MEME: Wednesday Mind Hump -- Face Time

Rfduck, mememeister extraordinaire, said this about that, "Hello once again! It's Wednesday, so we need to Mind Hump. Today is Face Day."

"Your task: Post a photo of a face. It could be your face, a face of someone you know, or the face of a pet. Or you can post a link to a face on a photo sharing site. Either way, give us a good face!"

Olddog's Mud Season Face

John M. Scalzi's Weekend Assignment #163: Weather With You

John roused himself from his travel-induced torpor to say, "Wow -- finally just made it in to where I was going after spending all day at various airports, and now I have just enough time to pop this out before I go to my reading. A busy day indeed! Fortunately, this is an easy Weekend Assignment, proposed by Rap4143:" Weekend Assignment #163: "Take a Picture of Your Local Weather."

Saturday Morning, May 5, 2007

Looking North as a high pressure cell chases the last of a week of rain away.

Hard to believe it was such a deadly night in the Midwest. (unretouched)

Wednesday Mind Hump -- Smell-o-vision

Hello humpers! Today is Be Kind To The Smelly Day. I'm not touching that one, so let's make this photo day.

1) Are you a photographer?
No, I'm an amateur photographer only. Yes, I've had some training and I can compose a shot (when I remember) but it turns out I don't have the critical eye of the true photographer. Hence the distinction.
2) If so, tell us about your photo equipment.
These days, I mostly rely on a Fuji S5000 3 megapixel with a 10X optical zoom lens and a Pentax WP10 5 megapixel with a 3X zoom. I still have several Minolta SRT 101 bodies and a fair assortment of lenses, a nice point and shoot Minolta Freedom Zoom 150 35mm with a 5 to 55mm focal length zoom and some underwater P&S throwaways I use when I know they or me is going to get very wet.
3) Describe (or post) one of your favorite photos, either one you've taken or one you've seen.
My favorite photos are by Ansel Adams, in particular his Monolith, The Face of Half Dome, 1927 (above in poster form from art.com)..
4) Do you like having your picture taken?
I'm not terribly photogenic, however I don't mind having my picture taken by someone who knows what they are doing.
5) If you are able, post a photo for us to see!

Hmm. Lots to choose from, even though none of my 35mm stuff is digitized. Let's see, current images which haven't already appeared on the web? How about this one?

Sunday Seven - Episode 87

There are lots of photoblogs out there. Some of the most talented photographers find inspiration for their photo excursions from the Round Robin Photo Challenges blog run by Carly, Karen and Steven. The blog is celebrating its second anniversary, and if you’ve never seen it, you should drop by and have a look around.

The way it works is simple: they post a topic, like “Friendship,” (the most recent one), or “Red” or “Spring.” Then people try to take a shot with their cameras that somehow applies to that general topic. With that information, you are ready for this week’s question!

But first, Otowi of "Otowi" was first to play last week. Congratulations!

On to this week's question!

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:
Name seven photo topics you would suggest for future editions of the Round Robin (or any other) photo challenge! (It doesn’t matter if it’s a topic that has been used before: just pick seven you’d like to see.)

OK, I'll nibble. I've never participated in the Round Robin, so I don't know what they've covered in the past. Here's seven triggers off the top of my head. Even I haven't a clue where they came from.

1. Depth

2. Orange

3. Silence

4. Shattered

5. Warmth

6. Babies

7. Cars

Monday Photo Shoot - Winter's Last Gasp?

The little furry fuckers will be back at it in no time --
that's a 36" Poplar that's stood for over a century!

View From Camp to the NorthNorthEast - Still lots of ice

Saturday Mid-Morning 03102007

John M. Scalzi's Your Monday Photo Shoot: Post any winter photos you didn't get around to posting earlier. Because winter is going, going, gone, baby. Think of it as a last salute.

John M. Scalzi's Weekend Assignment #152: Caption This Photo!

I've been out and about, taking pictures in the snow today, and I thought it might be fun for you guys to play with one of these pictures: Weekend Assignment #152: Caption This Photo! Try to imagine what's going on between the two in this picture, and put your own spin on it. You can have one of them talking to the other, you can narrate the event -- whatever you'd like. Also, of course, feel free to take the picture from this site and do whatever you'd like with it: post it on your site (naturally), fiddle with it in Photoshop or other photo editor -- Use your imagination and have fun with it. Here's the photo:

If you'd like to participate, grab everything from the picture on up, make an entry on your blog or web page and then leave a link to your caption here on John's AOL Journal...

Here are mine, John:

Dog: “Go ahead, run! I dare ya!”

Cat: “Can't – my butt's frozen to the lawn.”

OR

“Don't even THINK about it, Dog!”

Happy Hogmanay!

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