Day 359: Merry Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! It finally arrived!!! Did Santa bring you nice presents? It seems like we were nice this year because we received a lot of presents hehehehehe

But, I must say that the most important things I received were love, care, harmony and peace. Thanks hon for giving me all of that always!!

I hope this holidays brought you the same!!

Have a warm and special Christmas!

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/6s  f/9

Day 358: Presents

Tonight is Christmas Eve!! Yay!!! In Argentina it's customary to open the presents at midnight :)  I must tell you... is so tempting to open the presents before that time, since you see all of the them on the Christmas Tree, but one must control the urge hehehe

Be strong my followers, midnight will arrive before you start pulling off your hair!! hihihi

Only hours until Christmas!!)

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/25s  f/7.1

Day 355: Red and Green

Cooking time started today!!! Everything needs to be ready for Christmas Eve. There is so much to do and so short time! Anyway... it is also important not to rush and take the time to prepare the food with love and care! :D

The following posts will be about... FOOD, of course!! hehehe

3 days away from Christmas!!!

 Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/6s  f/7.1

Day 350: Christmas Tree

It was so hard for me today to take the photo I wanted.  It seems quite simple, right? Wrong! I guess some days I'm more inspired than others... I feel so tired lately, maybe it's because the end of the year is almost here...

If you go out, take an umbrella, it's pouring again!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1s  f/14

Day 349: Christmas Wreath

Since we moved to the US in 2010 I could spend time discovering new things and new passions because I had a lot of free time.  Photography was the most important discovery.  Thanks to my hubby's support and encouragement I started this beautiful art.  I realized that I love to take photos and express my creativity through it :D

Besides of photography I discovered that I also like to do things with felt and fabrics. The wreath that you are seeing was made by me from scratch (except for the plastic balls, I bought them at Michael's).

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/6s  f/13

Day 327: Rainy Days

I love the shape of the leaf with the water drops.  I can still smell the fragrance of the rain in the air...

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/30s  f/9

Day 326: Refreshing Start

Sorry for leaving you hanging in there yesterday!  It was a busy and complicated day.  Now, I'm on the road again hihihi :)

Thanks to the rainy days I could take several photos of my lovely alstroemeria to continue with my photo series :)

Nikon D90 (105mm f/2.8) - 1/30s  f/9

Day 318: Aftermath

Happy Friday!!!  Only one more day for the weekend, it feels sooooo good! :D

Remember that I told you about the mischievous squirrels that kept on bugging my plants? Well, my poor succulent plant was vandalized several times as you can see in the photo :(

I tried everything I could think of... moth balls, cayenne pepper, squirrel repellent, ground coffee... the bright side is that at least now they come less :)

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/40s  f/9

Day 313: Underwater lines

Today's photo is an abstract. I find it very soothing and makes me feel relaxed.  Weird, huh?

It reminds me of the ocean and the floating seaweeds...

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/10s  f/10

Day 307: Metal and Nuts

I wanted to take a photo of this object since a while ago.  I like the colors, the shapes, but most of all I really like the texture and the roughness of it.  I've always been drawn to this kind of objects, for some reason I love to photograph them.

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/40s  f/13

Day 300: Fall Colors

Happy post 300!! I can't believe we are only 65 days left to the end of the year!  It went by so fast!

I love the colors of the fall!  They go from green to yellow to red.  The combination of those colors on the trees just look amazing!

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/200s  f/11

Day 298: Resting

It's very common to find ducks and geese in the parks that have a water fountain or a lake.  This one was resting with its pairs but was quite alert because of my presence :)  I'd probably like to have a close up to the head but I didn't want to disturb him.

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/30s  f/13

Day 294: Drip Drop

Today's photo took me a loooong time to make!!  :)  I'm learning a new technique, so it took me some time to understand how it should be done. I'm happy with the results, but it still need some improvement.

Let me tell you one curious thing that happened to me while I was taking the shots.  I was on the balcony with my tripod, it was very cold (early morning).  After a while of barely moving I heard flipping wings and I saw a beautiful hummingbird a few inches away from my head, it was AMAZING!!! He just stood there for about 6 seconds looking at me (probably wondering what kind of flower I was hehe) and then flew away! I never saw this little bird so close! And you can't imagine how loud is the sound of his wings!

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/2s  f/13

Day 286: Light

Hello, hello!! Are you ready for another week? I'm not hehe I feel tired already! Hopefully the week is gonna end soon and I'll be enjoying the weekend again :)

It was hard to pick the subject for today's post, I wanted to try something different and also explore other kinds of subjects.

I can tell you that it took me a while to find a good perspective for this particular subject but I found it in the end :D

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/25s  f/10

Day 266: Gridded colors

I was experimenting with the camera again :)  My original idea wasn't this photo but truth is I didn't like my original idea once I could see it, so I tried other approaches and voila! 

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/100s  f/11

Day 264: Life and Death

I really like the contrast and the feeling of this photo. The same tree had a mix of brown and green intertwined leaves. 

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/60s  f/9

Day 260: Chloe

This is one of our fishes, her name is Chloe and it was a gift from one of my girlfriends, thanks Sandra! :D  She has quite a temper and it's the leader of the group (her sisters are Fligly, Finny and Daisy).

The photo is granny because my ISO had to be quite high, but it was the only way to achieve this shot.

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/100s  f/8

Day 258: Gary

Gary is the new addition in our aquarium.  I love this character!  Our little fishes seem to like it also :)

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/100s  f/6.3

Day 254: Rainbow

Everyday I have this beautiful rainbow filling the whole room, the ground and the walls.  Maybe one day I'll find the pot of gold in one of these :P

Nikon D90 (105mm  f/2.8) - 1/50s  f/5.6

Day 252: Looking up

I can't help but love the colors of the leaves while been bathing by the sun.  It give me the feeling of life and happiness.

Nikon D90 (18-200mm  f/3.5-5.6) - 1/250s  f/11