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Archive for November, 2008

This month’s Boston.com raw was “Motion”.  Admittedly, I had a lot of problems with coming up with something that was “Motion” – I tried several different things (slow shutter with moving objects), but they just didn’t work out and I was getting frustrated.

I’m sure you all (cuz) have been wondering if I fell off the face of the earth lately. After all, I posted all of three new entries in the past month (which is alot for me).

What have I been doing?  Lots!

We decided to go down to my mother-in-law’s for a visit on Monday night, since the kids had Tuesday off for Veteran’s Day.  I knew the moon was almost full and if the clouds cooperated, it would be an opportunity for some cool “moonlit” shots.  So, I brought my camera and tripod down to the beach to take some pictures.

Well, it appears that my October entry made it into the Top 50 and now all I need is a bunch of votes!  The picture I submitted was:

I really liked this picture and was actually a much wider shot of a bunch of these flowers.  I found that when I got “close” to the picture, it was a lot more interesting and the colors really popped.

This past weekend I took an Advanced Digital Photography class with some friends from town (my bowling partner Peter, Michelle and Liane — actually we all did playgroup together, that’s how we met).

My friend Michelle turned me on to RAW – a section of Boston.com dedicated to amateur photographers in New England.

I’ve submitted a few pictures, one for Fall Foliage, and another for Sports Action Shots… Michelle just shot me an email and told me that my picture was on the front page of Boston.com (which I thought she meant the RAW section) and I went crazy, but couldn’t find the shot.