366 of 2012 - Day 152

366 of 2012 - Day 152. You want me to show you another little creepy thing from my collection of little creepy things? Okay, okay, stop begging!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 151

366 of 2012 - Day 151. I know, you're thinking, show me something creepy from your house, Yash! Sure, I can do that. And I want you to know that this little gargoyle statue didn't creep me out until I'd taken about 10 photos of it today.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 150

366 of 2012 - Day 150. If you're a Lord of the Rings fan, you may recognise the Argonath, also known as The Gates of Argonath or The Pillars of the Kings; a monument comprising two enormous pillars, carved in the likenesses of Isildur and Anárion, standing upon either side of the River Anduin at the northern approach to Nen Hithoel. And yes, I totally copied that from http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Argonath. My husband is a big LOtR geek and these are actually book ends that he got with one of the DVDs.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/20 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, camera hand held, shot indoors. Edited with PicMonkey and Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 149

366 of 2012 - Day 149. I'm not sure what this tiny, little wild flower is. It shows up as a weed in my backyard. I think it's pretty.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.2, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. I'm not doing this challenge. My father and husband thank me.

366 of 2012 - Day 148

366 of 2012 - Day 148. It's POSSIBLE we may have to cut the back lawn soon.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/25 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Your Dad. My dad and my husband would rather be poked in the eye by an energetic 6 y/o than have their photograph taken, so my gift to them, this week, is to NOT take their photos, though I am very proud of the two most amazing men in my life.

366 of 2012 - Day 147

366 of 2012 - Day 147. It's me!

This shot was taken about a year ago. I was playing around with it today though. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 146

366 of 2012 - Day 146. Weebalicious!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 145

366 of 2012 - Day 145. Weeb, Weeb, Weeb, marvelous WEEB!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 144

366 of 2012 - Day 144. The Weeb streak continues!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/125 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 143

366 of 2012 - Day 143. It's a Weeb streak!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-640, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 142

366 of 2012 - Day 142. It's a Weeb! Again. Again. What can I say, she's my favorite subject.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey and touched up a bit in Photoshop - I had to fix the eyes, as I had lightened them too much and it looked absurd.  Weeb picked the butterfly decoration.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 141

366 of 2012 - Day 141. It's a Weeb! Again.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/80 sec., ISO-800, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Edited with PicMonkey.  I know the eyes and lips are a tad overdone, but I was fooling around with the program and surprised at how easy it is to use!  I was even more surprised that it appears to be a free program without a ton of annoying popup ads or features that you can only use if you pay.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 140

366 of 2012 - Day 140. Another dandelion shot. And I'll admit, this is also from yesterday, but I'm working today, so this is as good as it gets.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: SOOC except Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Editing your Pictures with Picmonkey.

366 of 2012 - Day 139

366 of 2012 - Day 139. Dandelions are weeds. But they're so pretty.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: SOOC except Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 138

366 of 2012 - Day 138. This same tree is in a shot earlier this week. Didn't get any great cloud shots this week. Didn't get any great shots on a cloudy day this week either.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/4, 1/500 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 137

366 of 2012 - Day 137. This is a concrete plant, near where I work. It's another man-made cloud, and certainly not on a cloudy day, but I like the shot in any case.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/8, 1/250 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Photo Filter blue on sky, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 136

366 of 2012 - Day 136. I thought this cloud looked like a rose with a stem and leaf.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm tele-converter lens!), f/5, 1/320 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 135

366 of 2012 - Day 135. Looks rather like a UFO, doesn't it? This plane was making an awesome jet trail, so I dashed to get my camera. I almost missed it; this thing was FAST! When I opened the file and zoomed in, I had a laugh at how UFOy this looked with the sun reflected off of it; you can hardly see the shape of the plane at all.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm lens!), f/6.3, 1/1250 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 134

366 of 2012 - Day 134. It's a beautiful day.  Still not quite a cloudy day, but there WAS a cloud in the sky.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (with my new 58mm lens!), f/4, 1/500 sec., ISO-80, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 133

366 of 2012 - Day 133. Weeb, demonstrating that there is not a cloud in the sky.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/640 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Cropping, Text, no other edits.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: Taking Pictures on a Cloudy Day.

366 of 2012 - Day 132

366 of 2012 - Day 132. Morning Moon.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4.5, 1/1250 sec., ISO-160, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter (slight, on moon), Brightness adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 131

366 of 2012 - Day 131. Weeb again.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/1000 sec., ISO-250, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on eyes and dandelion, High Pass Filter on eyes and dandelion, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Vibrance adjustment on eyes and dandelion, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 130

366 of 2012 - Day 130. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4, 1/400 sec., ISO-250, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: High Pass Filter (slight), Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 129

366 of 2012 - Day 129. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, Exposure bias 0 step, no flash, shot inside by a door with bright light coming through the window behind the girls, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on eyes, High Pass Filter on eyes, Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 128

366 of 2012 - Day 128. Weeb and her cousin J.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-500, Exposure bias +1.3 step (this was accidental), no flash, shot inside by a door with bright light coming through the window behind the girls, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter on eyes, Brightness / Contrast adjustment, Exposure adjustment, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 127

366 of 2012 - Day 127. Weeb.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/5.6, 1/250 sec., ISO-320, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, Photo Filter Blue on eyes, Vibrance adjustment on eyes and lips, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 126

366 of 2012 - Day 126. SuperMoon! I had to go out again and take a second try.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO-500, Exposure bias -2 step, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Cropping, Text. Ooh, and I took this one on Manual! Completely on Manual!

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/4.5, 1/2000 sec., ISO-1600, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Clone Tool on street light in upper right corner, Cropping, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Use Back Lighting In Your Photographs.

