D 244 - Garage

D 233 - Autumn sunset in the garden #2

Little man perspective.

D 232 - Autumn sunset in the garden #1

Mushroom perspective.

D 217 - Wrinkles

Accidental head turn.

D 210 - Twin-Valve

Some derelict hydraulics outside industrial complex now turned into offices.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD4015

D 207 - Beggar

Pigeon in a gateway.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD4015.

What I learned

I've attached the kit tele-lens zoom the my Olympus and try to keep it on at all times. I've strongly neglected this focal length range before and so I feel that only forced practice can give me the feel of it.

D 206 - Z

A relief.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD4015

What I learned

I never agreed with the opinion that harsh sunlight and clipped shadows and highlights are a no-no for street photography. Some of my favorite shots were black and white lo-quality urban shots made on clear summer days.

D 204 - Beeseye

A decent summer flower.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442

What I learned

While not being my kind of a subject sometimes flowers seem hypnotically irresistible.

D 197 - Dead Heat #5

A stroll down sun flooded streets with a mobile phone.

Equipment

W810i

D 195 - Dead Heat #3

A stroll down sun flooded streets with a mobile phone.

Equipment

W810i

D 181 - Old Shed Door

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Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.

D 174 - Dirt

Bathroom sink after rinsing vacuum filter.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.

What I learned

Even dirty menial housework can have an interesting perspective.

Well... Alice In Chains rules anyway. I'm playing 'Dirt' on my stereo today, so I guess I got inspired or something.

Garbage, sewage, dirt and abandon. The rat and roach infested backstage of modern life. Menial works that nobody thinks about but someone has to be doing it. It all sounds like a very tempting theme and it has always been so to me. Freud wouldn't have liked it.

D 173 - Tyred

Old tires put around a backyard in some deliberate manner but without any obvious purpose.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.

D 171 - Bad Stuff

Another industrial area, now turned to a low-end offices.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom.

D 165 - Ms. Whiskers

Ever-elusive cat has been finally befriended and photographed.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.

D 158 - Tower

Detached from other buildings this red brick tower stands in a back alley of an industrial complex with it's roof collapsed and bricks forming a heap seen through a window some 20 feet above ground.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW developed in Lightroom.

D 153 - Good Old Rusty

Actually a burnt down Ford Focus. I don't know what happened but it just stands in a corner of a parking lot, probably the same place where it ignited.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW file edited in Lightroom.

What I learned

I wondered if I should leave the colors on this photo or strip it down to b/w. The colors here are strong, not for the composition but for the contrast between elements (green vs orange). However in monochrome the picture was clearer and textures on the car more evident.

D 151 - Burdock Farm

Heavy rains this Spring put certain plants on hype. Burdocks are a good example. They suddenly became ubiquitous and their leaves bigger than usual. This is a lawn in the middle of a housing estate.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom: tone curve, custom red filter, sharpness and crop.

D 150 - The Worst

A T-shirt.

Equipment

E-510 with ZD1442.
RAW edited in Lightroom: crop, levels, sharpness and yellow filter.

What I learned

I felt really good about my photography yesterday. I had to choose some good family photos which I made since December. It was hard for me and my girlfriend to cut down below 120, because each photo left at this point was too good to reject.

I thought that my cheap Chinese tripod was a junk already, but it came out that after fixing all the loose screws and lubricating joints it is works smooth and stable.

D 141 - Bark

A damaged tree trunk.

Equipment

E-510 with Pentacon 30mm.

What I learned

In dispersed light of overcast day I found it extremely difficult to isolate this trunk from the background. Too small contrasts of the whole scene and similar colors of the object and background. Even wide open aperture didn't solve the problem. It wasn't the clutter in the background - it was the color (or the tone to be precise).