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elfs School was cancelled because of the snow, as I learned when I awoke and looked at the district report site when I awoke at 6:00am, so I turned off all my alarms and went back to bed. I awoke again at 9:00am and found that the girls were already awake and playing their video game downstairs. I'll be so glad when they're done with it. I made them pancakes, and then went out and took a few photographs just to play with my camera. I played with the exposure a lot and found a few settings I liked most, and then took this picture of the trail that leads from my home to the bus stop.
I came back inside and did a few chores, like the dishes and other kitcheny things. I made myself a batch of iced tea, which seems redundant. While I was there, I spotted this big tabby cat climbing on the abandoned truck in the neighbor's yard, and took this photo of it, getting its attention by meowing loudly through an open window.
After lunch, I took the girls out to the sledding field, which is about three blocks away. It's a public park with a dramatic hill that dumps down into an athletic field used mostly for soccer in the summer. At first, Yamaraashi-chan didn't want to sled. She was bored and not having much fun, seemed a little withdrawn and complained that she and her friends at school had had plans for the afternoon that she would not get to put into action.
Fortunately, she ran into a friend of hers while she was there, and so her friend encouraged her to get into the sledding thing. She finally confessed that she was having fun and I got great smiles out of both of the girls. I tried to get lots of photos, but the success versus sample rate is still low with my camera and only a few came out. This one, with both the snow and sports filters activated, looks pretty good.
It was late afternoon when we left, the sun on the horizon, the light absolutely wonderful. I took the photo of Yamaraashi-chan in that light, and she was very patient with me while I set it up and took it, but looking at it now I believe I could have done much better by getting down on my knee and taking it from her eye-level or maybe just a touch lower. Still, the light does wonderful things for her skin and hair.
I came back inside and did a few chores, like the dishes and other kitcheny things. I made myself a batch of iced tea, which seems redundant. While I was there, I spotted this big tabby cat climbing on the abandoned truck in the neighbor's yard, and took this photo of it, getting its attention by meowing loudly through an open window.
After lunch, I took the girls out to the sledding field, which is about three blocks away. It's a public park with a dramatic hill that dumps down into an athletic field used mostly for soccer in the summer. At first, Yamaraashi-chan didn't want to sled. She was bored and not having much fun, seemed a little withdrawn and complained that she and her friends at school had had plans for the afternoon that she would not get to put into action.
Fortunately, she ran into a friend of hers while she was there, and so her friend encouraged her to get into the sledding thing. She finally confessed that she was having fun and I got great smiles out of both of the girls. I tried to get lots of photos, but the success versus sample rate is still low with my camera and only a few came out. This one, with both the snow and sports filters activated, looks pretty good.
It was late afternoon when we left, the sun on the horizon, the light absolutely wonderful. I took the photo of Yamaraashi-chan in that light, and she was very patient with me while I set it up and took it, but looking at it now I believe I could have done much better by getting down on my knee and taking it from her eye-level or maybe just a touch lower. Still, the light does wonderful things for her skin and hair.
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Date: 2007-01-12 02:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-12 07:26 am (UTC)It does look as if your camera is picking up the UV reflected from the snow, and recording it as blue. The best fix is a UV-blocking filter, rather than having to adjust colour in postwork.
It is tempting to just take lots of pics, and throw away the duds. This is one of those times when you'll get a lot of duds that might be avoidable, depending on the camera.
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Date: 2007-01-12 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-01-12 01:58 pm (UTC)I especially like the "wind in the hair one"
It's priceless.
Looks like they had a wonderful time.