July 31 - Work area

I decided to start using the second monitor again. It makes such a difference when editing pictures.

ISO 3200
shutter speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/4.5

July 30 - Cotton swabs

I got new cotton swabs today just because of the container. I could not resist to take a snapshot, although I know this was no macro lens.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/80
Aperture: f/6.3

July 29 - History

When he took office, I was cutting tomatoes in Einstein's kitchen. I am getting to know and understand a little more of how things work in America and felt inspired by photographing the cover of the magazine that is History in this nation (it lays on the shelf everyday). Although almost 2 years have gone by, I still feel proud of being American (and I am not one yet). I love the realization that this is a great country, with good people, hard working people, and people with a good heart.

ISO: 3200
Shutter speed: 1/80
Aperture: f/4.5

July 28 - Grey kitty

My friend's cat is very photogenic and she is very sweet too. I capture her walk today.

ISO 400
Shutter speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/2.2

July 27 - Piggy

Piggy is our way of adding some fun (green) color to the decor at home and know where to put coins from purses, car, pockets, wallets. Found a coin doing laundry? Piggy wants it.The vacuum made a coin noise? Piggy wants it. In the end of the year, the heavy piggy will become extra cash for Eve. I should get myself a pink piggy!

ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1/40
Aperture: f/5

July 26 - Henry looking outside

Henry was sleepy this morning, just like me, but he suddenly seemed annoyed or interested in some bird flying outside.

ISO 800
Shutter speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/2.8

July 25 - Background

I had no imagination today. I didn't go out to photograph, so I took a picture of my computer background.

ISO 400
Shutter speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/2.8

July 24 - Wholly Crepe

We went to the mall and I did some shopping today but the fun part was that we tried something new. There is a new Crepe place inside the Chapel Hills Mall, open for about 2 months now and we tried. I just loved it. And I loved it even more when I learned the crepes are gluten free, which I don't have problems with, but lots of people do. I think it was superb food and really filling.

ISO 800
Shutter speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/5

July 23 - Evelyn's birthday

Today Evelyn turned 11 years old and she is taller than me. We took her to Waterworld with 2 friends and spent the day there. This is her happy moment captured.

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Shutter speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/7.1

July 22 - Movies night

We went to he movies and I took a picture of the big screen.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/30
Aperture: f/4

July 21 - Watching movies

Tonight they watch horror movies, so this is a typical night in pre-teen age in the year 2010.

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Shutter speed: 1/30
Aperture: f/2.5

July 20 - Notes

Notes is where everything starts. The scrabble in the morning, when I wake up, the shopping list, the birthdays, the things to do, the websites to come back, the quick phone number when on the phone, addresses, maps, random drawings, insights, ideas to try. Notes lives to remind me. He has a big brain and lots of pages. When I forget, he doesn't.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/30
Aperture: f/2.5

July 19 - Purple Majestic Mountains

Living close to the mountains is a privilege. when I go to work in the morning, I have the luck to be able to see the light saying good morning to the mountains, kissing the very top with the rays of light and making everything majestic and purple. No matter how many sunrises and how many sunsets I have seen, I am never disappointed in looking at the mountains. Today they were really purple and justify the famous majestic purple.
I know my foreground is horrible and does not do justice to the mountains, but I was happy to be able to capture the real colors as they showed today.It was that or nothing. Had a looked for another foreground and I would have missed the light.

ISO 640
Shutter speed: 1/50
Aperture: f/9

July 18 - Purple flowers

Going on the top of cotton wood pass, the purple flowers were all over the place by the road.

ISO 400
Shutter speed: 1/80
Aperture: f/7.1

July 17 - Wild flowers vista

Driving early morning and looking for wild flowers brought the reward. We found this beautiful field with pretty view to the mountain.

ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1/20
Aperture: f/16

July 16 - Wild cabbage

Another 3 day weekend in Crested Butte area (without computer this time, so only now I can upload my picture of the day). This time, looking for wild flowers, since summers is supposed to bring lots of them in the mountains. We drove lots of dirty road on the way to the town and stopped in this beautiful spot with wild cabbages all over the place. I liked the lighting that hits the cabbage through the aspens and the 2 dark trees to escort them before the aspens on the back.

