some stage when the fun goes out of it I probably will. I have a feeling that when work gets really busy and I am working 12 hour days, photograpghy will go out the window.

Another nice waterfall shot Phil. Looks like you had a great weekend :)

Thanks Simon. I have a very patient wife:D
 
Day 49. Forgot all about this today as really busy at work so was frantically running round my ow garden close to dark this evening trying to find something to shoot. Hence ISO 3200!


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Nice to finally see a bit of colour in the garden isn't it! I was walking round the park earlier and found a few flowers but the bugs had been at them already!!! Well done on getting your shot!
 
Oh that is pretty!......... My garden is really bad can you just fly over please!!!:D:D
 
Oh that is pretty!......... My garden is really bad can you just fly over please!!!:D:D

If you Saw my own at the minute you wouldn't say that. It's a mess! Taking a half day at it tomorrow and all day Saturday to try to get it into some shape. Will get a shot of it in the spring when it looks better.
 
Day 50. Im rapidly discovering that I really dislike have to take shots indoors. Had no time outside today at all so had to find something in the house to shoot tonight.


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