Photography Board Summer Assignment, 2010: Scavenger Hunt

[AlisonUK]

We've just returned from a holiday to Italy, so I have a few photos to share.

Goggles

Footprint

Ambience

Tubing

Sunrise

 

[AlisonUK]

Disney (not in Disney) I have a couple to share - there were lots of puppets for sale in Venice but this one was painted just like the Disney version of Pinocchio.

There were statues of all seven of the dwarfs at our villa!

Quaint

Artist at work

Bride A Venetian wedding!

Pool fun - mid-air

 

[hjd0411]

Well it took several tries at different settings, the biggest thing that help was that this ride was in a shady area and that help a lot.
For this shot I used shutter priority @ 1/10 sec, ISO 100. This was hand held but I braced my self against the fence around the ride.
The key is not to shot in bright sunlight, early morning or later in the afternoon and have the sun to your back, also if you have a polarizing filter use it and that will give you 1.5 stop of light, so if you shooting at 1/80 sec and then put on a polarizing filter you then be shooting at 1/60 sec.
Also focus on a stationary object, I focus on the center and not on the swing seats.
Hope this helps.
Don

Thanks Don - this helps immensely!! Got to time it right on Monday, now!!

PrincessInOz, I do so enjoy reading about your category stretches!

Me too!! I laugh out loud at them!! Thanks for that!
shushh - is it warm enough for swimming in Sydney at the moment??? I don't think it is warm enough up here yet (for me) but I guess it was the kids, after all!! They are impervious to cold, aren't they?!! Oh and congratulations to your daughter - well done on winning her race.

 

[Dizneydaz]

B is for Backwards* 2 points

H is for Relaxing in Hammock

I took pictures from both sides to show that this hammock was at the beach-what was so amazing to me is that someone actually brought a full sized hammock, with it's metal frame, to the beach!

H is for Helicopter (from inside**) Not inside

O is for Owl* 2 pts.

When I uploaded my pictures I saw that my DD took this picture from the book she was reading.

K is for Kite (in flight*) 2 pts.

R is for Roadside Diner Menu* 2 pts.

S is for Starfish* 2 pts.

 

[pednurse]

Been crazy busy for a while....so have some catching up to do! Enjoy!

Adirondack chair replacement...much better pic this time around! lol

Awaken This wallaby joey was just waking up....so cute! (previously used him as my "newborn" pic a while back....he's gotten big enough now to always be out of the pouch!

Boardwalk

Costumed interpreter This guy at the Indianapolis Children's Museum at the Egypt exhibit totally freaked out my daughter when he suddenly came up and tried to "sell" a little statue to her! lol

Celebrity Indiana celeb....Channel 13 Indy newscaster John Stehr

Craftsperson at work

Cigar Store Indian

Equestrian

Fruit---prize winning with ribbon

Gallop

 

[pednurse]

Jazzy

Kangaroo

Mobbed Nothing like bringing the Webkinz to a zoo....TONS of kids (and grown-ups!)

Nature Trail

Nocturnal This is a Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Ox bow

Penny Candy Counter These candies were actually still only a penny each....and much to my kids' dismay had a limit of 25 per person

Pushcart The guy at the Egypt exhibit had a very unique push cart

Quote on plaque

Quaint

 

[pednurse]

Quail Quail chicks....boy were they running around FAST! I was amazed!

Rollercoaster

Rod & Reel---in use My kind of fishing...fake fish! Much better-smelling! lol

Summer concert

Team This team of Habitat for Humanity builders are building a house at the fairgrounds to then be transported to a home site

Lost tourist reading map This poor lady was lost in the lower level of the Children's Museum....hope she found her way out before the dinosaurs caught her

Tiki Hut

Visitor Center information board

Veterinarian at work At the Indiana State Fair the vets from Purdue University's Vet program do live spays & neutering (on shelter animals who will be up for adoption)....my daughter was riveted to this neutering (my son was not! lol)

Origami replacement for previous pic....DD made this origami hat at the Japan exhibit in the International Pavilion at the state fair

Weathervane replacement pic...much better this time around

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Went down to Cow Harbor today, it was such a nice day!
Orchid

Farmer's Market *

Gangway

Victorian *

Riding Bicycle

Artist at Work * (2 of them!)

Holy Cow - that's my home town! I miss it like crazy... there's no place like home. Great pictures!

 

[Twigs]

Holy Cow - that's my home town! I miss it like crazy... there's no place like home. Great pictures!