366 of 2012 - Day 125

366 of 2012 - Day 125. This is my awesome Audubon Bird Call. It is made of a birchwood roller and a zinc plug. When twisted, it makes a variety of birdy sounds.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/5.6, 1/20 sec., ISO-1250, no flash, shot inside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Burn Tool on shadowed bottom right corner, Text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 124

366 of 2012 - Day 124. 2004 Poppy Colorized Canadian Quarter. Apparently, it's The very first colorized circulation coin ever issued anywhere in the world. This one has been around a bit, so the color isn't as vibrant as it was when it was new.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-125, no flash, shot outside, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: there were a bunch. I don't think any of them did much, I was just experimenting a bit.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 123

366 of 2012 - Day 123. No hidden messages here, it's just the red EXIT sign in my office.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-400, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Levels adjustment, Exposure adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 122

366 of 2012 - Day 122. I've been pulling out the red pen a lot, lately.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/60 sec., ISO-400, Exposure bias -1 step, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask on pen, High Pass Filter on pen, Vibrance adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 121

366 of 2012 - Day 121. Freezie-Weeb!

Taken with my iTouch, using the Camera+ App.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 120

366 of 2012 - Day 120. Another Pink Rhododendron shot. Looks a bit rude, doesn't it?  And yes, I've posted about a week ahead.  It's going to be a busy, rainy week.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/250 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Brightness/Contrast adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph the Color Red.

366 of 2012 - Day 119

366 of 2012 - Day 119. Blue Forget Me Nots, with a little hint of purple thrown in there.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/400 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 118

366 of 2012 - Day 118. White Forget Me Nots. My folks' front garden sports blue, occasional light purple and white flowers of this variety. I love them! And I love how the middles can be either yellow or white.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/640 sec., ISO-125, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 117

366 of 2012 - Day 117. Okay, okay, stop begging, I'll post another Phlox picture!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/800 sec., ISO-160, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Brightness/Contrast adjustment, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 116

366 of 2012 - Day 116. Dandelion. I know people think of them as a weed, but I think they're pretty. I'm glad they don't spray to kill them, around here.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/80 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 115

366 of 2012 - Day 115. Phlox. I think it's Phlox subulata - 'Purple Beauty', but I'm not 100% certain.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/500 sec., ISO-100, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 114

366 of 2012 - Day 114. Pink Rhododendron.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/80 sec., ISO-80, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Levels adjustment, Vibrance adjustment cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 113

366 of 2012 - Day 113. The Lily of the Valley Bush is one of my favorite subjects. There are several throughout the townhouse complex and they have a bit of variation. Also known as Pieris Japonica, I've also heard it called the Flame of the Forest or Forest Flame by a friend in England.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 in AV mode, white balance set to cloudy, f/2.8, 1/320 sec., ISO-125, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. Photoshop edits: Cloning out leaf on bottom right, Unsharp Mask, High Pass Filter, Curves balance, cropping and text.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 112

366 of 2012 - Day 112. Forget Me Nots continue to be some of my favorite flowers. There will be more to come, this year, and that's a promise!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 in AV mode, white balance set to sunny, f/4, 1/160 sec., ISO-160, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This is a SOOC (straight out of camera) shot, cropped and text added in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Flowers.

366 of 2012 - Day 111

366 of 2012 - Day 111. What? You say if I keep posting pictures of flowers, I should know what they are? Fine. After an exhaustive (read: under 10 minutes) search on Google, I think these are Aubrieta Deltoidea, which is also known as Rock Cress or Lilacbush. You're welcome.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec., ISO-320, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This is a SOOC (straight out of camera) shot, cropped and text added in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 110

366 of 2012 - Day 110. What? You want MORE Light Pink Hyacinth? Okay then.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec., ISO-320, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This shot edited in Photoshop with Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter, but only very, very slightly. Cropped a bit.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 109

366 of 2012 - Day 109. Light Pink Hyacinth.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/1000 sec., ISO-320, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This shot edited in Photoshop with Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter, but only very, very slightly. I also cropped it quite a bit from the original photo.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 108

366 of 2012 - Day 108. Blue Hyacinth.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/200 sec., ISO-250, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This shot edited in Photoshop with Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter. I also cropped it quite a bit from the original photo.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 107

366 of 2012 - Day 107. Ladybug in the Perwinkle.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/160 sec., ISO-500, 12 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This shot is SOOC (straight out of the camera) except for one spot that I edited because it was distracting. Not my best Photoshop effort, but it'll do. I cropped and added text in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 106

366 of 2012 - Day 106. I do love Periwinkle - day 3! Last one. I really liked this shot as I have stopped using the AUTO setting and have been learning to use the TV and AV settings and was impressed with the depth of field in this shot.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/3.5, 1/160 sec., ISO-200, 12 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. Edited with Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter when I cropped and added text in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Create Your Own Bokeh.

366 of 2012 - Day 105

366 of 2012 - Day 105. I do love Periwinkle! It grows right outside my home and I'm in love with it. You can find blooms on it all through the year, but springtime is when it really takes off!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec., ISO-1250, 6 mm focal length, no flash, camera hand held. This shot was edited with Unsharp Mask and High Pass Filter when I cropped and added text in Photoshop.

Picaboo's Weekly Challenge is posted here: How To Photograph Sun Flares.

Remember the Maple Tree? Well the seeds have opened and it seems the middle pods didn't open at all. It occurred to me that it might be because they were going to become leaves and I think I'm right!

And this is what the seeds did to my car in the rain. My poor car was covered in them! And they stick! I'll keep updating as the tree develops leaves and if it develops helicopter seeds. I don't think this variety will, but we'll see!