Day 138 — Floorscape

 Floorscapes have appeared on Days 8, 15, 27, 38, 50, 63 and 88.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/100, f5, ISO 200, 70mm

Day 137 — Vase of Daffodils Past

Just when you thought I was done with dead daffodils, here they are again; a full vase of them!

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/13, f4.2, ISO 100, 36mm

Day 136 — Looking Out

Just to shake things up on here I occasionally will sneak in a photo taken from the balcony — it still constitutes a 25' radius. It was the crushing swathe of foreboding sky that inspired this composition. You can see the cranes of the Oakland docks across the Bay.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/800, f9, ISO 100, 18mm

Day 135 — Phalaenopsis Arc

The sun is streaming through the back door from the left. I love the geometrics juxtaposed with the organic arc of the phalaenopsis. The left half of the photo is the open, red back door and the right side is the inside wall.

Nikon D80 (Nikkor 50mm, 1.4) 1/60, f4, ISO 200

Day 134 — Potted Miro

The shadow from the potted plant yields a veritable Miro of organic forms.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/200, f7.1, ISO 100, 29mm

Day 133 — Afghan Man

After a lot of drinking and fooling around our guests were finally getting ready to leave. At the last moment Ron grabbed Ife's scarf and wrapped it around his head. SNAP. Slow shutter speed, long lens, high ISO and hand held all build to create the soft focus, dreamy effect you see here.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/50, f5.6, ISO 2500, 200mm

Day 132 — The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

Living in San Francisco, The Maltese Falcon is even more iconic in stature. After having seen the Bogart movie several times I researched the web and found the best looking copy I could find of the infamous statue. I think I might experiment with lighting and try to recreate a more noir vibe. The 'bird' will definitely pop up again sometime soon.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/125, f5.6, ISO 500, 105mm

Day 131 — Composition with Dracaena

Our dracaena is very tall (15 years old), so its narrow trunk extends across a lot of territory. I saw fit to document that today.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/160, f6.3, ISO 500, 46mm

Day 130 — Backlit Lily

I liked the converging diagonals as the sun perfectly back lights the lily.

Nikon D80 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/1000, f5.6, ISO 125, 135mm

Day 129 — Kale Landscape

A closeup lens creates an unusual landscape from a leaf of kale and amplifies the extremely shallow depth of field (f1.4).

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 50mm, 1.4) 1/160, f1.4, ISO 100

Day 128 — Colima Shadows

You'll remember the Colima dog figure from Days 33 and 119. I'm not totally sure how this shadow was even created. The setting sun first bounces off the adjacent apartment windows, then must bounce around the room a bit. regardless, the translucency of the resulting shadow was too intriguing not to capture.

Nikon D80 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/40, f4.2, ISO 200, 34mm

Day 127 — Smiling

Another African mask. I love the characters that these simple wood carvings elicit. Again, this is just placed on the floor at the right time of twilight to generate just the right light to give life to the carving.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200) 1/30, f3.8, ISO 320, 27mm

Day 126 — Almost Awake

This is what I woke up to. The edge of my partner's pillow. I stared at it for so long that when I finally got up, I felt I should take a photo of it. Using an f stop of 1.4 added a dreamlike quality to it.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 50mm, 1.4) 1/100, f1.4, ISO 1000

Day 125 — Cinco de Mayo

Make some salsa with succulent heirloom tomatoes.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200mm) 1/80, f5, ISO 500, 82mm

Day 124 — 3 Cups

All one needs is long morning light, bone china cups and shadows. I believe that objects in in these still lives can sometimes tell stories of relationships between people.

Nikon D7000 (Nikkor 18-200mm) 1/320, f9, ISO 200, 90mm