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So I couldn't really come up with a title  for this post, but at least I am posting....... :)

Sky

The Hunting Trip

Well I am back now, and I had a lot of fun. But I didn't really get to take a lot of pictures, especially of wildlife. We were so busy trying to put some meat in the freezer that I didn't get to take pictures from the stand.

But I did get some landscape photos. :)

There wasn't a single cloud in the sky until we were leaving, and I am really not a big fan of cloudless landscape pictures but I think these came out pretty well.

These last 4 were taken with my lensbaby. :) The more I use it the more I love it, it is an amazing little lens.

Please let me know what you think!

Day 2 in Oklahoma -- The OSU campus

So day 2 of our Oklahoma adventure was going to OSU, where my older sister goes to school. It was really cool, but we went at like noon so lighting wise it wasn't the greatest. What better way to get use to a new camera, heh?

Now before we went to the campus my sister took us to her favorite little nicknack shop. It was weird to be walking through there at the end of summer and seeing the nativity scene setup. Being my bored self in shops like this I decided to take some photos of the scene.

Alright so after the nicknack shop we went to the campus. Now the coolest building on the grounds that I saw was the 5 story library. It has that old building feel to it, well actually it is old. It still has wooden widow frames, and the doors are super heavy. 

The Library

I think the one above and below are my favorite pictures of the library. What do you think?

The lighting inside the library is TERRIBLE so there wasn't a lot I could do but I did get one shot of some really old books.

So those are the library photos.  What do ya think? Which ones are your favorite? Is there anything I should of tried to do differently?

I don't know what this building is for now, but it use to be the old fire station. It was being remodeled on the inside so we couldn't go inside. :(

Then there was the fountain. Of course we got there at like 2 o'clock and the light was super bright. There were a few times that my eyes were watering from seeing the bright light through the camera. Ugh! Well a couple of days ago I kind of thought the slanted angle was cool, but now that I am looking at it again I am not so sure. It kind of looks like an accident. What do you think?

Next stop the OSU Basketball court! Man that's a lot of orange!! The steps to get up to the top a definitely some calf killers. They are super steep and small, but as a photographer I will make sacrifice for the shot. ;P

Now last but not least I will end with the OSU mascot. Pistol Pete!

So that was day 2 in Oklahoma. What do you think about my photos? 

YeeHaw!!! We have a new camera!!!

Yes indeed. We got the 15.1 megapixel, 6.3 frames per second, digic 4 processor, Canon 50D!!!!!!!!  And I am Mhmm Mhmmm Lovin' it.

So this is one of the first pictures I took with it. (before I read the manual)

First attempt at HDR

So this is my first attempt at HDR (High-Dynamic Range) Photography. Which is merging 3 or 5 images  of the same scene but at different exposures together. Generally you would use the bracketing setting to capture the images at different exposure, but I don't have that setting so I had to manually adjust the exposure for each shot.

Please leave a comment letting my know what you think.

Yet Another Sky Picture

I know it seems like I only take picture of the sky. Well that is partly because the sky is just so beautiful and always changing, and because I haven't had a lot of time to steal a model and go take pictures lately either. Maybe spring break I can get out and do some stuff.

Finally some pics!

These were taken with the digital camera. I haven't gotten my film developed yet. :(

Amazing Clouds/Sunset

Now I know some of y'all are thinking that these pictures have been EXTREMELY edited, but exactly the opposite. I barely edited these.

In the first pic (this one was also taken first) I bumped up the contrast a little and made the blue a little more vibrant.

In the second pic (which happens to be my favorite) all I did was bump up the contrast.

These pictures were taken about 30/45 minute apart. The first one was taken from the roof of our house and the second form the window of my room (yes the window was open).

The Calm Before the Storm

Golden Light

Surrounded by Clouds

I guess today made up for all the days there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

My favorite are the top 3, which were taken from the roof of our house. :P

A Sea of Clouds

As you can probably tell, I like to shoot the sky. :D

A Lone Cloud

Beautiful Sky+Night Time= VERY Hard Shot

Here is the thing about this shot, I took it Monday night at about 6:30/7 o'clock PM so it was almost complete dark outside. After spending about 20 to 30 minutes at the park being mercilessly attacked by mosquitoes I finally got ONE picture out of like 20 that was worth editing.

So a little bit about this photo. The shutter speed is at 30 seconds and I did not have a tripod with me so I made a make-shift one using a park bench and one of the shoes I was wearing. LOL