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I’ve been looking through the photography books I bought the other night. I really like those by Tom Ang. In one, he introduces different lighting techniques by giving examples. The photo he had of leaves being lit by a beam of sunlight piqued my curiosity, so I attempted the technique by placing a houseplant near a window and playing around with the blinds. It was a bit more challenging than I expected.

365:287 - Flower

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365:175 - Herbs

When we visited Reanna and Dan, they gave us some herbs, which are now growing happily at the end of our porch.

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365:151 - Pepper Plants

On Sunday afternoon, we worked at our garden plot at Otsiningo Park. We planted seeds for peas and beans and beets and turnips and parsnips. I thought about taking a photo of a row of seeds, but I was in the middle of doing it, and my hands were covered with dirt. (I didn't want to push it with my camera--it already takes a good amount of abuse from me.)

Eric had put these pepper plants in the ground earlier in the week.

I used Picnik to straighten out my crooked horizon.

365:150 - Whitney Point Lake

On my way home from the Celebration of Hope at Dorchester Park, I stopped at the pull-off that looks over Whitney Point Lake. It was a beautiful, sunny evening, so I thought I'd get some great shots of the sun going down over the lake and hills. Turns out I was too early for the sunset, and the sky is blasted out in most of the pictures. When I bent down, though, and took the sky out of the frame, I was able to get a few of these kinds of pictures, and I really like the colors.

365:101 - Pussywillows

I discovered last week that the tree next to our porch has pussywillows growing on it!

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365:67 - Brown Field

I went for a walk today since it was warm. One of the places I like to wander is the walkway that takes you up over I-81. Between Front Street and I-81 is a field that's fenced off, but today when I walked there, the gate was open enough for me to point my camera through.

The field is all brown with dead plants, but somehow this brown-ness has been appealing to me lately.

In the photo class that Matt and I have been taking, the teacher is always mentioning how we can change the feel of our pictures by adjusting the white balance setting on the camera. I did that while snapping pictures of this field, and this is the one I liked the best.

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365:59 - Seedlings

Eric planted some lettuce in a pot in our living room, and the seedlings are starting to grow! Spring is on its way, right?

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