Month 2 in Review - February

It's a leap year, so I guess technically this year I have a project 365 on my hands.  With work being extremely busy, I didn't get much time to experiment with the camera much.  My biggest step forward has been shooting RAW.  I got Lightroom, so have started drifting away from Photoshop for about half of my post-processing.

Onto month six of getting images out there, I entered a Parks Canada photo contest.  Because really, who wouldn't want a Campfire in a Can (I'd need to buy a place with a yard to be allowed to use it) or a free national park pass??? 

Some stats for February:

• Favourite photo: Day 41 - Redoubt Mountain from Ptarmigan Lake - I love the sunbursts from the Sigma 8-16mm lens
• Least favourite photo: Day 38 - Packing Mess - also a photo mess
• Most challenging photo to take: Day 42 - Skoki Lodge Dining & Living Room
• Most creative photo: Day 45 - Rose
• Most used Photoshop edits: fill light
• Number of photos taken this month: ~470
• Number of days on which I wouldn't have taken a photo if I didn't have to for this: 25 (which must be my record of least motivated photography month)
• How I feel about this project: It's getting to be a chore at times, but I'm not giving up.

Which is your favourite photo from February?

Day 60 - Gaussian Blur

f/5 | 1 sec | 70mm

Day 59 - Clock

f/4 | 1/6 sec | 31mm

Day 58 - New Neighbourhood

f/22 | 1/50 sec | 32mm

Day 57 - New Park Along Memorial

f/22 | 30 sec | 112mm

Day 56 - Black and White Cookies

f/5.6 | 1/125 sec | 42mm

Day 55 - 'Purple' Light District

f/4.5 | 1/20 sec | 8mm

Day 54 - Moody Clouds

f/8 | 1/250 sec | 82mm

Day 53 - Bedtime Reading

f/4.5 | 1/30 sec | 44mm

Day 52 - Sweet Tooth

f/4.5 | 1/30 sec | 48mm

Day 51 - Into the Woods

f/14 | 1/800 sec | 18mm

Day 50 - Spray River

f/4.8 | 1/100 sec | 46mm

Day 49 - Snowy Owl

f/5.6 | 1/250 sec | 200mm

Day 48 - The Den

f/10 | 30 sec | 8mm

Day 47 - Skoki Screenshot

f/4.5 | 1/80 sec | 32mm

Day 46 - Blurred Bamboo

f/5.3 | 1.3 sec | 95mm

Day 45 - Rose

f/5.6 | 1/160 sec | 200mm

Day 44 - Books

f/3.5 | 0.8 sec | 20mm

Day 43 - Skoki Lodge Kitchen

f/3.5 | 1/50 sec | 18mm

Day 42 - Skoki Lodge Dining & Living Room

f/4.5 | 1.6 sec | 8mm

Day 41 - Redoubt Mountain From Ptarmigan Lake

f/14 | 1/800 sec | 8mm

Day 40 - Light

f/3.5 | 1/50 sec | 18/mm

Day 39 - Outdoor Ideas

f/3.8 | 1/2 sec | 24mm

Day 38 - Packing Mess

f/3.5 | 1/13 sec | 20mm

Day 37 - Climbing Skins

I ended up exchanging these 80mm skins for the 65mm version.

f/3.8 | 1/30 sec | 26mm

Day 36 - Bowness Stairs

f/8 | 1/250 sec | 24mm

Day 35 - Ski Reads

I think it's dangerous when an outdoor store gives away their ski magazines. I know what they want.

f/4 | 1/30 sec | 29mm

Day 34 - A Boy and A Girl

f/3.8 | 1/30 sec | 22mm

Day 33 - Cream of Wheat

f/3.8 | 1/40 sec | 24mm

Day 32 - Computer

I keep looking at those Lake O'Hara photos.

f/4 | 1/60 sec | 24mm