In the Toilet, Hands, Drinks and Smoking, and Tilt-Shift Eyeballs.
1. I found Little Filthy with his front paws straddling the toilet, face down into the bowl. I would have scolded him but having felt rather the same way, I just pulled him out the skipped the lecture.
2. Buddy had a rough day trying for the fourth time to set up a bank account. Here’s how it went:
Buddy: I went to the bank to set up an account and the lady did it wrong FOUR times.
Not good for my blood pressure.
But the lady had nice hands.
So.
There was that.
RandomEsq: Those must have been some really nice hands.
Buddy: I admired them. Four times.
RandomEsq: Nice.
Buddy: If she had been a troll, I would have thrown a fit.
I know, it’s awful.
But that’s the kind of day it’s been.
So who cares?
3. You know what sucks? When you can’t decide which you’d like more: a drink or a cigarette.
Especially when you aren’t a big drinker and when you’ve quit smoking.
4. I’ve been trying my hand at tilt-shift photography – it tends to make things look like they are miniatures. Here’s a picture from Venice, one from Chicago and an eyeball.
Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:21 pm
First – DON’T SMOKE ! ! ! (at least not a cigarette)
Second – I never heard of tilt-shift photography, but I like it. It kinda reminds me of looking through a View Master.
Third – that eye-ball is so pretty. Almost looks like crystal.
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:02 am
Did you do any manipulation(s) to the eye picture besides the blurring? It looks fantastic! And, I can totally see you and the camera in the reflection of the eye’s pupil
*giggles*
Ah, that LF. Is he practicing for when you take him out drinking?
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:55 am
First, those are amazing pictures. You really have a talent. Second, I’m with you on the feeling *blah* or whatever it’s called. Me, I’d choose the drink. Third and finally, I always enjoy reading what you have to say, you always brighten my day.
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 am
@Debra – didn’t smoke.
Glad you like the eyeball. Her eyes shift between gray and blue.
@Caperucita – I do not do any ‘photoshopping’ – I do develop the picture, though. I may increase the explosure, etc – but I don’t touch up the photos. On the eye one, I increased exposure, adjusted white balance and then applied a tilt-shift technique to only focus on her actually eye.
@Linda – You’re very kind; thank you. I grin each time I see your name!
-R.
February 2nd, 2010 at 1:03 pm
i know whose eye that is!!! awesome pictures
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Would love for you to photograph my eye sometime.
(and anything else, for that matter….)