Day 158

ISO 100, 47mm, f/8.0, 1/400 sec.

Day 158 - On the Sunny Side of the Street

I'm in the heart of deadlines right now at work. I took a quick walk around campus just to step away from the computer and loved the layers of fluffy clouds that were taking over the skies.

This set appeared to following the line of the trees.

Day 157

ISO 100, 100mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec.

Day 157 - Cherry Drops

Yesterday was an illusion. The sun no longer exists in Oregon.

We have two types of cherry trees on our property, royal anne and this one, my personal favorite—bing cherries.

The trees are very tall so there are always plenty of cherries for me, the dogs and for the birds.

Day 156

ISO 100, 28mm, f/11, 1/250 sec.

Day 156 - Newport Bay Bridge

When the sun finally comes out in Oregon, it takes the job very seriously.

We took a quick trip out to the coast today and it was beautiful. The best part about living in Salem, Oregon is that we are one hour to the mountains, one hour to the coast and one hour to Portland if we want a big city adventure. Yet Salem has about 150,000 population, so we have a good sushi restaurant and I only work five minutes from home. Just about the best of all worlds.

This bridge is on highway 101 and passes over a huge bay home to both fishermen and recreational boaters. Just to north is a lighthouse built in the 1800s and just to south of the bridge is a beautiful aquarium built about 15 years ago.

True to the coast, it was a bit windy, but warm enough that the breeze felt good.

OK Oregon, I forgive you for all of the rain you have sent our direction.

Day 155

ISO 200, 100mm, f/8.0, 1/25 sec.

Day 155 - Raindrop Love

Wild roses plus surplus rain equals raindrop love.

However, there is hope on the horizon. Rumors are running rampant on the weather channels. Partly cloudy tomorrow.

Will I recognize the sun when I see it?

Should I be afraid?

Will it be annoyingly bright?

Stay tuned tomorrow for "As the raindrop falls"

Day 154

ISO 100, 200mm, f/4.0, 1/100 sec.

Day 154 - Raindrops keep fallin' on my head

Different raindrops, different day. A friend e-mailed me yesterday and said we got over an inch of rain. Today one of my vendors told me that May was third worst month on record for cold and rain.

I still have a sense of humor. Really, I do.

Have no fear, this image was shot from under the patio roof. Neither camera nor human got wet during the shooting of this image.

Day 153

ISO 100, 40mm, f/4.0, 1/60 sec.

Day 153 - This is the way...

We brush our teeth.

I had the opportunity to take a couple of photos for the Dental Assisting program today. The two little kids were probably the cutest and best behaved kids I have ever been around.

Day 152

ISO 100, 24-105mm, f/22, 10.0 sec.

Day 152 - The Zoomin' Rose

In honor of posting with my beloved 24-105 lens after a month of only the prime lens, I used my entire focal length from 24mm to 105mm for this rose.

Note the daily raindrop. I dodged wind gusts and passing storms to play tonight.

I used the tripod and shot from above rose so that I would have the grass as my background.

After some experimentation, I ended up using my smallest aperture, a slow shutter speed and the on camera flash to catch the rain drops before the rose started to move with the wind.

I did find that I was most successful starting at 24mm and ending at 105mm.