ISO 250
Shutter speed: 1/30
Aperture: f/8

July 15 - Sunset

Yesterday I caught the sunrise, today, the sunset. Well, there was no sun anymore by the time of the sunset, but the colors in the clouds seemed just like the ones I remember seeing when I fly. It just had that mood of after storm, close to me. Not too contrasty, not too moody. Just a typical end of a summer day.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/6.3

July 14 - Sunrise

It was a hot night and I gave up sleeping before sunrise. It was worth it.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/4
Aperture: f/11

July 13 - Deers in shade

In my way back home today, I saw two beautiful deer resting in a shaded area from the 90 degree weather. I only had my super wide angle lens, so this was as close as they look like although they were about 15 feet away. They didn't move :)

ISO 1000
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/8

July 12 - Great food

We cooked together tonight and this was the gran finale.

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Shutter speed: 1/100
Aperture: f/3.5

July 11 - Video game face

Sunday night, relax night. This is focusing on winning the game, the video game face.

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Shutter speed: 1/8
Aperture: f/1.4

July 10 - Summer pool day

We took the girls to the pool today and they had some fun for 5 minutes before the pool was closed due to lightning and rain. We waited half an hour and they could come back to the water. This is their faces as soon as they jumped in.

ISO 320
Shutter speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/7.1

July 9 - Morning squirrel

Really early, noises in the porch...2 squirrels were looking for the peanuts we leave out there. The screen was closed and I didn't want to disturb them, so we carefully opened just enough to throw more peanuts and closed it again. He didn't want to share food with the other fellow...he climbed up to the bicycle seat and ate in peace.

ISO 500
Shutter speed: 1/125
Aperture: f/3.2

July 8 - End of night

A Thursday night is like a Friday night for me :)
So I've been spending this week trying to back up my computer, month by month, in DVD's and with the lower temperature in town, I am enjoying some red wine (it actually SNOWED in the mountains...in JULY!).

ISO 3200
Shutter speed:1/200
Aperture: f/3.5

July 7 - Marianne

Marianne has sparkle, energy, a fun girl to be around. Today I captured a little bit of her personality in an overcast day.

ISO 1000
Shutter speed: 1/250
Aperture: f/5.6

July 6 - Baby bear

Today the baby bear came back...but this time I had the camera. Not the lens I wanted for this situation (it is never the lens I wanted) but at least I had a chance to take a picture of him. He went all the way up to the tree in 5 seconds.

ISO 250
Shutter speed: 1/160
Aperture:f/5.6

July 5 - Home things

It was a good, relaxing day. I went to the gym, did laundry, prepared some food for dinner, went to do some grocery shopping and talked to family online.
While going out, I found a new tablecloth that I really liked it. Slowly, we add more color to the home.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/60
Aperture: f/3.5

July 4 - Honest laugh

We spent the afternoon and evening with friends for celebrating Independence day. My sweetheart was the summer face: relaxed, in shorts, happy, and enjoying a cold beer. A good laugh and a fun moment to remember.

ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1/200
Aperture: f/2.8

July 3 - Waterfall

I am really happy that I did NOT overshoot today. I only took 32 pictures today. That is less than a roll of film (if I were film). The good news is that I liked 8 images from those 32.This is one of my favorites of the day, one of the many waterfalls we saw in the Rocky Mountain National Park.

ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1.3 seconds
Aperture: f/22

July 2 - Orange flowers

We went traveling yesterday and I could not upload my image of the day. On the way to Estes Park, we saw lots of flowers and these ones were really colorful.

ISO 100
Shutter speed: 1/320
Aperture: f/6.3

July 1 - Eve

In the early morning, breakfast on the table, she smiles for me in back light.
I just love this picture. Honest, shy smile to start the day.Made with the 200mm fixed lens.

ISO 3200
Shutter speed: 1/320
Aperture: f/2.8