151. BIKER

i saw this cool cat on his bike the other day while coming back from artomatic. he actually kinda came out of nowhere and his bike was really loud, so i took his picture. through my window, so it looks a little fuzzy.

BIKER

149, 150: HDR ROSES

this is my first foray into HDR imaging. unfortunately, the wind kept moving the flower, so i will have to figure out something to shoot that is a little more stable...and i have to figure out how to keep the shutter (and my crazy caffeine hands) to keep the camera from shaking when i actually take the pics...

145, 146, 147, 148: ROSE AT NIGHT

NIGHT TIME ROSES

so of course my lens was a little dirty...i might mess around and try this again some other night, but i think i got most of the scubbies off of the pics. damn scubbies. and the last two i muted the color a little...

i am really starting to get the hang of using my camera and playing around with the different functions. i think that is why i am doing this 365 thing, just so i get out there at least once a week and play around.

144. GHOSTY

so i don't know how well this will show up, but i played around with my camera last night, and because i know what i am looking for, i can see it, but i don't know if it will be obvious to people who don't know what they are looking for...so i will post the blown up shot too...(just shut up and post the pics, jt.) click on it to make it bigger!

GHOSTY

143. (EVEN) MORE ART

i really liked this dudes (or dudettes) stuff...i like dark things and sort of scary things which is weird cause i am so happy and chipper. maybe it is sort of a balance or something.

DARK AND COOL

142. ONION

this was in our "fruit and veggie" basket. bryan tried to throw it away and i was all "what? are you crazy?"

ONION

141. SHELL SAMMIE

SHELL SAMMIE

this was a sandwich made out of shells. the artist made all sorts of food things out of shells, and they totally looked good enough to eat!

wow, i totally just sounded cheesy.

140. SPIRALS

SPIRALS

also, i want to get a blowtorch and start doing these huge industrial sculptures. i need to get my ass up and start making art! the tock is clicking!

ok, i totally wrote the tock is clicking and meant to write "the clock is ticking," obvs. 

139. MORE ART

BIG EYES

usually, paintings of people with big eyes scare the crap out of me, but this chick (or dude maybe) had some pretty cool stuff. i took a bunch of cards and flyers, but still need to go through them. once i do that, i will start linking to the artists.

133, 134, 135, 136, 137 and 138: ARTOMATIC LETTERS (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Blue and Purple)

RED

ORANGE

YELLOW

GREEN

BLUE

PURPLE

132. ARTOMATIC ART

ART

i probably should have written down the names of the people who did the art...i'll get that when i go again. As you can tell, my style and what i like runs a little towards the odd...

131. MMC at the AOM

MARTI and OBAMA

artomatic ROCKED. hopefully heading back again (a few times) to see whatever i might have missed. i am absolutely doing it next year, or the year after or whatever.

130. RED CHAIN

BIG RED CHAIN

129. BENCH

BENCH

i think i may have accidentally gotten some bird dookie in the picture.

128. LEAF

ROAD LEAF

127. LETTERS

LETTERS ON A HYDRANT

126. WENDY'S CAR

WENDY'S CAR

124. SLIT

i am doing picture 124 over, cause the drawing was so old school and kind of a cop out.

SLIT

doesn't that seem like a dirty word??? i think it must mean something else, but everyday i see it, i kind of blush a little! as you may be able to tell, i was driving while i took the picture. wow, i am a safe driver.

125. 5'1

5'1

i brought my camera to work today and saw nothing of consequence...well, that isn't true. the one time i wasn't stuck in traffic i saw a sign i thought was funny, but i was moving and didn't get to my camera in time. but while i was stuck in traffic, i took this picture.

i need to walk more so i can take pictures.

124. FACE

FACE

i need to reinstall photoshop...but in the meantime, here is a drawing i did in my freetime, then played around with it and made it all dotty. an if this face didn't have eyes, i would totally use it for the photochallenge. well, maybe not. 

123. GYPSY

GYPSY

has anyone else noticed an abundance of gypsy moth caterpillars? 

NEW PHOTO CONTEST

The magic bag of photo subjects has declared that my next two subjects are "EYES WITHOUT A FACE" and "SHADOW".

curses. the eyes without a face one was mine (ROCK ON BILLY IDOL!) but now i have to think. i hate thinking. and i still need to do "FALSE ALARM".

122. MORE MONKEY

MONKEY ON THE TABLE

i am hitting the end of my favorite CR pics, so i will have to get off my ass and take some more pics soon...

121. POOKIE AT THE VOLCANO

POOKIE AT THE VOLCANO

bryan was FASCINATED by the active volcano. seriously, i have like 30 pictures of him looking at it. it was like a shiny object to a child.

120. FLOWER ON ARANAL

ORANGE FLOWER

this was just hanging out near the volcano. and it is my favorite color. so i took a picture of it. and i would like to point out that the background was already black and gray, so i didn't change it, this is actually how it appeared. i didn't want anyone thinking i made a cheesy "spot color" flower photo. not that they are bad or anything. i just didn't want people thinking that, is all.