An unusual gravestone with an anchor and chain.

Realised at 11.15p.m. that I hadn't taken my photo for the day, and couldn't get to my camera without disturbing the cat so the phone had to do (again)

15/31 for the October 2016: a picture a day for a month challenge

For my Glitz Lounge comrades to empathise, sympathise and understand why I simply cannot decide between Poison Ivy and Raven for our October 2008 Challenge.

I have two Yellow Bell plants in my back yard and they're blooming prolifically at the moment. They have the most beautiful clusters of yellow flowers with red stripes in the interior to guide the bees in.

Texture courtesy of SkeletalMess www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/3237132011/in/set-7215...

... but they won't stand still!

This cheeky chap was wandering about our hall quite happily, blissfully unaware of our two cats prowling around nearby. I decided to "rescue" it and bring a little bit of the garden indoors for it to enjoy ... although I did spoil that by then mithering it for a while.

I set everything up before bringing the weevil into play but once I did he simply would not stand still and eventually I got a shot simply by leaving him alone then coming back later once he had settled and working with the positioning that he himself had chosen - that worked quite well as once he was settled he would stay put for quite a while.

The setup for this shot was an SB-900 mounted on a tripod and pointing vertically upwards with a softbox attached without the front screen. I then balanced a diffuser panel on top and the leaves on top of that. The SB-900 was set manually to a lowish power although I cannot remember what and I have since changed it. I then fitted a couple of SB-R200s to the lens and fired them in TTL mode. The lens was a 105mm macro with a 20mm extension tube attached and the shot was taken at 1/250 @ f/11

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Please feel free to provide constructive critique on the technical aspects of this photograph.

This picture is #12 in my October Challenge project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the October Challenge Flickr Group page.

A fuchsia growing at the front of my mum's bungalow.

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Preparing for bookclub!

These took me by surprise and I only had my 50mm lens on, so it's not brilliant but I liked it anyway.

We went to the Halloween Dance in our village hall, tonight. We won the witch in the raffle. She is sitting on the window ledge waiting for our grand-daughter to visit.

- "toda minha!"

- All mine!

October Challenge of the group Cherry on Top! - sweet childhood

Little Carnival doll is from shop 66.

very little time today, so a grab shot from my mobile whilst waiting for the bus.

I must try this one again - I know!

Textures by:

Sterling silverr

Skeletal Mess

Kerstin Frank

Jesmond Park, 7am. Shot for SC October one each day challenge.

decluttr

I reckon my cats were always going to feature somewhere in my project ... it was just a case of which one on which day.

So today I had my first attempt and first off I got a shot of Jasper that I liked then much later I got one I liked of Millie as well and suddenly I was in a quandry. There was only one solution ...

Both of these shots were taken with an SB-900 mounted on a tripod with a small Interfit softbox fitted and fired via my trusty PocketWizards. Exposure was manual at 1/250 @ f/3.0 for both and the flash also set to manual at 1/16. The flash was high for both and camera left for Jasper (pretty much where he's looking although I think he's looking at the tripod rather than the flash) and camera right for Millie.

I normally use TTL for photographing anything other than still lifes but if I take that approach with the cats then Millie blinks before the shutter opens so I resort to manual and hope for the best .. it generally seems to work well.

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Please feel free to provide constructive critique on the technical aspects of this photograph.

This picture is #10 in my October Challenge project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the October Challenge Flickr Group page.

This is the view from my office. Let's see how many variants of this I will have to take this month :-)

f/6.3, ISO 100, EF50mm f/1.4, combined 1/160, 1/320, and 1/80 in Photomatix Pro

Second photo of 16th October 2010.

Textures courtesy of SkeletalMess and Texturemate.

Blowin a Hoolie!

Working the late shift. Tired and frustrated :-(

On a Thursday morning I do some voluntary work with young adults with learning and / or physical disabilities. They are getting ready for Halloween and this is one of the carved pumpkins that had been made earlier in the week.