Glad I could give you a taste of home! I love walking around there in the summer.

 

[Steamboat Marti]

Glad I could give you a taste of home! I love walking around there in the summer.

I played in the bandshell every summer until my son was born - its a great town.

 

[queenie82]

Work commitments will keep me from becoming a regular but seeing Peppermint gave me an idea of something I could practice macros on.
I'm a point and shoot girl but have a good quality one which does make good shots. But I'm not as good I would like and macros are one thing I would like to get better at.

So...here is the most addictive chocolate on the planet for me.
The fact there are still some unopened ones is a miracle.
Far from perfect...but it is a start

 

[hjd0411]

Today I went for a Sunday drive to Mt. Tamborine, which is in the hinterland behind the Gold Coast. It was a beautiful day up there, but it was crazy busy!!! People and cars everywhere!! I wanted to take some photos from a lookout up there - I drove past it around 10am, went to the markets, and came back about an hour later - it was full and I mean full of hang gliders!!! No parking, no view!!! Couldn't believe it! I also saw so many Harley Davidsons and Jeeps I couldn't believe it - and whenever I did my camera wasn't at the ready!! May be just as well - I seemed to have a bad camera day - I just wasn't on any right settings at all. Oh well, here are my attempts as best I can!

Drive in marquee:

(This is about the only drive in left in Brisbane - I remember when I was a kid we used to go nearly every weekend!!)

Illusion:

(When I first saw this, I thought 'oh goodie - a painter/artist at work', then I looked closer and realised it was an illusion...!!!)
This is the side view:

Lost tourist reading map:

Windchime:

 

[hjd0411]

Orchid:

Visitor centre information board:

Spider's web:

(On the information map!!)

 

[hjd0411]

Then here are two that I didn't think I would ever get over here!!

Moose:

(I apologise for the blinding white!! As I said I wasn't having the best "photography" day and had all the wrong settings on the camera! I tried as best I could to minimise the glare!!!)

Lemonade stand:

(I really never thought I'd get this one at all!! Lemonade over here is what you call 7Up or Sprite - I didn't even think we did anything like your lemonade! So you can imagine how surprised I was to see this!!! )

 

[PrincessInOz]

Shushh and Heather - great shots!
And thanks for the vote for the category stretches. I was beginning to think it was only funny to me; but I'm glad to see that it must be an Aussie thing (at the very least)!

 

[shushh]

shushh - is it warm enough for swimming in Sydney at the moment??? I don't think it is warm enough up here yet (for me) but I guess it was the kids, after all!! They are impervious to cold, aren't they?!! Oh and congratulations to your daughter - well done on winning her race.

Heather, we had 1 warmish weekend. The first one with no rain or clouds. It wasn't warm enough for me to swim! It is still cold!!!

Very jealous of your shots as well as PrincessInOz's. Still hunting for that lemonade stand, Native American Indian, cigar store Indian...

 

[Stargazer]

Got alot off the list last week while on vacation:

Ambience*

Antique*

Attractive -- nothing better than a cold pool on a hot summer day

Bakery window -- at The Apple Barn in Pigeon Forge, TN

Barber pole*

Barn stall*

Baseball stadium* -- Busch Stadium home of the St. Louis Cardinals

Bridge, covered*

Butterfly*

Celebrity**

Cemetery

Clown*

Cotton candy - being made*

 

[Stargazer]

Dance

Dog riding in car

Dragonfly

Drive In marquis**

Eagle** -- Golden Eagle

Emotion/Expression -- goofy

Live entertainment*

Finger painting*

Foggy*

Picket fence gate

Geranium

Ornate gravestone*

Grid

 

[Stargazer]

Historical ingenuity or invention*

Jalopy*

Kayak

Famous landmark* -- Cades Cove in Gatlinburg, TN

Mixer, bakery*

Model -- Battle of Parkers Crossroads in Tennessee

Monument*

View from top of mountain* -- Clingman's Dome in Gatlinburg, TN

Napping passenger in car

National Park sign*

Newborn baby*

Ox bow

Owl*

Quietude

Round (inanimate objects)

Sawmill

Stormy

Salt water taffy*

Add your own X*

Weathervane

Wind chime

Zig zag*

 

[SC Mouse Fan]

Jalopy

Bartender (at work)

Dock

Baseball Stadium

Foggy

Ice Cream Cone

Jimmies/Sprinkles

Volleyball Game