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And the rain rain rain came down down down.

So this week I work the whole week, but I have no school what so ever. Is it sad that it's going to feel like a vacation, work aside?

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The city is very neat, especially if you know where to go. The problem, it seems, is that people have no idea where to go. Some people don't even seem to know that we have a small water fall in Ottawa.

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Since I read about this really easy way to remove colour from a picture but add colour back, I've been sort of playing around with it. Some things work well, some things don't. The old method I was using before was so much work. Now, it's a breeze.


Out of my old pictures I've been playing around with, this one is my favourite. I really like how it turned out.

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What do you do when you don't really need to do anything? Apparently you go into work and show them how to play a game that they didn't know how to play. And then you go for pie. Mmm pie.

Yesterday I took this picture of a rainbow. It's been run through photoshop a few times, but I really like the way it looks.

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I tried something again today. Seems whenever I try something I find on the new forum I look at, the Digital Photography School, I fail at it. This time it was capturing the movement of the water as the berry was landing in it. I know why I failed, I didn't have enough light so I wasn't able to get my shutter speed fast enough. That said, I liked the way it looked just sitting there in the glass. That's probably because I like raspberries though. I think the next thing from there I plan to try is the shaped bokeh.

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Could it be allergies, or could it be coming down with a cold? It's very hard to say.

And does anyone else have the same frustrating problem I have taking pictures of my dogs? They are perfectly set up, and the moment you get close enough to take an actual picture they look at you, give you this "Oh no, I don't think so" look and walk away. Sheesh.

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Today had less picture taking and more sleeping. Apparently it rained this afternoon, and I missed the entire thing. Huh.

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I've been having lots of fun with this lens. The image quality is sharp, and I find I'm able to crop things closer than I could with my zoom lens. I think I will be keeping this lens on for a while so I can learn to use it, then go back to the zoom with fresh eyes later on.

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Having to actually move with the 50mm lens is something that's a bit of a pain. I suppose using just zooms sort of spoils you, now I have to actually move around to find how I want to shoot something.

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I know everyone must be getting tired of flower pictures (or of me not uploading on time. Things are quieter, should be better!) but I figured I would toss one more up to round off the week. I picked up a 50mm lens today, so expect the next couple of weeks to be filled with 50mm fun.