My Favorite Thanksgiving food

I love the Turkey

but my Favorite is the stuffing 

DOORS

Doors Doors and More Doors 

What I really enjoy about these assignements is the way it changes the way I photograph things.

It seems no matter what I set out to shoot, I find myself looking for this weeks challenge...like this weeks, I was out photographing Sail Boats and kept looking for doors....lol

Rust as seen in the Rust Belt

 Gonna be a buisy day tomorrow so I thought I'd get trhese posted today, I would have thought that up here in Michigan I could have found more rust....lol

 #1 It's been a long time since a boat was tied up

here along the Detroit River

 #2 A rusting Seawall

 #3 Another section of rusting seawall

 #4 Rusting rebar and old Bolt

 #5 Minnow probably dropped by a gull on a section of seawall

 #6 A long unused tiedown and cables 

 #7 A rusty nut and Bolt along a section of Seawall

I thought the colors in this were interesting 

 #8 Another section of seawall, I just thought the contrast with the plant was interesting

#9 A long standing derelict building steadily rusting and rotting away.

June 20th Assignment...

Bubbles  

Taken at our Pond 

Nikon 80-400mm 1/640 SS   f/5.6   ISO 6400

Black and White

St Mary's Church Detroit

f/9 ISO 6400  SS 1/60

f/8 ISO 100  SS 1/250

Picture from Ground Level

Cork Town

1/250 ISO 100 f/8

Train Depot Detroit

f/7.1   ISO 100  ss 1/200

Train Depot Detroit

SS 1/200 f/7.1 ISO 100

Things that start with the letter "J"

Jaguars 

SS 1/199  ISO 32  f/2.2

Jet (E-6B Tacamo)

SS 1/2500  ISO 400 f/6.3

Night time Picture

Moon

SS 1/500  ISO 800  f/5.6 400mm

Newspaper

SS 1/60  ISO 100  f/5.6

Nature

Nature

Since Natures all around us, I think this should have been a fairly easy challenge

I admit I chose this just because I've been doing so much nature photography lately and though I just pick something I was doing anyway :-)

Hope everyone at least enjoyed it and took some time to look around at Mother Natures wonders...

UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT ME

 

 I have to admit I was a little puzzled when I first saw the assignment this week.

Then, with Lynn's help I realized all I had to do was take pictures of things that 

really interested me. So that was how I approached it. I just went after subjects that interested me outside of photography. 

I hope everyone enjoyed this assignment as much as I did. Thanks again Lynn, excellent idea,  :-) IF I got it right...If not, I had fun anyway.......  :-)

#1
 Something I developed a real passion for this year was photographing Eagles...I took this shot last week with a 500 mm lens and the photo is cropped to about 90%. It was shot at 1/250  f/6 and ISO 400 spot metering

#2
Since most of the eagles have left the area except for a few nesting pairs, I've become fascinated with all kinds of nature photography. This Heron was in our Creek this morning and the early morning sun made for great colors as he took off..
I used a 300mm lens  f/5.6 1/250 ISO 1250  Spot metering

#3
This of course is what really has taken up my time since I retired last November. I've always enjoyed photography but since Lynn formed this group, I've really gotten involved and it truly has become an obsession. I seldom leave the house now without my camera equipment

#4
Anyone who knows me knows I have another hobby that takes a great deal of my time during the summer.  These next few pictures focus on that hobby.

 #5
Taken with a 35mm lens  @f/1.8 1/100 and ISO 2500

 #6
35mm lens   f/2.8  1/60 and ISO 100

#7
Nearly every weekend will find me at a Corvette Show between June and September Here are a few of last years awards...
18mm @f/4  1/60 ISO 100

#8
We took a train trip several years ago
to California, and after returning home I was obsessed with recreating a model train depicting that trip. Yes, I developed yet another obsession.  The Amtrak train on the left is actually identical to the one we were on, including our sleeper car.

#9
 The car above is a model of the observation car on that train.
taken at 55mm  f/5.6  1/250   ISO400

#10
Since we passed numerous coal trains on our trip I had to add a coal train to my layout.
200mm lens f/5.6 1/60  ISO 400