Friday, February 8, 2008

Soda cans wobble...

...but they don't fall down. I had no idea you could balance a soda can like this until DS did it the other day. Apparently if you leave a little liquid in it, you can do this little trick. (I was unable to replicate the effect. ) No camera tilting was employed in the taking of this photograph.

Settings: DRebel XT w/ 24-70mm L lens in manual mode (I dared to try!) at 54 mm SS1/100 F2.8 ISO 800 And in an effort to post a photo actually taken today, even if it's sucky, the following picture. Settings: same lens at 32mm AV mode F2.8 SS 1/6 ISO 400 w/ +2.3 exposure compensation. No camera tilting here either. Baxter likes to lie on the back of the couch with his head hanging off the side, and I lay down on the floor underneath him to get this shot.
And a couple of cropped/burning edges tries on my football photo. I think in the second one the burning looks weird on the top because the sky wasn't uniformly dark to begin with from the light shining on the left-hand side. What do you think of these?


DH wasn't really trying to sabotage me with the goodies yesterday. They were for a client lunch that got canceled so he brought them home for the kids. I just had to accuse him of abuse, because isn't complaining about your husband on the internet the #1 way to strengthen your marriage? :-D
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19 comments:

  1. pakostaFebruary 8, 2008 at 9:42 PM

    wow! amazing football ones!
    tara

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  2. SharonFebruary 8, 2008 at 9:46 PM

    Cool can. I like Jones Soda designs. Baxter is a great dog! Love the first one of the football team.

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  3. MargaretFebruary 8, 2008 at 9:49 PM

    I love that soda can! Your dog is adorable, and of the two football shots, I like the first one better.

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  4. Mom2DrewFebruary 8, 2008 at 10:07 PM

    Gosh...I just love those football pics. You need to post them in the gallery of 2peas, there are bunches of sports photographers that would love to see them.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 8, 2008 at 10:27 PM

    I loveeeee jones soda... My fav! tfs.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2008 at 10:32 PM

    cool trick with the soda can. Oh Baxter looks so cute

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  7. KariFebruary 8, 2008 at 10:35 PM

    I'm going to have to try tipping my soda cans next time I have one, lOl! Very nice football shots.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2008 at 10:46 PM

    Those football photos are amazing!!!! Everything about them! You puppy is so cute...
    cari

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  9. HeyLadyFebruary 8, 2008 at 11:25 PM

    Maybe if you put a glass next to the can it would emphasize that the camera wasn't tilted. It's a great shot. I didn't know you could do that.

    laurie

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  10. AmyFebruary 8, 2008 at 11:31 PM

    Cool trick with the soda can, I didn't know you could do that. Cute dog too! Those football shots are amazing, I think I like the second one best.

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  11. StaceyFebruary 9, 2008 at 12:51 AM

    Very cool with the soda can! I also really LOVE the football shots! Too cool

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  12. KellyFebruary 9, 2008 at 7:32 AM

    Love the football shots, especially the first one. I have to try that soda can trick

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  13. ChellFebruary 9, 2008 at 9:06 AM

    I love them all. such a cute dog.

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  14. amazing graceFebruary 9, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    that soda pic is cool! love your bw on that too! and the last pic is very cool!!!! great tones and colors---wow!

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  15. MandyFebruary 9, 2008 at 5:27 PM

    I just love the one soda can...the angle is great. I cannot get enough of those football pics either! I just LOVE THEM.

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  16. AprilFebruary 9, 2008 at 6:56 PM

    that football picture is awesome. i love the soda can too. it's so cool that it can do that.

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  17. AprilFebruary 9, 2008 at 6:58 PM

    oh i forgot on that sun picture on my blog..i pointed the camera straight at the sun and then I put a new layer with brown color overlay at 100% and it did that to it..it was pretty cool thanks for your comment

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  18. Just Being SamFebruary 9, 2008 at 7:09 PM

    Well that is a cool can pic. Never seen that before. I really like your football pictures.

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  19. SuzyFebruary 12, 2008 at 10:20 PM

    OMG this is an amazing shot to!!

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