Q's best of '08

A shot from the summer on Melissa's front porch outside Managua, Nicaragua.

Ryan's "Best of 2008"

Also a brutal contest, also (if you really want it) available as a print. This really isn't my favorite of 2008, but every time I look at it I am surprised by it. Click through to view larger!

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Cory's Best of 2008

It was a brutal contest, but this one beat the others as my "Best of 2008". Also available as a print!

Next Week

Next week: Blue

Best of 2008 due tomorrow!

q's christmas

a day late and a dollar short . . .

Cory's Christmas

Here's Kevin getting ready for a little "Christmas fun".

"Christmas" due today!

Next week: Best of 2008. Any photo from 2008 is welcome.

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Ryan's "Christmas"

With apologies to Q:


While perhaps not a great image photographically, I think it captures the holiday well. It was great to see everyone again, and I hope you all had good trips home!

/rl

Cory's Foreign

I've got a busy weekend, so I'm posting my picture now so I don't forget about it. Also, I never posted a picture of my light box a few weeks ago when Ryan asked about it. Since I used it for this, I finally took one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cluening/3120289441/

Next week...

Next week: Christmas! Plus, pictures of Christmas.

"Foreign" due Sunday.

Ryan's Wild Card

Per Cory's request, I give you my left thumb. Complete with blue ink and antifreeze stains. Try to get a well focused, shallow depth of field photo of your own left thumb. It's not that easy!






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Q's wildcard

My friend Melissa was in town this week, and we took a break at Yuxing's apartment.

Both time and inspiration have failed me...

I don't think I will be entering a photo for this topic. Grrrr....

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Cory's Wild Card

Toot toot! I pulled out the old trains this weekend to set up around the Christmas tree.

Due tonight - anything you want! (Wild Card)

Next topic will be "Foreign".

Thank you, please drive through.

/rl

Q's motion

This is a variation on a picture I made a couple years ago.

Ryan's "Motion"

I briefly thought I was going to miss the deadline - then I thought of a topic. This was quick and dirty, but might be fun to play with in the future.


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Cory's Motion

A spinning top, caught as it jumps around the table. If you look closely you can see Sophie's teeth marks from when I left her alone with it.

"Motion" is due today!

Next week's topic is "Wild Card".

Q's city

The view from my bedroom at night.

Ryan's "City"

I think there are actually holes for tripod legs in the bridge I took this from...

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Cory's City

Three generations of city in downtown Boston.

Next week : Motion

"City" is due tomorrow.

Suggested topic for the last week of 2008 - "Best of 2008". Break from the "Weekly" portion, concentrate on the "Photography" side. Any thoughts?

/rl

Q's larger than life

Another Monday post . . .

Ryan's "Larger than Life"

Not much to say here...

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Cory's Larger than Life

A conversation with a Lego man, (poorly) done with nothing more than a tiny aperture.

Next week...

City.

Larger than Life due tomorrow.

Cory's Long Exposure

Bah! I never got around to posting this last night. Here it is a little late.

Q's long exposure

Some light painting in my bedroom.

Ryan's "Long Exposure"

Probably not what was meant by the topic, but the lion has suffered from long exposure to the elements.

Next week

Next week: Larger Than Life
Long Exposure due tomorrow.

Q's fall

Fall in Oregon looks a little different.

Ryan's "Fall" photo - Trapped Under Ice

Cory's Fall

I'm leaving for San Diego this afternoon, so I'm posting mine earlier than normal this week.

Next week

Loooooooong expoooooosurrrrre.

Fall due tomorrow!

Q's halloween

Some wanna-be penguins carve their jack-o-lantern at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Cory's Pumpkin

Ryan's Halloween

Dry ice is fun:



/rl

Next week

Fall!

Halloween due today.

abused cordobas

Twenty Nicaraguan cordobas, or about $1.05.

Ryan's Used and Abused

I feel used and abused after working with these two all weekend - especially the eraser.

My used and abused shoes.

Next week

Halloween!

Used and Abused due tomorrow.

Cory's Reflection

Ryan's Reflection photo

Next Week:

Used and abused.

Reflection due tomorrow night.

Q's rust

Sorry I missed my deadline. This is a sink in my apartment.

Cory's Rust

Double rust action! Found on an electrical box next to the Fairview Metra station.

Ryan's Rust

A broken thermostat housing on an old tractor...

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Next week

Next week: Reflection

Rust due tomorrow!

Q's out of place

I myself have been out of place this weekend, visiting friends in San Francisco. But not as out of place as the guy in the lower right.

Ryan's "Out of Place"

Photographically, this leaves something to be desired. I found this wolf spider in my tent while packing it up after two nights of camping. I though it was out of place...


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Cory's Out of Place

This week

This week: Rust.

Out Of Place due today!

Q's neon

that's, uh, a tough act to follow.

Ryan's Neon

I wish I hadn't chopped the top of the arch off....




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Cory's Neon

Lis thinks this one would have been better, but she lost the vote.

Next week

Next week: Out of place.

Neon due today!

Q's wood

I went camping in the wood(s) on mt. hood with some friends from work this weekend.

Table wood

I'm overall disappointed with this one - I just couldn't come up with anything good all week.

Woody Woodcutter

Found at Indian Cave State Park:

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Next week's topic

Next week: Neon! Cars, lights, noble gasses... whatever.

"Wood" due Sunday.

Moon or tree? Which to expose for?

Split the difference to get this:


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Cory's Night

A nighttime shot of the Downers Grove train station.

Next weeks topic...

"Wood"

"Night" photos due tomorrow.

/rl

Ryan's abandoned place...

Right in the middle of west Omaha.

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Q's abandoned

Cory's Abandoned

I took a much more photogenic picture too, but I think this one is more fun. Gypsy was not harmed in the filming of this photograph.

Buggies?

Would that be Amish or creepy crawly?

/rl

Next topic

Next on the list: Night.

Abandoned due on Sunday.