D 254 - Keep your eyes on your car

Bouncing around the external flash (pointing flash in all possible directions but straight ahead, that is).

Continuing a polarization between my compact camera and my DSLR, I carry the compact around at all times but if I grab the E-510 it is not for the extra functionality or better noise reduction - it is to have fun with manual, vintage lens.

D 253 - Get back down!

Just a few ripples on the shirt are enough to make a dramatic effect.

D 252 - Lantern

D 247 - Colors and motion

Ad hoc trip to the city airport surroundings.

D 236 - Clean for 30 months now

Another thing about Picasa as RAW processor is complete lack of noise reduction. Which in case of Powershot compact camera starts to annoy at ISO 400 and is visible since 200.

D 231 - It's the way you use it

Acknowledging the power which golden hour has over photography, there is no such thing as 'bad light'. This is taken at high noon on a clear day. I love it.

D 228 - Harmonious

Simple photo but I like the way the colors match.

D 227 - Sandy slam

Dramatic clouds and dramatic pose.

D 225 - All things run to the sea

Experimenting with external flash fill light on a bright midday at the seaside.

D 223 - I kept them waiting a little more

I kept them waiting for me a little more, so I could change my lens to tele-zoom and shoot from across the street.

D 201 - Valkyrie

My wife's niece shortly after a little incident on patio stairs.

Equipment

E-510 with Helios 44-4.

D 200 - Dead Heat #8

Equipment

W810i

D 189 - It was you, who did this!?

My son not-posing with sunglasses.

Equipment

E-510 with Helios 44-4.

D 177 - Pimp up my pot

A random family snapshot.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.

What I learned

I like the result, how the light worked out. I used built in flash but, using vertical camera orientation i got a slightly unsymmetrical side light with harmonized with side light coming from a window on the right.

D 155 - Busy Bees

On a walk in the park with my son he collected sow thistles and suddenly a hungry bee came down to feed on those I held in my hand. I just had a mobile phone handy and took this macro shot.

Equipment

Sony-Ericsson W810i.
Cropped and enhanced saturation in Lightroom.

What I learned

I learned to finally leave behind Picasa and do the works in Lightroom. I don't even need to use GIMP, because I don't do any multiple-exposure shots or collages and I gradually learn to appreciate the functions of Library module.

D 134 - Generation Again

My son loves to climb on the desk under this window and watch the cars, clouds or planes. I'll be anti-climatic to inform that he usually laughs and shouts to me about whatever he sees down there. He was not even sad when I took this photo.

Equipment

w810i
In Lightroom corrected: levels (strengthening blacks), decreased saturation, split toning, sharpness and noise.

What I learned

Again the same conclusion: it isn't the lens or matrix that makes good photos.

D 133 - Trek

I don't like the background. But I like the cute and the way light works on the chick in this photo.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.

What I learned

ZD1442 kit lens is not fast enough for candid indoor photos. It is f/4.7 at standard focal length (50mm after crop) and auto-focus takes a long time to snap in low light. I should look for a way to obtain something prime around 50-70mm and f/2.8 or better.

D 125 - Sitting idle

My son watching his favorite cartoons.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.

What I learned

I like portraits made with wide-angle lens. Generally I'm rather after surreal, impressionist quality of portraits than the nuances of classical portraits which are supposed to be favorable for the model. It's the surprising and unusual in people that I like to see.