Day 263 - Fly me to the moon...

I'm still getting the hang of taking pictures while I'm moving and the subject of my photo is stationary.... and on my cell phone. I didn't take many photos the evening I took this (a few days ago), but decided to post it as a reminder that I still have some much to learn - from being able take a photo while moving to taking into consideration obstructions that may end up being part of my image.

If you are wondering about the title, I don't know why, but when I see old airplanes I just hear Sinatra crooning "Fly me to the moon, And let me play among the stars..." I know it's a plane and not a spaceship, but something about that images of early days of flight, and their desire to go beyond what was possible in their time makes me think that their dreams didn't stop at just being able to fly, but they yearned to "play among the stars".

Day 34 - Sun and Flag

Yup... still obsessed with the sky. This was a hard picture to take, as I was essentially was starring into the sun.  I tried to use the obstruction this time in the photo.

Day 33 - Colours of night fall

All I wanted to do was capture the colours of the sky.... I know there are power lines in the shot, but when you turned, just slightly, the colours where different, ie not as pretty.

Day 18 - Happy Canada Day!

This is what happens when you arrive late for fireworks and get stuck behind a tree! The show was still worth watching, but it was extremely hard to take pictures.  I couldn't steady myself, sitting on the car and worried that someone would want to leave (we were double parked).

Day 12 - The towers through the glass

Continuing on the lines theme, I took this picture that has a lot of lines... a few too many.  Actually, when I took the picture through a glass barrier, purposefully, to get the frosted glass on the right side of the photo.  I just couldn't take a picture without the glare of the glass, so I those diagonal lines are unwelcomed reflections. 

I edited this photo to give it a HDR look.  I just wanted to see how it would look.  

From the Archives: Obstructed Sunset

Ever see something perfect that you want to photograph, but there is just some annoying obstruction in the way?  I was watching a soccer match a few years ago, in an open air stadium, and as the sun started to set, the sky started turning brilliant shades of red and orange.  I looked up to see this amazing sight... the only problem was the stadium lights obstructed the view.  I wish I thought of some creative way to include in in the picture.  Something to work on.

This photo is unedited.